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Speaking to The Joyce Marshall Academy, Matt Brinkler said "The opportunity to perform and train in the performing arts should be available to all young people. It can give them a healthy confidence which will help them progress in any career later in life.
No other activity can give young people as much scope to be expressive, creative and imaginative. The performing arts can also provide an important emotional release from the strains of anything else happening in life. Most importantly, it is fun and helps individuals develop strong social interaction abilities."
Matt Brinkler trained with YMT:UK and then at the prestigious Urdang Academy in London. Matt's most notable role to date is playing Sven in Gurinder Chadha's hit 2008 movie 'Angus Thongs and Perfect Snogging'. |
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Tim Sutton, speaking to The Joyce Marshall Academy, "A large part of my work involves working with young people in some form or another. The older I get, the more I feel the necessity of this work. Just as all of us who are privileged work as theatre professionals remember those role models who inspired our young selves with their passion and talent, so it is incumbent upon us to return the gift to the next generation of aspiring theatre makers. I've seen the possibilities of theatre light up the eyes of young children from the most unlikely of backgrounds, and seen sluggish and torpid cultures break up and take to the skies.
As young people are allowed to take part in a theatre experience, so they feel, from the inside, the power of transformation, and in investigating the lives of others, they come to believe in their own power for change. Working with children can be moving, challenging, maddening, surprising, but always leaves you spiritually the better. I wish you well in all your endeavours. |
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Tim Sutton works as a composer and musical director in the fields of theatre, classical and choral music. In 2009 he wrote The Secret Garden, a Christmas musical for West Yorkshire Playhouse Leeds, which will transfer to Birmingham Rep in Chirstmas 2010. Earlier that year he composed Dreamfighter, a classical piece for a family audience based on short stories by Ted Hughes. This was commissioned by Lichfield Festival and the Scottish Ensemble, and performed at the Lichfield Festival and the Aberdeen International Youth Festival. His song Sian is featured on Nigel Richards’ new solo CD A Shining Truth.
Composition for theatre, choir and dance includes The Bacchae (Edinburgh International Festival and Lincoln Center Festival New York), Salute the Sun! (a Cantata for Freedom), The Soldiers' Fortune (Young Vic), Women Beware Women (RSC), As You Desire Me (Playhouse), As You Like It (Wyndham's), Knight of the Burning Pestle (Young Vic/Barbican), The Skin of Our Teeth (Young Vic), and Thought Latchingto Thought and Pulling, Ben Wright'sPlace Prize-nominated dance work.
He was Musical Director of Sweeney Todd at Karlstad Opera House, and has acted as Choir Master for Showboat (Royal Albert Hall), The Water Diviner’s Tale (BBC Proms 2006) and The Little Prince (BBC 2). He has led workshops for the Royal College of Music and for Artisten Conservatoire in Gothenburg, Sweden, and acted as judge and workshop leader for Radio 3 Choir of the Year, Young Musician of the Year and Voice of Black Opera.
Tim is also an expert magician, and an Associate of the Inner Magic Circle of Great Britain. To find out more about Tim, click here. |
He has been working on stage professionally since 2007, making his west-end debut creating the lead role of Creature Boy in Nick Stimson’s Frankenstein. He has just finished playing the role of Simon in Jesus Christ Superstar at the iconic Minack Theatre, Cornwall.
His other credits include playing Romeo in the UK tour of Romeo & Juliet the Musical; Matt in Soul Traders at the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe Festival; Tommy Tucker in Nursery Crimes The Musical; Daniel in Once on this Island; Henry in Alan Ayckbourne’s Revenger’s Comedies and Michael in Back To The 80’s.
To find out more about Matt, please click here. | |
