Our Staff
All teachers at CTS are qualified, experienced and DBS checked. Many of our teachers are also performers and therefore fully understand the process from creation to performance. At CTS our teachers are a crucial factor to the success of our students and we pride ourselves on the quality of our staff.
Sarah McKeown
Artistic Director
CTS were founded by Sarah in 2008.
"I wanted to create an inclusive, not exclusive, theatre company where all abilities and talents were embraced and nurtured. The emphasis at CTS is is on developing the students own creativity, therefore enabling ownership of the work and its journey. Students thrive in a creatively rich environment and our priority is to ensure the highest quality professional performing arts training, giving each and every student the chance to be amazing."
Florence Wright Tutor (Drama)
Florence originally studied at King's College London gaining a BA (hons) in English Literature before heading to Drama Studio to train as an actor. Since graduating in 2017 she has worked mainly within children's theatre, touring shows for primary school children all over the country with Hobgoblin Theatre Company. More recently she moved into film work and received the Gold Award for 'Best Actress in a Historical Drama' for short film 'Disappointment' at the New York Best Actor Awards 2021. She is due to have her feature film debut in Warner Brother's movie 'The Flash' due to be released in June 2023. Florence started working as a LAMDA teacher in 2019 and really enjoys working with young people and coaching them to improve their acting skills. Since moving to Norwich during the pandemic she is very excited to now be working at Crocodile Theatre Schools and using her skills to help build the confidence of the students.
Helen Aston
Tutor (Dance)
Helen is a musical theatre fanatic and has performed since the age of 4 years old in Amateur Dramatic companys, Norfolk and National Youth Music Theatre and at The Edingburgh Fringe Festival. She attended Birmingham School of Acting where she gained a BA Hons Degree in Acting and followed the Musical Theatre pathway in her third year.
Helen really enjoys dancing and has gained many teaching qualifications along the way. Choreography is a real passion of hers and she is very excited to be working with us.
Gabriella Harvey Tutor (Singing)
Gabriella graduated the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in 2023 as a Bachelor of Music with Honors after completing her studies in Vocal Faculty and Opera Studies. Gabriella is a Freelance Classical Singer in the Norfolk and Suffolk area, who can sing in five languages and during her studies was a member of the BBC Chorus of Wales. Gabriella has led singing workshops in schools in the Cardiff area while performing a lead role in the child-friendly Opera called ‘The Old Man Who Loves Cheese’ in 2020. Musical Theatre has always been one of her passions and she now wants to help children explore singing and find their love for the theatre.
Deborah Dance
Tutor (Singing & Musical Theatre)
Deborah received a BA (Hons) degree in Modern Drama from Brunel University before undertaking her Post-Graduate Certificate in Education at the UEA. After successful completion she worked as a primary school teacher for six years before moving on to specialise in drama teaching at various theatre schools in East Anglia. She currently works as a singing teacher in Norwich, runs her own rock choir with primary school children and her own music class for pre-schoolers.Deborah is also an experienced and keen actress who enjoys performing in many different venues in and around Norwich.
Christina Isgrove
Tutor (Dance)
After graduating with a Bachelor of the Arts degree in Drama and Dance in 2014, Chrissy pursued a career in teaching, qualifying in 2017. Chrissy worked as an A Level Drama and Theatre, English and Dance teacher at a local sixth form college for seven years, before pursuing a career as a creative practitioner. Alongside her teaching career, Chrissy achieved a Master’s in Theatre from the Guilford School of Acting, winning the 2023 MA Theatre Award. Her research mainly focussed on Feminist Theatre and the cultural ramifications of misogynist indoctrination within Early Modern playwrighting. Chrissy currently works as a creative practitioner, actor, storyteller and choreographer for a number of theatre companies.
Layla Brown
Tutor (Dance)
Layla started CTS as a student and has been part of our team since 2017, She has attended three 'Young Gen' summer schools in Chelmsford and has also performed with Theatre Train, Rackheath Youth Theatre, Rackheath Players and also in school and college productions. She is currently studying Musical Theatre at City College, Norwich.
Beth Buckley
Trainee Tutor (Dance)
Beth is currently studying GCSEs drama in Notre Dame High School and is a long time lover of musical theatre. Beth has preformed in multiple productions with Echo Youth Theatre and has had principal parts in two NNOS productions both in Norwich Theatre Royal. She dances with ARTS dance school and has had professional vocal training. She is very excited to share her love for musical theatre with the Crocodile Theatre students whilst still developing her own skills.
