The Founders

  • Company Director

    Alex set up Front & Centre in February 2020 whilst on tour with the mission to bring opportunities to work with West End professionals to locations around the UK.

    Training: Masters Performing Arts College earning a 3 year diploma.

    Credits: Assistant Dance Captain & Swing in the Everybody’s Talking About Jamie Original UK Tour Cast, Benjamin in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat UK Tour; Dancer at the 2017 FA Cup Final; Dancer at the Rugby World Cup Final; Ensemble in Matthew Bournes Lord of the Flies at the Bradford Alhambra Theatre; Ensemble and cover Aladdin in Aladdin at the New Victoria Theatre Woking; Ensemble in Hooray for Hollywood at the Circus Globus Bucharest, Romania.

  • Course Director

    Training: Arts Educational Schools London 


    Theatre: Cover Mrs Beaver in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe at the Gillian Lynne Theatre West End; Ensemble/1st Cover Narrator in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat the UK Tour; Ensemble/1st Cover Molly in Ghost the UK and International Tour; Ensemble in The Wizard Of Oz at the Sheffield Crucible. 



    Other: Olivier Award Presenter in the 2017 Awards; Ensemble in the Some Enchanted Evening Concert at Cadogan Hall; Ensemble in Friday Night Is Music Night: Oh What A Beautiful Evening at the Dury Lane Theatre; Featured in various Commercials including Colgate, Finish & Heathrow.

Our Patron

  • “I am so honoured to be a Patron of Front & Centre, who have helped me realise my passion for teaching. I’m love working with the students and sharing the knowledge I have learnt.”

    Olivier-nominated star of Half a Sixpence and Mary Poppins, Charlie Stemp has been teaching Front & Centre students for 3 years. Charlie was born in London. After graduating from Laine Theatre Arts, he made his professional debut in Wicked (Apollo Victoria Theatre), before playing Eddie in Mamma Mia! (International Tour).

    In 2016, he was cast by Cameron Mackintosh to play Arthur Kipps in his new production of Half A Sixpence at Chichester Festival Theatre. A West End transfer to the Noel Coward Theatre immediately followed, with Charlie's breakout starring performance garnering unprecedented critical acclaim. For his performance, Charlie was nominated for the 2017 Olivier Award for Best Actor In A Musical; the 2017 Carl Alan Performer's Award; the 2016 UK Theatre Award for Best Performance In A Musical; and won the 2017 WhatsOnStage Award for Best Actor In A Musical. The production was recently broadcast on Sky Arts as Kipps - The New Half A Sixpence Musical.

    Charlie made his Broadway debut as Barnaby Tucker in Hello, Dolly! (Shubert Theater, New York) opposite Bette Midler and Bernadette Peters. For his performance, Charlie was awarded the 2018 Theatre World Award for Outstanding Broadway Debut.

    Charlie is currently appearing as Bobby Child in Crazy For You at the Gillian Lynne Theatre (West End) which has recently transferred from the Chichester Festival Theatre - directed by Susan Stroman.

    Other credits: - Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends - A Celebration (Sondheim Theatre); Simon Green in Lloyd George Knew My Father (Theatre Royal, Windsor); Dvornichek in Tom Stoppard’s Rough Crossing (National Tour).For three consecutive Christmas seasons, Charlie starred at the London Palladium - as Dick in the Olivier Award-winning Dick Whittington; returning a year on as Prince in Snow White; then in Pantoland at the Palladium.

Guest Tutors

  • GUEST TUTOR

    Training: London School of Musical Theatre

    Theatre: Goldilocks in Goldilocks & The Three Bears (London Palladium), Annette Hargrove in Cruel Intentions (Edinburgh Festival), Heather McNamara in Heathers the Musical (Theatre Royal Haymarket London/The Other Palace), Cinderella in Cinderella (New Victoria Theatre Woking) Janet in Rocky Horror Show (European Tour), Frenchy in Grease (Leicester Curve), Kinky Boots (Adelphi Theatre), Sandra Beaumont in Made In Dagenham (Adelphi Theatre), Fairy Willow Web in Robin Hood (Cambridge Theatre) Amber Von Tussle in Hairspray (Kuala Lampur & Singapore) Margot in Legally Blonde The Musical, Beauty in Sleeping Beauty (Richmond theatre), Joanne in Godspell (Union theatre) Toffee in Zombie Prom (Landor theatre)

    Other: Adele in Cinderella Workshop (Really Useful Group) MT Fest (The Other Palace) Heather McNamara Heathers Workshop, Ellie in Waterbabies Workshop and Miss Atomic Bomb Worksop, Kinky Boots Children in Need 2016 BBC, Kinky Boots Tonight at the London Palladium 2016 ITV, Made in Dagenham Children in Need 2015 BBC, Made in Dagenham, Sunday Night At the London Palladium 2016, Molly Montgomery in Hollyoaks, Daisy in Little Fergie, Heathers the Musical Original London Cast Recording Kinky Boots Original Cast Recording Made in Dagenham Original Cast Recording.

  • GUEST TUTOR

    Training: The Arts Educational School.

    Theatre: Bob in Come From Away (Phoenix Theatre), Dick in Dick Whittington and his Cat (Hackney Empire), the dual roles of Hercules Mulligan and James Madison in the Original London Cast of Hamilton (Victoria Palace Theatre) - for which he was nominated for a Black British Theatre Award 2020 for Best Supporting Male Actor in a Musical, Paul in Kiss Me, Kate (Kilworth House Theatre).

    Other: Prince Bert in Beauty (Workshop/NT Studio) directed by Rufus Norris, The Theatre Channel, Tunde in Party (BBC), I Think We Are Alone (Frantic Assembly), Roger the Dodger in The Beano Musical (Workshop/The Old Vic), Jay in Mama Youth (Pilot/Sky).

  • GUEST TUTOR

    Training: Colins Performing Arts

    Theatre: Sarah O’Connor is an actress from Dublin. She most recently led the Australian cast of Frozen as Princess Anna at the Marina Bay Sands Theatre, Singapore. Fanny in Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol (Southbank Centre); 1st cover Anna in the original London cast of Frozen (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); cover Jenna & Dawn in the original London cast of Waitress (Adelphi Theatre); Celtic Angels (US tour); Mistress in Evita(Phoenix Theatre & UK Tour); Imelda in the original cast of The Commitments (Palace Theatre); 1st cover Eponine in Les Misérables (Queen’s Theatre); 1st cover Sophie in Mamma Mia! (Prince of Wales Theatre); Snow White in Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs (Qdos/Belfast Opera House).

    Other: Television credits include placing as finalist and runner-up in Irish reality show Fame: Remember My Name (RTÉ).

  • GUEST TUTOR

    Training:     Bird College.

    Theatre: Yvonne in Sunshine on Leith (Pitlochry Festival Theatre and Capital Theatres), Queen Victoria in Around the World in 80 Days (Pitlochry Festival Theatre), cover Heather Duke in Heathers (original UK tour), Kathy, cover Judy Bernly in 9 to 5 the Musical (Savoy Theatre), cover Deena Jones and Michelle Morris in Dreamgirls (Savoy Theatre), lead singer/Dionne in Hair (West End LIVE), Ortisha, cover Clara and Louise in Ghost - the Musical (Asian tour), understudy Gary Coleman, Second Arm, Mrs T and Yellow Bear in Avenue (UK tour), Michelle in Sister Act (Gordon Craig Theatre) and Dynamite in Hairspray (Cork Opera House and Irish tour).

    Other: Workshops include Testimony in Oliva Tweest (Barbican Centre) and Narrator in Oliva Tweest (The Other Palace). Television includes The One Show BBC) and This Morning (ITV). Recordings include Kathy in the original London cast recording of 9 to 5 the Musical.

  • GUEST TUTOR

    Training:     Arts Educational Schools

    Theatre:     Ensemble in the Anything Goes UK Tour, Ensemble in Anything Goes at the Barbican (West End), Ensemble/Cover Lorraine in 42nd Street at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane (West End), Sleeping Beauty in Sleeping Beauty at the Nottingham Playhouse (Pantomime)

    Other: Performer in Anything Goes at the Olivier Awards 2022, Performer in 42nd Street at the Olivier Awards 2018, Violinist in I Can See Your Voice for ITV, Violinist in the X Factor (ITV).

  • GUEST TUTOR

    Training:     Performers College, Essex.

    Theatre: Johnny Casino/Ensemble in Grease (Dominion Theatre), Swing in Waitress (UK Tour); Cover Brit in We Will Rock You (RCCL); Tony Manero in Saturday Night Fever (RCCL); Ensemble in Soho Cinders (Charing Cross).

    Other: Little Mix - The Search (BBC1), Dancer for FA Cup Final and NFL International Tour (Wembley Arena).

  • GUEST TUTOR

    Training: Arts Educational Schools London

    Theatre: Heather Mac in Heathers at The Other Palace, Clock Tower Lady/1st cover Lorraine in Back To The Future Original West End & Manchester Opera House Cast; Ensemble in Big the Musical at the Dominion Theatre; Ensemble/Cover Kiki Dee in Dusty the UK Tour; Ensemble/Cover Lorraine in 42nd Street at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane; Brenda/ Cover Amber in Hairspray the UK Tour; Iris/ 1st Cover Dinah & Asst Dance Captain in High Society at the Old Vic

  • GUEST TUTOR

    Training:     Arts Educational Schools London

    Theatre: Naphtali in Joseph (UK & International Tour) Cover Jerry, Horace and Bates in Top Hat (The Mill at Sonning), Beleaguered Geek in Heathers the Musical (original UK & Ireland tour), Skimbleshanks in Cats (Cyprus), Ensemble in Insomnia Dubai, Peter Pan in Shrek The Musical (UK & Ireland Tour), Dance captain in Oliver!, Heretic in Don Carlos (both Grange Park Opera), Ensemble in Mack and Mabel (Chichester/UK & Ireland tour), Linville/Postmaster in Damn Yankees (Landor Theatre), Frank in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (UK/Ireland Tour), Ensemble in Cinderella (Kings Lynn Corn Exchange)

    Other: Dance Captain in Whats on Stage Awards and Ensemble/Choir for the Olivier Awards 2011-2013, Friday Night is Music Night (BBC Radio 2)

  • GUEST TUTOR

    Kirk is a pioneering theatre director whose recent work has garnered critical acclaim for reaching digital audiences in response to the pandemic. His most recent production of I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change was recorded live with a star cast and streamed from the London Coliseum in January. He next directs The Distance You Have Come at the Apollo Theatre.

    Director Credits: European premiere of Dreamworks’ Madagascar (UK & International Tour) starring X factor winner Matt Terry; Kander & Ebb’s And The World Goes Round, Stiles & Drewe’s Just So (Barn Theatre); Sleeping Beauty (Palace Theatre Newark); Jack and the Beanstalk(White Rock Theatre, Hastings); the German premiere of The Last Five Years (Frankfurt); Seussical: The Musical (Arts Theatre); I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (Arts Theatre – Broadway World Awards nomination for Best Musical Revival); Privates On Parade, Annie Get Your Gun, the World Goes Round(three Offie Award nominations including Best Director), Once Upon a Mattress, Dames at Sea, On A Clear Day You Can See Forever (all Union Theatre).

    As associate director: Floyd Collins (Wilton’s Music Hall); Peter Pan in Concert (Adelphi Theatre); Pipe Dream, The Bakers Wife (Union Theatre).

  • GUEST TUTOR

    Training: Music at Oxford University and Piano Accompaniment at the Royal Academy of Music

    Theatre: Musical Director - Everybody’s Talking About Jamie - UK tour 2020 (postponed ‘til 2021), Musical Director - Freaky Friday - Arts Educational Schools 2020, Assistant MD - Local Hero - Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh 2019, Assistant MD - Bat Out Of Hell - West End 2018-19, Music Supervisor - Billionaire Boy the Musical - Nuffield Southampton / UK tour 2018-2019, Musical Director - The Beautiful Game - NYMT 2018, Musical Director - Crazy for You - Watermill Theatre / UK tour 2017-18, Musical Director - Aladdin & Cinderella - Lyric Hammersmith 2016 & 2015, Musical Director - The Entertainer - Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company, West End 2016, Associate MD - Bugsy Malone - Lyric Hammersmith 2016 & 2015, Music Associate - Romeo & Juliet - Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company, West End 2016, Musical Director - The Beautiful Game - Union Theatre 2014, Dep Keyboard 2 / Emergency Conductor - The Book of Mormon - UK/European tour 2019, Dep Keyboard 2 - Les Misérables - UK tour 2019, Rehearsal Pianist - Funny Girl - Théâtre Marigny, Paris 2019, Dep Keyboard 2 - Jersey Boys - West End 2015-17, Dep Keyboard 2 - The Bodyguard - UK tour 2015-16

  • GUEST TUTOR

    Training: Mountview

    Theatre: Doreen/Miss Elf in The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 (The Ambassadors and Menier Chocolate Factory), Mrs Wormwood in Matilda (Cambridge Theatre), Louise and Eve in Ruthless The Musical (Arts Theatre), Mrs Bucket in Charlie & The Chocolate Factory (Theatre Royal Drury Lane) and Miss Honey in Matilda (Cambridge Theatre). Mrs Cratchit in Scrooge The Musical (Curve Theatre, Leicester), Queen Rat in Dick Whittington (Bristol Hippodrome), The Rocky Horror Show (European Tour), Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance (UK Tour), All The Fun Of The Fair (UK Tour), Dirty Dancing In Concert (UK Tour) and Grease (Cyprus). Miss Hedge in the Original West End tour or Everybody's Talking About Jamie.

    Other: TV/Film/Commercial: Louise and Eve in Ruthless The Musical (Broadway HD), Narrator/Performer in Mentos (Commercial), Queen Rat in Dick Whittington (UK Cinema Release) and Lina in Glass Body (Short Film).

  • GUEST TUTOR

    Training: Arts Educational Schools London

    Theatre: Gino in Glory Ride at the Charing Cross theatre, Original West End Cast of FROZEN - Theatre Royal Drury Lane; Peter Kingsley in City Of Angels (West End); Ensemble in Bill Deamer’s Hey Old Friends! at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane; Ensemble/Cover Fiyero in Joe Mantello’s Wicked in its International Tour; Swing in Laurence Connor’s School of Rock at the Gillian Lynne Theatre; Ensemble in Jerry Mitchell’s Kinky Boots (Playful Productions, UK Tour).

    Other: Dancer in Nick Winston’s 2016 WhatsOnStage Awards at the Prince of Wales Theatre; Friday Night is Music Night; Hey Old Friends! at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.