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Trudy gained her English degree and teaching qualification from Sheffield University and Sheffield City College. Her full-time teaching career has been long and varied and she has taught English and Drama in secondary education and has been a senior teacher in Primary education, with a responsibilty for English and Special Needs. She has had experience with the full Stagecoach age range of 4-18s during that time. Trudy has written, produced and directed a number of her own children's shows during her career.

Caterina is currently working as a professional singer on the North East circuit and is teaching singing privately. She was trained at Middlesbrough College where she gained an NVQ in Popular Music and a Grade 8 in Singing. Cat has worked as a session singer with a NE radio DJ and has signed a contract to write and perform her own album. Caterina has singing in the genes because her uncle is the well-known singer from Middlesbrough – Chris Rea.

Philip was trained at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts, London. He is a professional actor with credits in series such as "Byker Grove Heartbeat " and "Badger". For ten years he has been heavily involved with "Cleveland Theatre Company", based in Darlington Arts Centre, which is widely held to be one of the premier children's theatre companies. Philip has worked with children in a wide variety of workshops and performances and has won a national playwriting competition for a play for young children. Philip is a qualified stage combat trainer.

Sue studied for her diploma at Stockton and Billingham Technical College. She has gained Grade 8 piano and the same for singing, Grade 7 organ and Grade 6 violin. Sue has taught piano playing from the age of seventeen and has taught singing in several primary schools in the Stockton area, where she has gained Grade 1 teacher status in several Ofsted inspections. Sue has personally sung in competitions, festivals and concerts. Sue teaches singing in four Stagecoach main schools and to associated Early Stages classes.

Deborah is a qualified dance teacher, who has had some training with the Yorkshire Dance Centre. She owned her own dance school in Northallerton and has been the choreographer for numerous school and community group shows. She has personally performed in many amateur musical productions and has been selected to direct such events. Deborah has gained grade 8 singing, grade 6 music theory and grade 5 piano.

Claire has been very well trained as a dancer, having qualified with The London Studio Centre and having also done some training with the Laban Centre in London. Before that she studied Musical Theatre at Teesside Tertiary College. Claire has been a teacher of Dance for The Dance Society in London and for six months has been involved in choreography for Emma Bunton of "Spice Girls" fame. Claire has also toured in performance with the Jazz Dance Co.