Lead Tutor – Dana Hudson
Dana is a female Director, Choreographer and Producer with over seven year’s professional experience. She trained as an actor at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Tring Park School for the Performing Arts and graduated from Royal Holloway University with a degree in Drama and Creative Writing. While at University, Dana transitioned into Directing/Choreography when founding Ethereal Theatre Company who continue to create original, dynamic theatre. Dana works as a responsive, collaborative director who incorporates her actor-training and directing toolkit to invite performers to play and explore throughout classes and rehearsals.
Her Directing credits include: The Scene: New Writing Festival (Bread & Roses Theatre), Impossible Coffee (Southwark Playhouse Workshop), The Musical That Goes Right (Cockpit Theatre/Ethereal Theatre), ‘Lady’ Macbeth R&D (Ethereal Theatre), You Can Do Anything: A Musical Concert (Brighton Open Air Theatre/Ethereal Theatre) & The Bog Roll Bandits (Cockpit Theatre/Ethereal Theatre).
Her Choreography credits include: The Gifted (Theatre Peckham), New Year’s Eve @ Studio 54 (Corporate), Sweeney Todd (Edinburgh Fringe Festival/Ethereal Theatre), Little Shop of Horrors (Edinburgh Fringe Festival/Ethereal Theatre), Bring It On (Royal Holloway), Seeing Dogs Lie (Edinburgh Fringe Festival/Ethereal Theatre), (RENT (Royal Holloway), Cinderfella: A Christmas Pantomime (Royal Holloway).
Her Assistant/Tour Director credits include: Richard II: The UK Tour (Nationwide).
Dana has previously worked as Dance Tutor for Young & Talented, Musical Theatre Tutor for Theatre Peckham and Assistant Dance Tutor at Take The Lead. Dana currently is the Drama Tutor at Stagecoach Letchworth and is producing several projects freelance. She is excited to bring her experience and actor-training skills to Little Voices, collaborating with the students to boost their confidence and offer industry-level training suitable for each age group.
Lauren Cesena
Hi! My name’s Lauren and I’m really looking forward to teaching at Little Voices Welwyn Garden City! I’m a graduate of The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama with a BA Hons in Drama, Applied Theatre and Education.
I’ve been teaching LAMDA for 8 years alongside running drama workshops and public speaking classes for both children and adults. I’ve been a professional actor alongside doing this work, and I direct plays and musicals on an annual basis.
I’ve worked in the community, running theatre projects for children without access to the arts for many reasons. I’m looking forward to bringing all this experience to Little Voices!