Staff and Tutors

ACTING

ADAM MEGGIDO
Adam Meggido studied drama at Birmingham University and trained as an actor at Webber Douglas - although he cites his years with Claude Chagrin (formerly of LeCoq) at the French Institute as the most important part of his training. From 1995-1999 he was a director of Counterpoint Theatre, an innovative company which merged business with the arts. Adam is the Artistic Director of The Sticking Place, a company committed to the development and production of new writing and improvisation. His Sticking Place director credits include: The Lie, Dark Meaning Mouse, Reanimator, The Premature Burial, The Disappearance and two of his own plays - Stress and Best Men - for the Guerrilla Theatre Experiment. He is also the writer/director of Chaos of Delight (Soho Theatre) and Teenager In Love for the National Youth Theatre's 50th anniversary celebrations. Adam is Head of Foundation at The London Academy of Music And Dramatic Art. ‚Meggido takes time with his actors to make sense of the words and they deliver them with clarity and a genuine feel for storytelling.' (Time Out)

CAROLINE DEVLIN
Caroline Devlin graduated from The Drama Centre London in 1995 and has enjoyed working at such theatres as The Royal Lyceum in Edinburgh, where she was a regular member of the company for various seasons playing many parts, including Masha in Chekhovês Three Sisters, Hero in Much Ado About Nothing, Lady Macduff in Macbeth, Arte OêNeill in Boucicaultês The Shaughraun, and Wendy in Barrieês Peter Pan. She has also played Marina in Pericles (Greenbelt Theatre Company), Michaela in Carmen, Gwen in Merlin (Citizenês Theatre Company-Glasgow), Miranda/Ariel in The Tempest and Hermia in A Midsummer Nightês Dream (both Actors From The London Stage). Carolineês television and radio projects include Casualty and The History Man, Ruth Rendellês Lake of Darkness and played alongside Albert Finney in My Uncle Silas. Carolineês more recent theatre projects include Spring Awakening at the Union Theatre, Open Ground at Theatro Technis and Creation Theatre Companyês production of Oxford Passion. She is currently in rehearsals for Creation Theatre Companyês latest production of Measure for Measure. She has also been at the forefront of establishing her own theatre company and has directed numerous plays since her directing debut in October 2002.

HOLLY DE JONG
Holly is most famously known as Newt's Mother in Aliens and Lady Farrow in Blackadder. Her acting experience is extensive starring in the National Theatre and throughout the West End.˜ Holly's television and film work has included: The Duchess of Duke Street, Lyttonçs Diary, Van der Valk, Poirot, The Detectives, The Assassination Run, The Chief, Doctors, Daniel, Deronda, Electric Dreams, The Hiding Place and Soaked. Most recently Holly has been involved in a couple of short horror films,one of which has just won a best foreign film award at the Fire Island film festival in New York. She has recently appeared on Eastenders and the current series of Casualty.

RONNIE MCCANN - Acting for Camera and Improvisation
Alicia Eyo Ronnie is a professional Actor/Director. He trained at the Royal Scottish Academy and Lee Strasberg, New York. Television and Film credits include Casualty (2 years as a Regular), Judge John Deed, Inspector Lynlie, The Royale, The Acid House Trilogy, Heavenly Pursuits and the Last Minute. He has worked in theatres in England, Europe and Scotland and was Assistant Director at the Citizens Theatre.

JUDY BROWNE
Jillian O'Dowd Trained at the Guildhall. Theatre credits include •The Rivalsê with the Womenêsê Playhouse Trust, 'Extremities' at Derby Playhouse, •Hyacinth Blueê Clean Break tour and •Local Boyê at Hampstead Theatre. Television includes •Bands of Goldê,ê The Billê, •Touch of Frostê and •Kerchingê CBBC. Judy has been working with the National Youth Theatre including the Shakespeare for Schools induction.

NOELLA BRENNAN
Jillian O'Dowd Having successfully gained an honours degree in Film and Broadcasting in her native Dublin, Noella decided to continue her studies and graduated for a second time in Drama at the London Drama Studio. Since then, Noella has been teaching drama to young people as well as actively treading the boards and appearing on both the small and big screen. She played the lead role in 'I Fought the Law', which was screened on Sky Television and BBC Belfast and recently played Maria in The Sound of Music at The Courtyard Theatre in Hereford. Noella has just finished playing at the National Theatre in the highly acclaimed production of 'The Aristocrats'.

BRIGID ZENGENI
Jillian O'Dowd Brigid trained at Londonês Drama Centre and spent several years with Cambridge Experimental Theatre. Recent credits include Kate in a United States tour of 'The Taming of the Shrew', Amelia in 'The Winterês Tale', Olivia in 'Twelfth Night', Lucetta in 'Two Gentlemen of Verona', and Calpurnia in a Royal Shakespeare Company production of 'Julius Caesar'.