Alumni
Upstagers is known for having a high standard of youth intake, and members of the company have gone to study at leading drama and dance schools, including The Arts Educational Schools, Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts and Guildford School of Acting, as well as entering the mainstream entertainment industry.
Current members and alumni include:
- Georgie Henley, who starred as Lucy in Walt Disney's film production of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and the young Jane in the BBC's adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre
- Rebecca Louis, currently in the cast of Betty Blue Eyes at London's West-End, who also appeared in the final cast of Oliver!, Cats at the New London Theatre & Mary Poppins.
- Wayne Perry, currently starring as DC Lateef in the BBC's Dalziel and Pascoe, who also appeared in Bombay Dreams at the Apollo Victoria Theatre, London
- Richard Lloyd, star of Carlton Television's The Railway Children and ITV's Band of Gold
- Ellie Sager, lead in the BBC Radio 4's drama production of Charlotte Cory's The Brave New World of Allaetitia
- Lois Taylor and Jack Hanson, stars of BBC Radio 4's drama production of Sharon Oakes' Blind Eye
- Ash Caton, an up and coming comedian who has been signed to several live stand-up's around the north of England, and who will be appearing at Edinburgh's comedy festival in 2010.
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