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Ashley J Russell

Ashley originates from Central Scotland and began performing at a young age under the direction of Caroline Newlands and also McKechnie School of Dance and Performing Arts. This strong foundation lead her to perform professionally with The Scottish Ballet and Rambert Dance Company. She then gained a BA in Acting at Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh and furthered her training with an MA in Musical Theatre at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, London under the prestigious Dame Judy Dench Scholarship. As well as being the principal here at Class Act Theatrix, Ash is also a acting teacher at Performing Arts Drama School, Performers.

Since professional training, credits include;

Theatre credits include: THE WAITING ROOM (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh), WE WILL ROCK YOU as Teacher/Lily Allen/1st cover Killer Queen (UK Tour), SISTER ACT as Nun and 1st cover KT (London Palladium), SISTER ACT LAUNCH (American Church Broadway USA), WE WILL ROCK YOU as Killer Queen (UK and European Tour) JESTEND (Leicester Square Theatre), SHREK THE MUSICAL as Mama Bear and 1st cover Dragon (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane), MAMMA MIA! as cover Donna/Tanya/Rosie (International Tour), TOMMY THE ROCK OPERA as Mrs Walker (Blackpool Winter Gardens).

Television credits include: I'D DO ANYTHING for BBC1, THE ONE SHOW for BBC Scotland, THE HOUR, CHILDREN IN NEED for BBC1, KB TV ,Korea

Workshops/Concerts include: LOVE NEVER DIES (Sydmonton Festival), 20TH CENTURY BOY (Battersea Arts Centre, London), A TRIBUTE TO RICHARD RODGERS (RSNO, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall), A SPOTLIGHT ON GEORGE URE (The Landor Theatre, London), A NIGHT OF QUEEN with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, (Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool), 2012 OLIVIER AWARDS, Royal Opera house, Covent Garden.

Film credits include: Vocalist on animated Feature Film, SIR BILLI, Produced by Sir Billy Connelly.

 

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