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Young Performer Magazine

Right now, Bernard!
Sparky 12-year-old Bernard Mensah lights up the big screen as TJ and Archangel Gabriel in the Christmas comedy Nativity. He’s also West End’s hot ticket as Young Simba in The Lion King. How does he do it?
Stagecoachers make the news
A BBC team came to the Courthouse, Stagecoach’s head office in Walton-on- Thames, in early November to find out more about how young people use their mobile phones.
Sam shines in top musicals
Samantha Allison, 8, is a busy girl. She played Gretl in The Sound of Music at the Palladium, then she was offered a role she couldn’t take because she was off on holiday.
Alec tours in role of Friedrich
Alec Poore, 14, won a drama scholarship to Millfield School in Somerset. Then he won the role of Friedrich in the touring production of The Sound of Music.
Toni joins CBBC’s Science Lab
Toni Storie, 12, was one of a team of three who joined Richard Hammond in his CBBC’s show Science Lab. They had to battle with other teams answering science questions.
Sanjana wins CBeebies solo
The CBeebies Summer Song, which features four presenters, some children and professional dancers, is filmed in London’s Battersea Park.
Numan makes Sainsbury’s Ad
On a blazing hot day at Pontail Farm in Surrey, Numan Nassim, 10, helped to make a Sainsbury’s commercial promoting how to make a meal for two for a fiver.
Three battle rivals to dance in Coppelia
When the English Youth Ballet brought Coppelia to Dunstable’s Grove Theatre...
Eight join sell-out Annie
Eden Court is a terrific cultural centre on the banks of the river Ness.
I play wheelchair boy in Miss Marple
My stage name was Bobby and I was the handicapped son of Lindsay Duncan. I am hidden away in a sanatorium in the USA.
I make drama with Trevor Eve
I played 10-year-old Dylan Hughes in a one-off BBC drama, Framed, with Trevor Eve. The critics said: “Dylan is lovingly portrayed by the talented young Samuel Davies.
I’m their cup of tea
Reece Collyer, 7, played Chip the Teacup in the touring production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, at the New Victoria Theatre, Woking.
Two excel at Edinburgh Festival
“The revival of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie at the Edinburgh Festival is little short of perfect,” said the Daily Telegraph when the play appeared at the Assembly Rooms.
16 raise roof for Andy Abraham
At first they settled comfortably in the audience to watch some of the show.
Jersey Boys actor holds workshop
Highgate students learned loads when Philip Bulcock, from the West End musical Jersey Boys, held a workshop at their school.
If Young Performer had been available when I was young I know I would have been an avid reader. I think it’s a tremendous magazine.
Dame Jacqueline Wilson
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Dani Harmer, TV’s Tracy Beaker
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