Emil Dale

Emil Dale
Owner & Founder

Emil is currently developing a new British musical called KIN with his production company Factory Playhouse Productions Ltd. Emil is always on the look out for new musicals to develop so please get in touch if you have an idea!

Emil Dale is a British Arab, director, producer, writer and was one of the first people of colour to be a principal of a UK drama school: www.emildale.co.uk

He is the founder of Emil Dale Academy in Letchworth Garden City, just outside of London and is also the co-founder of the talent agency Dale Hammond Associates. Alongside establishing the full and part-time schools of Emil Dale Performing Arts, Emil has also established The Factory Playhouse, a 200 seater theatre, previously a disused factory in Hertfordshire: www.factoryplayhouse.com

Since 2015 Emil has produced & directed over 30 public productions; West Side Story (2015), Oliver (2016) Romeo & Juliet (2016) Grease (2016), Les Misérables (2017), Hairspray (2018), Sweeney Todd (2018), West End Concert at the 02 Indigo in London (2019), In The Heights (2019), Thoroughly Modern Mille (2019) Little Shop of Horrors (2020), Spring Awakening (2021), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (2022), Made in Dagenham (2022), Footloose (2022), Kin a New Musical (2022), Kin a New Musical Other Palace London (2023) The wedding Singer (2023), Disney's Little Mermaid (2023) & is just about to produce a new musical in London November 2023.

Emil trained in Musical Theatre at Arts Educational School in London and started his career as a member of the Nation Youth Theatre and The National Youth Music Theatre of Great Britain. He has appeared in: Hanging Around (National Theatre); St Vetus’ Project (Sadler’s Wells); Fly Floor at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Sondheim 75th Birthday Celebration at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.

Victoria Hammond

Victoria Hammond
Principal



Marina Abdeen

Marina Abdeen
Head of Dance & Head of Gap Year/Foundation Course



Sarah Moore

Sarah Moore
Business, Compliance & Strategy Manager



Jonathan Hunt

Jonathan Hunt
Deputy Principal & Head of 3-Year Course



David Bridges

David Bridges
Creative Associate



Matt Mellor

Matt Mellor
Lead Tutor: Music



Nicole Cato

Nicole Cato
Dance Department Tutor



Siobhan Kelly

Siobhan Kelly
Head of Welfare


Laura McHugh

Laura McHugh
Music Department Coordinator



Amy Bird

Amy Bird
Industry Liaison & Head Agent of Dale Hammond Associates



Jon-Scott Clark

Jon-Scott Clark
Physiotherapist



Ellie-Ann Lowe

Ellie-Ann Lowe
1 to 1 Singing Tutor



Terri Claus

Terri Claus
Acting Department Tutor



Rob Nash

Rob Nash
1 to 1 Singing Tutor



Aaron Alexander

Aaron Alexander
1 to 1 Singing Tutor



Nadine Cox

Nadine Cox
1 to 1 Singing Tutor



Tommaso Giacomin

Tommaso Giacomin
Acting Department Tutor



Griff Stevens

Griff Stevens
Acting Department Tutor



Sonny Ward

Sonny Ward
Dance Department Tutor



Jo McShane

Jo McShane
Dance Department Tutor



Albey Brookes

Albey Brookes
Dance Department Tutor



Jordan Oliver

Jordan Oliver
Guest Tutor



Victoria Serra

Victoria Serra
Acting Department Tutor



Zheng Xi Yong

Zheng Xi Yong
Music Department Tutor



Steve Moss

Steve Moss
Music Department Tutor



Vicky Collins

Vicky Collins
Dance Department Tutor



Stephan Jameson

Stephan Jameson
Acting Department Tutor



MJ Mcgibbon

MJ Mcgibbon
Dance Department Tutor



Matt Walker

Matt Walker
Dance Department Tutor



Matt Ives

Matt Ives
Dance Department Tutor



Laura Gibson

Laura Gibson
Dance Department Tutor



Katrina Lopes

Katrina Lopes
Dance Department Tutor



Jenny Wickham

Jenny Wickham
Dance Department Tutor



Kathryn Barnes

Kathryn Barnes
Dance Department Tutor



Josh Talbot

Josh Talbot
Dance Department Tutor



Ciara Clayton

Ciara Clayton
Dance Department Tutor



Francesca Di Marco

Francesca Di Marco
Music Department Tutor



Adam Morris

Adam Morris
Music Department Tutor



Alex Williams

Alex Williams
Music Department Tutor



Amy West

Amy West
Dance Department Tutor



Ashley Daniels

Ashley Daniels
Acting Department Tutor



Blair Anderson

Blair Anderson
Acting Department Tutor



Carys Bowkett

Carys Bowkett
Acting Department Tutor



Chris Lakewood

Chris Lakewood
Acting Department Tutor



Craig Scott

Craig Scott
Dance Department Tutor



Emily Woodford

Emily Woodford
Dance Department Tutor



Eoin Lynch

Eoin Lynch
Acting Department Tutor



Gail Tay

Gail Tay
Music Department Tutor



Gregory Franz

Gregory Franz
Music Department Tutor



Sandra Horne

Sandra Horne
Music Department Tutor



Olivia Doust

Olivia Doust
Music Department Tutor



Kasia Howley

Kasia Howley
Music Department Tutor



Charlotte Riby

Charlotte Riby
Guest Tutor



Honey Makwana

Honey Makwana
Dance Department Tutor



Luke Cinque-White

Luke Cinque-White
Dance Department Tutor



Stephan Boyce

Stephan Boyce
Acting Department Tutor



Ryan Gover

Ryan Gover
Guest Tutor



Nick Evans

Nick Evans
Acting Department Tutor.



Danny Whitehead

Danny Whitehead
Guest Tutor



Jamie Noar

Jamie Noar
Music Department Tutor



Benjamin Mundy

Benjamin Mundy
Guest Tutor



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