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ONE OFF EVENTS

A special one off masterclass coming to The Shack Studio in February 2026. Bree Smith is currently on tour with Tina the Musical as Standby Tina. The Sunday of the week they are in town, at Wales Millennium Centre, Bree will be with us for a dance and choreography masterclass. Open to all our students, plus anyone new to us, aged 12-18 who loves Musical Theatre and dance!

Sunday 15th February

11am-1pm

£15

Book in Class Manager. Register for Class Manger on any class page, or log into your account and enrol.

Bree Smith

Bree Smith has been treading the boards since the tender age of 10 and is proud to have performed at venues such as; The Royal Albert Hall, London Palladium and The Prince of Wales theatre in a variety of professional roles. Bree’s passion is Dance and Musical theatre – both teaching and performing. Bree has a wealth of experience in teaching at various Drama Schools, Stage Schools, Dance Academy’s, and Workshops, bringing the most relevant industry techniques to all her classes. Bree graduated from ArtsEd with a BA Hons in Musical Theatre she also has an Associate Degree in Street Dance teaching and a Diploma in Teaching Performing Arts.

Choreography/ Directing: Director and Co- Choreographer of The Little Mermaid (The Beck Theatre); Resident Choreographer of The Color purple (UK Tour); Assistant Director/Movement Director of Kinky Boots Concert (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Choreographer for Performers College 1st year showcase. (Birmingham Rep Theatre); Choreographer and Director for LMA 1st year showcase (M & S Bank arena, Liverpool);

  

Some Stage Credits: Currently playing Tina Standby in Tina (UK Tour); Hannah in Come from away (UK Tour);  Alice Beane in Titanic The Musical (UK Tour); Shug Avery in The Color Purple (UK Tour); Marmie in Coming To England (Birmingham Rep); Aunt Em/Glinda in The Wiz (Hope Mill Theatre); Ensemble in Evita (Regents Park Open Air Theatre); Rosalia/1st Cover Anita in West Side Story (Royal Exchange Theatre); Sister Kimbey in The Book of Mormon (Prince of Wales Theatre); Henrietta in Scrooge the Musical (Leicester Curve Theatre); Humpty Dumpty in Wonderland (UK Tour);

Ellie Cousins is playing Clarissa in the UK tour of The Lightning Thief coming to the Wales Millennium Centre in January.  On Sunday 25th January Ellie is coming the The Shack Studio for a one off special Lightning Thief masterclass on character and choreography.  This is the perfect experience for our Musical Theatre Young Professionals who are currently rehearsing for our summer production of The Lightning Thief.

Sunday 25th January

11M-1PM

£15

To book just head to your Class Manager account. If you don’t have one yet just click register on any of our classes pages.

After graduating Bird College in 2022, Ellie has performed professionally in Mamma Mia West End, An officer and a Gentleman UK tour, Cry Baby the Musical London, The Lightning Thief UK tour and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Monaco.

Contact Details: The Talent Shack, Unit 17, Freemans Parc, Penarth Road, CF11 8EQ Tel: 07886 020923 Email: hello@thetalentshack.co.uk

One Off Events - The Talent Shack