Our Teachers

Emily trained at the Performance Preparation Academy in Guildford in Musical Theatre and graduated in 2012. Since graduating Emily has gone on to become a Singing and Drama Coach, Director and Musical Director based in and around Berkshire.

Emily has worked as a creative on a range of musicals including, ‘Hairspray’  ’Honk’ , Rent , ’13’ , ‘My Son Pinocchio’ , ‘Cats’  and ‘Les Miserables’ .

She  made her West End Debut as Assistant Director and Company Manager on ‘Geek, A New Musical’ (Tristan Bates Theatre, Covent Garden) in 2013.

Emily has been working as a singing coach for over 8 years, offering lessons in technique, repertoire, confidence building, vocal safety and Musical Theatre LAMDA. She completed her Level 1&2 in  ‘Estill Voice Training’ a technique used widely by professionals and voice coaches all over the world.

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She is extremely proud of the development of First Impressions over the last 5 years!

—  EMILY SMITH, DIRECTOR