Our Creative Team

All staff hold fully enhanced DBS certificates

  • Amanda Cosgrove

    Amanda Cosgrove

    Company Principal

    Amanda founded Musicality Academy in 2008 and has nurtured the company into a well regarded musical theatre academy and award-winning theatre company.Β She is a fully qualified dance teacher and has a background in choreography and musical staging, but concentrates now on running the academy and creatively producing their many productions.

     

  • Emily Chatfield-Lewis

    Head of Young Performers Academy

    As the Head of Young Performers at Musicality, Emily is responsible for teaching and directing our students aged 4-16.

    Emily has a wide range of experience in Performing Arts and has numerous theatre, TV and film credits to her name, including ‘About A Boy’, ‘Gavin & Stacey’ and many TV commercials and pop videos. Her training includes a BTEC ND in Performing Arts, a Musical Theatre short course at The Arts Educational Schools, London and she has studied directing and script writing at Swansea University.

     

     

     

  • Bobby Cole

    Bobby Cole

    Musical Director

    Originally from Swansea, Bobby trained in West London, graduating with a BA Hons in Music Technology. He is a professional music composer, composing music for film, TV, computer games and interactive media.

    Bobby has great credits to his name, including MTV, Channel 4, BT, Virgin Media, Endemol, DC Comics, DIY Channel, and The Cartoon Network.

    His company ‘Histoire’ produces immersive dining experiences all around the UK. Productions include ‘Titanic’ and ‘Who Shot JFK’.

  • Emma Thorne

    Assistant to Company Principal & Head Chaperone

    Emma is the first face you’ll see when joining Musicality as she runs our reception desk at both Musicality venues. As a mother of 3, (all of whom have attended Musicality) Emma is experienced with children and is a trained and fully licenced chaperone.