Meet our teachers

Luan trained at The Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts and completed her Degree in Dance Theatre at the Laban Centre. Luan's teaching experience includes lecturing dance GCSE, A level, BTEC Performing Arts courses and jazz to BA students at The Welsh College for Music and Drama and Stagecoach. Luan regularly delivers training in leading dance in Early Years and Primary school settings. Her performance and choreographic work has varied from pantomime to multimedia projects and credits include the film 'Very Annie Mary', S4C's Planed Plant, Theatr Na N'og and Mapa Mundi.

Luan has a keen interest in seeing children's dance drama and singing talents develop. She undertook a PGCE Certificate in Education to discover more about how children learn and how to achieve the very best from classroom management and behaviour. Luan regularly consults Early Years teachers in Swansea and Cardiff in how to put on interesting, theme based performances and/or assemblies. She has also mentored teachers in how to teach quality Dance in Education on a practical basis and also in planning schemes of work.
Luan keeps up to date with continued professional development, first aid and child protection issues.

Laura has been working as an actress and freelance choreographer and dance teacher since graduating with a first class Honours Degree in Theatre and Media from The University of Glamorgan in 2009. She also undertook training as a creative performing artist at The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. She currently leads workshops as part of Shine Creative Arts and also Bigfoot Arts Education in Cardiff primary schools as well as teaching dance at Performers Theatre School in Cardiff. Laura's experience has taken her as far afield as Cambodia, where she worked at New Futures Orphanage. Laura has been dancing from a very young age and over the years has trained in a number of different styles, which she now likes to mix up and experiment with to create big, energetic routines.

Cerys started dancing at an early age in her hometown of Swansea. At 16 she received a three year scholarship to the Northern Ballet School in Manchester where she trained in all aspects of dance and gained a Diploma in Professional Dance and Performing Arts.
Since graduating in 2004 Cerys has travelled all over the world performing for Costa Cruise Lines, Gala Shows in India, Belinda King Creative Productions onboard Queen Elizabeth 2 and Princess Cruise Lines as well as a little closer to home with the touring Welsh Pantomime company, Cwmni Mega.
She has always enjoyed working with and teaching children and over the years has been involved with the Halle Orchestra Outreach Project in Manchester, The Academy of Musical Theatre in Portsmouth, 'Pop Idol' and Junior Ballet summer schools, leading dance workshops to primary schools in South Wales, tutored disco dancing for the Eisteddfod as well as teaching Ballet, Jazz, Modern and Tap for Counterpoint School of Performing Arts and Kreative Kids in Swansea.
Cerys is currently studying for her PGCE with QTS in Primary School Education and teaches Early Stages and Main schools on a Saturday.

Claire graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in 1992. Since then she has developed a career spanning all walks of musical life, from Opera to Musical Theatre, and from concert work to TV and Radio. She regularly appears as a guest soloist and recently made her debut on BBC Radio 2's "Friday Night is Music Night". She has played "Cosette" in the London production of "Les Miserables". Most recently, she completed a two-year run playing the lead role of Christine Daae in "The Phantom of the Opera" at Her Majesty's Theatre, London.

John is a freelance Musical Director, composer, arranger, conductor and performer who has worked extensively on stage, in the concert hall and on television. His list of credits includes televised concerts and shows featuring such diverse talents as Aled Jones, Katherine Jenkins, Status Quo,Toyah Wilcox and Leo Sayer. He has conducted the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in several Radio Cymru concerts and has composed a number of original works for the Music Theatre. John also lectures in the the performing arts having worked at Gorseinon College for 14 years. He lectures currently at Trinity College, Carmarthen.

Jay has always loved performing arts and has been acting from a very young age and attended Stagecoach herself for many years. She studied at Rose Bruford College and graduated with BA(Hons) Acting in 2008. On completion of her training Jay lived in London and worked as a professional actress both in theatre and film. She toured Northern Italy with Smile Theatre Company teaching English as a second language through theatre and this is where she found her passion for teaching. Jay returned to Wales where she has both furthered her training and has worked as a Youth Worker bringing elements of drama to her work where ever she can.
Jay is currently studying for her PGCE in Post Compulsory Education and is thrilled to be teaching drama for Stagecoach on a Saturday morning.

Louisa was born and bred in Swansea and has been doing drama from a very young age. She first worked for Stagecoach at their very first summer school in 2007.

After completing A levels in Gorseinon college she continued her studies at The Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts, doing a 1 year Acting diploma. Following this Louisa attended The Manchester School of Theatre where she gained a BA Hons degree in Acting.

During her studies Louisa has taught Performing Arts for various stage schools in London and overseas in the summer seasons.

Since leaving drama school Louisa has been living in London working as a professional actress in both theatre and film. She has now returned to Swansea where she hopes to continue her acting work and is delighted to be teaching drama at Sagecoach Swansea's Saturday Afternoon School.

After 20 years experience in local theatre, Phil undertook university courses as a mature student. He graduated in 2006 with a First Class BA in English and Theatre at The Swansea Metropolitan University, followed by a Master of Arts in Creative and Media Writing in 2007 at Swansea University.

He has written and directed four plays for professional theatre and has had work produced by ITV Wales. Phil has written for radio and won a Dylan Thomas award for spoken performance. He has also performed professionally in a wide range of roles for stage and television, including BBC's Dr.Who, High Hopes, Casualty, S4C's Salt in The Blood and Game of The Century and ITV Wales series Mind to Kill.

Phil has acted as script advisor with the Shakespeare for Schools Programme and teaches drama at Ffynone House School, Swansea.

Phil is married and has two school age children.

Linzi began performing aged eleven after joining her local youth theatre in Llanelli, and since then she has never looked back! Linzi studied at Royal Holloway University of London and The Central School of Speech and Drama. Immediately following graduation in 2006, Linzi secured a twelve month contract with a Christian based theatre company where she performed numerous productions on tour in the UK, culminating in two productions at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2007. Since then, Linzi has worked professionally on many other projects ranging from Pantomime to Theatre in Education as both a performer and Musical Director. In addition to leading music and drama workshops for Stagecoach, Linzi also works in a Nursery when she is not performing!