MA Musical Theatre Course

The Team

Vivien Care

Course Leader, Musical Theatre
Vivien Care

Born and educated in Wales, Vivien initially trained at the Welsh College of Music and Drama, continuing her studies on the postgraduate Musical Theatre Course at the Royal Academy of Music, graduating with distinction and receiving the prestigious Mary Hammond Prize. Since then she has sustained a busy and varied career in Musical Theatre - in prominent roles in large-scale West End musicals as well as in small-scale and fringe productions, session work and radio broadcasts. She is also much in demand as a vocal consultant and coach. Recent credits include Sister Margaretta in the London Palladium production of The Sound of Music, and the 25th Anniversary Concert of Les Misérables at the O2 arena.

Vivien’s experience as a performer and teacher, together with extensive industry links have done much to inform an approach to the training of musical theatre practitioners at the highest level, based on a thorough awareness of the interdependent disciplines of acting, singing and dance.

Lecturers in Acting

  • Jamie Garven BA (Hons) PGDip
  • David Bond 
  • Marilyn Le Conte BA (Hons)  
  • Anita Reynolds

Head of Voice

  • Simon Reeves BA (Hons) MA

Lecturer in Voice & Dialect

  • Patricia Logue

Lecturer in Movement

  • Frances Newman BA (Hons)
  • Grace Warner
  • Louise Lenihan

Lecturers in Singing

  • Vivien Care
  • Jeff Howard
  • Michael Morwood
  • Katie Vallis
  • Tim Richards

Lecturer in Stage Combat

  • Kevin McCurdy

Lecturers in Contextual Studies

  • Ken Caswell
  • Stephanie Evans Benavente
  • Julian Bigg
  • Paul Clements

Lecturer in Musicianship 

  • Alison Bowring

Lecturer in Singing Technique  

  • Tim Richards  

Lecturer in Estill Voice Craft 

  • Tim Richards  

Visiting Professionals 

  • James Williams (Director)
  • Ken Caswell (Director) 
  • Shaun Kerrison (Director)
  • Suzy Catliff (Casting Director)
  • Jon Williams (Musical Director and Coach)
  • Julian Bigg (Musical Director and Coach)
  • David Grindrod (Casting Director)