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Rebecca Scott

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A little about me...

Principal Rebecca Scott started in theatre when she was 12 years old with Dryburn Theatrical Workshop, a local theatre group. Whilst there, she discovered her love of dance, singing and drama, and since then, has danced in many pantomimes and musicals, as well as travelling around the North East performing in many different venues and theatres. Rebecca also holds a First Class BA Honours Degree in Event Management from Sunderland University.

As Principal of Razzamataz Theatre School Durham, Rebecca strives to create a supportive and fun environment for students to learn and develop skills, boost their confidence and to create new friends.

Emma Coulson

Assistant Principal

Emma has been in amateur theatre since she was 11 years old, and has played many iconic roles such as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde, Morticia Addams in The Addams Family, and Rizzo in Grease. During the day, she works for the National Youth Choir, and is excited to combine her training in her day job with the love of her hobby to the students at Razzamataz.

Sharon Kerridge

Vocal Coach

As the song says, "Mother said I was a dancer before I could walk, she said I could sing long before I could talk." Sharon has made her career from performing and teaching, trained at Newcastle college doing a 2 year performing arts course followed by a 3 year classical music diploma, Sharon performed on cruise ships as head vocal/dancer for many years, returning to Durham were her love for musical theatre lead her in to several teaching posts, Sharon is looking forward to seeing the Razzamataz children learn and develop their skills in a fun and exciting way.

Abbie Brindle

Drama/ Minis Teacher

Abbie is our resident Drama teacher. She is currently a fourth year History Student at Uni! She love’s all things musical, and secretly still watches the Disney princess movies on a semi-regular basis. She has been involved in several musicals productions, her favourite being We Will Rock You!

Aimee Johnson

Dance/Tots Tutor

Aimee is 26 years old, and lives in Hartlepool. She teaches PE, dance specialist in a Secondary School, and has done gymnastics since she was 3 years olds, and then moved onto dance when she was 5. She trained in all styles from jazz to tap to acro. She went to college to dance and also continued to get my Professional Dance Degree!

Rebecca Charlton

Minis and Juniors Teacher

Rebecca is a facilitator, director and performer specialising in community and applied theatre. She graduated from Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London in 2021 and has since worked with lots of incredible theatre companies – performing and directing professionally. In 2022, Rebecca took 7 months off to backpack around South East Asia, and since returning has loved getting back in to the world of theatre.

Grace Lumsdon

Minis and Juniors Teacher

Grace joined Razz back in April 2015 aged nine. Since becoming part of our Razz family, Grace has taken part in a variety of opportunities such as our annual showcase, carol singing at Christmas, performing a Take That medley at the O2 Arena and Elf at Her Majesty’s Theatre on London's West End. Grace says, "my favourite of all was performing in Disneyland Paris." We're delighted Grace is now Minis and Juniors Teacher and she comments, "I look forward to working with both staff and students to help continue making Razz a fun and enjoyable place to attend."

Adriana Priano

Classroom Assistant

Adi has recently got into Newcastle University and is going on to study psychology. From a young age, she has always had a love for the theatre and performing. She loves how theatre provides everyone a platform and opportunity to express themselves, and believes that Razzmatazz provides a caring and nurturing environment for all students to do this. This is one of the many reasons she loves working for Razzmatazz as seeing every student shine is a truly special thing. As a classroom assistant, she is able to encourage pupils where needed but also get to have lots of fun playing games, singing and dancing with them.

Anya Siou

Classroom Assistant

Anya has been performing since she was 8, and has wanted to be a performer ever since. She loves singing and music, and her favourite musical artists are Mitski and Phoebe Bridgers. She has performed in many musicals, including Calendar Girls, Betty Blue Eyes, and Whistle Down the Wind.She would love to move to London one day!

Molly Hodge

Classroom Assistant

Molly joined Razzamataz as a student 8 years ago, and grew up through our classes. Now 17, she has joined us as Classroom Assistant! She currently studies Music Performance at College, and has participated in many of Razz's performances over the years, including Disneyland Paris and London's West End!

Karen Scott

Front of House Manager

Born in Edinburgh, Karen moved to her dad’s home city of Durham when she was 7. She went to Framwellgate Moor Comprehensive, and after leaving school worked as a telephonist for several companies before moving to Spain in her mid 20’s. This is where she met her husband, and after working in London for a few years they both settled back in Durham. She has 2 daughters – her youngest Rebecca is the Principal of Razzamataz Durham!

Paul Scott

Front of House Manager

Born in Yorkshire, Paul did a languages degree in London (plus study year in France and Mexico) before working as a tour guide and holiday rep in Spain and Italy. A Chartered Marketer, his career has encompassed travel and PR agencies, international engineering companies, local government and education, as well as working as translator/interpreter in Madrid, with the European Commission in Brussels and projects in the Middle East. Paul now works for the NHS in Durham, which has included redeployments to support the national covid vaccination programmes. Oh, and he has two beautiful and talented daughters.