Victoria Hay
Founder & Head of Dance
Victoria has been teaching for 28 years - she has taught as Italia Conti, Mountview, PPA, as well as being on the audition panel for dance at Mountview.
She has choreographed award winning routines that have won at All England Finals numerous times, in Jazz, Character and Musical Theatre, as well as winning at Dance World Cup too. She had also won numerous awards for Choreography at various competitions. As well as owing her own dance school for 15 years, she is now a Principal at North Star Academy. She trains young performers in Jazz, Musical Theatre, Classical Ballet, Contemporary and Acro to the highest level. She is passionate about their future training and understanding of Musical Theatre - passing on her own skills to ensure the students she teaches have the best chance of working in the industry.
Training: The Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts.
West End credits include: Swing/Widow Corny Cover in Oliver! (Gielgud Theatre) Ensemble in 42nd Street (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Cover Vera in Mrs Henderson Presents (Noël Coward Theatre) and Cover Princess Elizabeth/Swing in Betty Blue Eyes (Novello, Original London Cast).
Theatre credits include: Resident Director/Standby in Menopause The Musical 2 (UK Tour); Ensemble/Cover Annie, Chris and Ruth in Calendar Girls (UK Tour); Jennyanydots in Cats (Cyprus); Cover Vera in Mrs Henderson Presents (Theatre Royal, Bath); Erma in Anything Goes (Kilworth House); Charlotte Sowerbury in Oliver! (National Tour); Hotbox Girl in Guys & Dolls (Leicester Curve); Little Girl in The Witches of Eastwick (Original UK Tour); The Pirates of Penzance (Kilworth House); Snow White in Snow White & the Seven Dwarves (Alhambra Theatre, Bradford); Mrs Darling / Ethel Mermaid in Peter Pan (Floral Pavilion, New Brighton); Silly Girl in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (UK Tour); Oklahoma! (UK Tour); Ethel Peas in Thoroughly Modern Millie (Original UK Tour); Ruth in Guardian Angels (Landor) and Louise in Carousel (UK Tour).
Workshops include: Kylie in Strictly Ballroom; Tommy in Doctor Doolittle and Bicky in Who Are Our New Friends.
Film credits include: Wonka! (Warner Bros) and Millerette in Mrs Henderson Presents (BBC Film/Pathe Pictures).
Television credits include: The Royal Variety Performance, This Morning, The One Show and The Generation Game.
Recording credits include: 42nd Street (Cast Album); Mrs Henderson Presents (Cast Album); Betty Blue Eyes (Cast Album) and Mrs Henderson Presents (Motion Picture Soundtrack); Coronation St The Musical (Cast Album).