Upcoming Theatre Workshops
at London Theatre Runway
Welcome to London Theatre Runway, where aspiring and professional performers come together to refine their craft and connect with industry experts. Our workshops are designed to give you real-world insights into the theatre and entertainment industry, empowering you to achieve your dreams on stage and beyond.
(For LTR Junior workshops, click here)
Apr
23
GARY LLOYD & RICHARD ROE
Gary Lloyd & Richard Roe - Open Dance Class
Gary Lloyd - Choreographer
Theatre credits as Director / Choreographer Include: Heathers the Musical (Choreographer & Associate Director), New World Stages, NYC, Soho Place, Theatre Royal Haymarket, The Other Palace and UK Tour; Cruel Intentions: The ‘90s Musical, (Choreographer & Associate Director) UK Tour, The Other Palace; White Christmas, The Mill at Sonning; Sweet Charity, Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation Theatre, Arts Ed; Rehab The Musical, Neon 194 Piccadilly and Playground Theatre; Dirty Dancing in Concert, UK & European Tour; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat 50th Anniversary UK Touring Production (Choreographer); Carrie the Musical - Southwark Playhouse; Thriller Live! - Lyric Theatre, West End, UK Tours, World Tour; The Life - English Theatre, Frankfurt (Choreographer); FAME - the 25th Anniversary UK Tour; 20th Century Boy - The Story Of Marc Bolan, UK Tour & Belgrade Theatre Coventry; Hair the Musical, Piccadilly Theatre (in support of Help for Heroes), Ahoy Arena, Rotterdam and European Tour; The Genius Of Ray Charles, Theatre Royal Haymarket; Jesus Christ Superstar Scandinavia Tour.
With Nikolai Foster: Aspects Of Love – UK Tour starring David Essex; Amadeus – Sheffield Crucible; Animal Farm - West Yorkshire Playhouse; My Fair Lady - Larnaca Festival and Southeast Asia Tour; City of Angels – English Theatre Frankfurt.
Richard Roe - Choreographer
Richard Roe has worked for the last 30 years in a wide variety of projects ranging from the West End and UK television to projects in America, Canada and Europe.
Richard has worked closely with directors and choreographers such as Peter Darling, Arlene Phillips, Matthew Warchus, Tim Sheader, Liam Steel, Ann Yee, Nick Hytner and Jamie Lloyd on titles such as Grease, The Wizard of Oz, Urinetown, Ben Hur Live, Imagine This and The Lord of The Rings.
He collaborated with Arlene Phillips on the Monty Python Reunion at the O2, the Olivier Awards, Alan Bennett’s last play Allelujah and on re-creating the Guinness world record for the largest tap troupe routine for the BBC.
As a choreographer Richard has worked on The Great American Trailer Park Musical (Also Director, Guildford School of Acting); Shirley (as Associate Choreographer, Workshop); Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and The Adventures of Peter Pan (Darlington Hippodrome); Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Peter Pan, Aladdin and Cinderella (The Grand Theatre, Swansea); Aladdin, Dick Whittington and Cinderella (Hackney Empire); Grease (Dominion Theatre/UK Tour); Gypsy, Mean Girls, Cabaret and Flora the Red Menace (Mountview); Secret Garden and Curtains (GSA); A Little Princess (Royal Festival Hall); the world premiere of the UK Tour Judy – The Songbook of Judy Garland, starring Lorna Luft; the new musical comedy Crush – The Musical (UK Tour), has restaged the choreography for the American, French, and Australian productions of The Wizard of Oz; Jackie the Musical (UK Tour); Professor Brian Cox’s new BBC documentary Universe (aired Christmas 2016), a midsummer night’s dream (BBC) and provided choreography for the second series of The Tracey Ullman Show (BBC).
Course information:
This is a group dance workshop. Our Choreographers will teach their own routines for an hour each. They will then end the session with a group Q and A.
🗓️ 23rd April
⏰ 19:00 - 21:30
📍Dance Attic
💵 £35
27
Apr
STEPHEN CROCKETT & NAOMI DOWNHAM WITH JOSH SEYMOUR
Stephen Crockett - Mock Singing Audition
Naomi Downham with Josh Seymour - Mock Acting Audition
Stephen Crockett - Casting Director
Stephen was Chairman of The Casting Directors Guild of Great Britain from 2012 to 2015.
He is the casting director for Mamma Mia! London and UK Tour productions, and has been casting consultant on productions in Germany, Holland, Norway, Italy, Spain and Russia.
Theatre includes: Waitress (West End and UK Tour); Fat Friends (UK Tour); 42nd Street (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); 42nd Street, Singing in the Rain, Kiss Me Kate (Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris); Guys and Dolls, Funny Girl (Théâtre Marigny, Paris); Violet (Charing Cross Theatre); West Side Story (BBC Proms); Jerry Springer – The Opera (National Theatre / Cambridge); Chicago (Cambridge / Adelphi / Garrick / UK Tours); Mrs Henderson Presents (Bath Theatre Royal / Noel Coward); The Little Prince (Lyric Theatre Belfast / Dubai); The Braille Legacy (Savoy); T’Aint A Bird (Arts) Fings Ain’t What They Used To Be (Theatre Royal Stratford East); High Society (UK Tour); Light in the Piazza (Leicester Curve); My Fair Lady, Oliver! (Sheffield Crucible); West Side Story (Sage Gateshead) and Hello Dolly! (Open Air Theatre Regents Park).
Film and Television includes: Musical Ensemble Casting for Mamma Mia! the Movie & Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (Universal); Nine (Weinstein Co.); The Universe (BBC); Superstar (ITV); How Do You Solve A Problem Like A Maria (BBC); Kombat Opera Presents (BBC).
Naomi Downham - Casting Associate for the National Theatre
Naomi Downham is currently Casting Associate at the National Theatre. Her most recent work as a casting director includes The Land of the Living, Alterations, A Tupperware of Ashes, The Grapes of Wrath, The Lehman Trilogy (International Tour), Underdog: The Other Other Brontë, The House of Bernarda Alba and The Crucible (also at the Gielgud) at the National Theatre; Cyrano at the Traverse Theatre; Brown Boys Swim at Soho Theatre; Vardy v Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial at the Ambassadors; & Athena at The Yard Theatre.
As casting associate, credits include Inter Alia, The Motive and the Cue, Othello, The Corn is Green, The Normal Heart and The Ocean at the End of the Lane (also West End) for the National Theatre. Film includes A Death in the Family (short film), Death of England: Face to Face.
Josh Seymour - Director
Josh is a theatre director based in London, working on new and existing plays and musicals.
He trained as Resident Assistant Director at the Donmar Warehouse and was Runner-Up for the 2018 RTST Peter Hall Award. In 2016, he won Best Director at the Off-West End Awards for One Arm at Southwark Playhouse.
Work as a director includes the first major revival of Polly Stenham’s That Face (Orange Tree Theatre), the world premiere of The Narcissist by Christopher Shinn (Chichester Festival Theatre), Suddenly Last Summer (English Theatre Frankfurt), the world premiere of Musik by Jonathan Harvey and The Pet Shop Boys (Edinburgh Festival/Arts Theatre), and the European premieres of Adding Machine (Finborough Theatre) and One Arm (Southwark Playhouse), for which he won Best Director at the 2016 Off-West End Awards.
Josh has worked as Associate/Assistant Director for Dominic Cooke, Michael Grandage, Josie Rourke, Lyndsey Turner, Peter Gill, Matthew Warchus, Robert Hastie and Alexander Zeldin.
Josh also works as an acting teacher and audition coach and has extensive experience directing at drama schools including LAMDA, Mountview and Arts Educational.
Course information:
These workshops are group mock auditions;
Workshop leaders will send material requests to participants one week before.
During the session, participants will “audition” one at a time, whilst the others watch in.
There will then be a group Q and A at the end of the session.
There will be two groups of participants for this workshop - each group will be with one workshop leader in the morning, then groups will switch at lunch to work with the second creative.
🗓️ 27th April
⏰ 10:00 - 17:00
📍 The Umbrella Rooms
💵 £95
May
8
DANIELLE TARENTO & MARK ASPINALL
Danielle Tarento & Mark Aspinall - Mock Singing Audition
Danielle Tarento - Producer & Casting Director
Danielle is a freelance producer and casting director. She won Best Producer at the Off West End Awards 2012, was nominated Producer of the Year at the Stage Awards 2015 and was listed as one of the top ten producers of Musical Theatre in 2016 in The Stage.
She is co-founder of the Menier Chocolate Factory, which celebrates its 20th birthday this year.
Danielle has worked extensively in theatre across London, the UK and internationally. Her productions include the multi award-winning Titanic The Musical, which played its 10th Anniversary UK and international tour last year, The Bodyguard, West Side Story, Chicago, Evita and Grease for the Ljubljana Festival, Slovenia, plus tens of productions at the acclaimed Southwark Playhouse including Benjamin Scheuer’s The Lion (also in the US and South Korea), the UK première of Dave Malloy’s Preludes, The Woods by David Mamet, the UK première of Grey Gardens, Tony Kushner’s adaptation of Brecht’s Mother Courage And Her Children, Rodger’s & Hammerstein’s Allegro, Grand Hotel, the UK première of Dogfight, Gods And Monsters, Anya Reiss’s adaptation of Chekhov’s Three Sisters, Mack & Mabel, Victor/Victoria, Parade and Company.
Danielle’s current projects include Tick, Tick… Boom! (China & Hong Kong tour) and The White Chip (Southwark Playhouse).
Mark Aspinall - Musical Supervisor
Mark is a Music Supervisor, Music Director and Orchestrator. He won the 2025 Laurence Olivier award for Outstanding Musical Contribution for his work on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Musical Supervisor credits include: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Ambassador’s & Southwark Playhouse - Winner: Olivier award for Mastercard Best New Musical 2025) The Lord of the Rings (Australia & NZ Tour, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Watermill), Fiddler on the Roof (Regent's Park Open Air Theatre - Winner: Olivier award for Best Musical Revival 2025), Titanic (UK and International Tours, Worldwide Cinemas), Ragtime (Charing Cross Theatre)
Musical Director credits include: Sinatra (NYC Apollo & Birmingham Rep), Anything Goes (Barbican/UK Tour), City of Angels (Garrick Theatre), & Juliet (Manchester Opera House), Perfect Show for Rachel (Barbican), West Side Story, Guys and Dolls and Sweet Charity (Royal Exchange, Manchester), The Band (UK Tour), Three Phantoms (Parisian Theatre), The Wicker Husband (Workshop), Travels With My Aunt (World Premiere, Chichester Festival Theatre), The Smallest Show On Earth (World Premiere, UK tour), Titanic (Princess of Wales, Toronto & Southwark Playhouse), The Roles I’ll Never Play (St. James Theatre), Mack And Mabel (Southwark Playhouse), Cinderella (Qdos, Cliffs Pavilion).
Assistant Musical Director credits include: & Juliet (Manchester), City of Angels (Donmar Warehouse), The Pajama Game (Shaftesbury Theatre).
Film credits include: The End (2024), Pepper Nose (2022), Cyrano (2022), Jingle Jangle (2020), Cats (2019)
Course information:
These workshops are group mock auditions;
Workshop leaders will send material requests to participants one week before.
During the session, participants will “audition” one at a time, whilst the others watch in.
There will then be a group Q and A at the end of the session.
🗓️ 8th May
⏰ 18:30 - 21:30
📍The Umbrella Rooms
💵 £55
12
May
ROBBIE MCMILLAN & LIZZI GEE
Robbie McMillan & Lizzi Gee - Open Dance Class
Robbie McMillan - Choreographer
His theatre credits include: Irv in Devil Wears Prada (Theatre Royal, Plymouth) Society Max (U/S Nicely Nicely & Benny Southstreet) Guys & Dolls, (Bridge Theatre, West End) Mary Poppins (Prince Edward Theatre, West End) Sound of Music (Estonia) National Theatre Gala 2022 (National Theatre) Anything Goes (Barbican, West End) White Christmas (Dominion Theatre, West End & Leicester Curve) Cats (Kilworth House) Guys and Dolls (Theatre Marigny, Paris) Flashdance (UK Tour) Chess (London Coliseum, West End) Johann Strauss Gala (UK Tour) Cats (International Tour)
His ballet credits include: Associate Artist with “Australasian Dance Collective”, Queensland Ballet; corps de ballet with Queensland Ballet and with the Paris Opera Ballet (2009 Australian Tour) with Queensland Ballet: Sleeping Beauty, Don Quixote, Swan Lake, Little Mermaid, Nutcracker, Carmen, Fonteyn Remembered, Romeo & Juliet & several contemporary works.
Choreography: Choreographer of High Socity at Arts Educational School, 2025. Assistant Choreographer of My Fair Lady, Leicester Curve 2024.
He has also danced for Princess Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line & Royal Caribbean Cruise Line. He also competed on the Australian version of “So You Think You Can Dance”
He is the founder of “INDUSTRY JAZZ” and teaches his choreography to students across the globe; teaching thousands of dancers a year at his weekly class at Pineapple Dance Studios in Covent Garden, London.
Lizzi Gee - Choreographer
Theatre as Director & Choreographer: The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical (The Other Palace), Made in Dagenham (HMS Bronzefield & Pimlico Opera).
Theatre as Choreographer: Clueless (Trafalgar Theatre), A Face in the Crowd (Young Vic), Dr Strangelove (Noel Coward), Groundhog Day (Old Vic / Melbourne), Here You Come Again (Leeds/UK Tour), A Christmas Carol (Broadway/Old Vic/San Fran/ Melbourne/US Tour), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Old Vic), Little Shop of Horrors (Regents Park), Twelfth Night, Vernon God Little (Young Vic), Jack Absolute Flies Again, A Pacifist Guide to the War on Cancer, Rocket to the Moon (NT), The Sound of Music, Present Laughter, Running Wild, Beauty and the Beast, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Goodnight Mr Tom (Chichester FT), The Madness of George III (Nottingham), Frost/Nixon (Sheffield), Sunshine on Leith (Dundee Rep), Spitting Image, Mother Goose, The Miser, Upstart Crow, The Man in The White Suit, Love Story, Daddy Cool, The Girls, Onassis, An Ideal Husband (West End)
Opera: HMS Pinafore, The Merry Widow, Iolanthe (ENO), Porgy and Bess (Grange Park), Hansel and Gretel (Regents Park/ENO), The Gods of The Game (Sky Arts).
Film: The Grinch (NBC/SKY), Pride (BBC/Pathè), Tap Boy, Tic , Underpass (Shorts)
Lizzi is an Associate Artist of The Old Vic Theatre.
Course information:
This is a group dance workshop. Our Choreographers will teach their own routines for an hour each. They will then end the session with a group Q and A.
🗓️ 12th May
⏰ 19:00 - 21:30
📍Dance Attic
💵 £35
May
13
LAURA SEABORN
Laura Seaborn - Mock Singing Audition
Laura Seaborn - Casting Associate for Harry Blumenau Casting
(This is not a) Happy Room (Kings Head), I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire (Southwark Playhouse: The Little), Sleeping Beauty / Jack and the Beanstalk (Charing Cross Adult Pantomime), Miss I-Doll / Chase (The Other Palace Studio), Hide and Seek (Park Theatre 90 / The Vaults)
As Casting Associate:
Burlesque (Savoy Theatre), Dirty Dancing (Capital Theatre), Kinky Boots (UK & European Tour), Babies (The Other Palace / Lyric Theatre), Your Lie in April (Harold Pinter Theatre), Evita (Children’s Casting – London Palladium), Scissorhandz (Southwark Playhouse Elephant), Glorious (Hope Mill Theatre), Blippi (Harold Pinter Theatre), Maiden Voyage (Southwark Playhouse Elephant), Footballers’ Wives (Edinburgh Fringe)
Course information:
These workshops are group mock auditions;
Workshop leaders will send material requests to participants one week before.
During the session, participants will “audition” one at a time, whilst the others watch in.
There will then be a group Q and A at the end of the session.
🗓️ 13th May
⏰ 18:30 - 21:30
📍The Umbrella Rooms
💵 £55
May
21
PAUL WOOLLER
Paul Wooller - Mock Singing Audition
Paul Wooller - Head of Casting for Cameron Mackintosh Ltd
For Cameron Mackintosh, Paul has previously worked on: Hair (Gielgud Theatre), Avenue Q (Theatre Royal Bath and UK Tour), Betty Blue Eyes(Novello Theatre), Oliver! (UK Tour), Mary Poppins (Prince Edward Theatre & UK Tour), Barnum (Chichester), Half a Sixpence (Chichester & Noel Coward Theatre), Miss Saigon (UK Tour) and Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends (Gielgud).
Paul currently continues to work on the West End productions of Oliver!, Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera and Hamilton as well as the National Tour of Mary Poppins and Hamilton, and the International Tour of the Les Miserables Arena Spectacular.
As Head of Casting, Paul also consults on the casting for international productions for CML and regional international companies.
As Casting Assistant for ATG, work includes Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Spamalot, Tonight's the Night, Annie Get Your Gun, Richard III, East is Eastand The Pride.
Course information:
This is a group dance workshop. Our Choreographers will teach their own routines for an hour each. They will then end the session with a group Q and A.
🗓️ 21st May
⏰ 18:30 - 21:30
📍The Umbrella Rooms
💵 £55
Email info@londontheatrerunway.com to be added to our waiting list
May
27
CHRIS MA & SARAH GOGGIN
Chris Ma & Sarah Goggin - Mock Singing Audition
Chris Ma - Musical Director
Chris trained as a classical pianist at the Royal Academy of Music and Guildhall School of Music and Drama. In his career, Chris has been involved with 6 World Premieres and 7 UK Premieres, and he is very grateful and excited to join the UK team for The Great Gatsby.
Theatre Credits: The Great Gatsby (Coliseum), Why Am I So Single? (Garrick), Your Lie In April (Drury Lane and Harold Pinter), Pippin 50 th Anniversary Concert (Drury Lane), Death Note (Palladium and Lyric), Newsies (Wembley Troubadour), Dear Evan Hansen (Noel Coward), The Sound of Music (Tallinn, Estonia), John and Jen (Southwark and Broadway HD), Once On This Island, Bring It On (Southwark), Pippin, Violet, Mythic (Charing Cross), Hamilton (Victoria Palace), The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber (Leicester Curve), Parade (London Theatre Workshop and Guildhall), 13 (Ambassadors, Minack, Cadogan Hall), Travels With My Aunt (Chichester), The Color Purple (Cadogan Hall)
Films Credits: Greatest Days (Take That), My Policeman (Amazon)
Cast Recording Credits: Why Am I So Single?, Your Lie In April, Death Note, John and Jen, Mythic
Other: Disney’s The Castle (Riyadh Season)
Sarah Goggin - Casting Director
Sarah, originally from Co. Carlow, Ireland.
Sarah is currently playing Lorraine Baines in Back To The Future the Musical. Previous performer credits include: Helen in Half A Sixpence (Kilworth House), TABOO 20th Anniversary Concert at The London Palladium. Monica Geller in the original UK tour of the Friends musical parody, Friends. Sister Mary Robert in UK Tour of Sister Act (Jamie Wilson Productions), Snow White in Snow White (Qdos pantomimes), Sister Mary Robert in Sister Act (Kilworth House), Cinderella in Cinderella (Qdospantomimes), Rachel in Bad Girls (The Union Theatre),Christmas in New York with Eden Espinosa (Palace Theatre, London/Manchester), Been on Broadway (Vaudeville Theatre), Betty in Sincerely Yours (Landor Theatre), Woman 2 in I Love You You’re Perfect Now Change (Battersea Barge), Jodie in Best Of Friends (The Landor), Janey/cover Kim in Taboo (Brixton Clubhouse).
Casting credits include Casting associate to Harry Blumenau, Casting assistant to Debbie O’Brien, Casting assistant to David Grindrod , Casting assistant to Jim Arnold , Casting assistant on Disneys Disenchanted, Casting Director for Kilworth House seasons 2025
Course information:
These workshops are group mock auditions;
Workshop leaders will send material requests to participants one week before.
During the session, participants will “audition” one at a time, whilst the others watch in.
There will then be a group Q and A at the end of the session.
🗓️ 27th May
⏰ 18:30 - 21:30
📍The Umbrella Rooms
💵 £55
When? Weekday evening
Number of participant groups? One
Length of programme? Varies for each individual workshop
Format? Group mock audition scenario led by a top industry creative
When? One Sunday each month
Number of participant groups? Two
Length of programme? 6 hours
(3 hours spent with each workshop leader)
Format? Group mock audition scenarios led by top industry creatives
When? Various short training courses throughout the year
Number of participant groups? One
Length of programme? 6 hours each day
Format? Intensive training weeks, allowing participants to hone in on their craft whilst also learning new skills
F.A.Q.
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As with most professional training programmes, London Theatre Runway courses can improve the likelihood of a fulfilling and successful career. That said, participating in a London Theatre Runway course does not automatically guarantee you employment. Contact with our instructors and workshop leaders should be treated as a personal and career development opportunity, rather than an audition.
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Payment will be made as you book your place in one of our workshops.
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If you cannot attend your workshop as a result of booking a performing job, we will hold your pre-paid balance as credit for you to use towards sessions in the future.
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We advise participants to have completed a relevant professional training programme before attending London Theatre Runway. However, if you haven't yet completed training, please ensure that your skillset is at a high standard before applying. London Theatre Runway provides training for participants to hone in on their craft, rather than teaching skills from a beginner level.
All participants are required to be over the age of 18 by the time their chosen course begins.
(For information regarding LTR Junior, please visit the LTR Junior page and scroll down to the FAQ’s.)
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There is no audition process - just book your place using our online platform and away we go!
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London Theatre Runway is not designed as an alternative to undergraduate training. Instead, the course is designed to enhance your career and to build upon the skills you have learnt through vocational programmes. Therefore, our courses are not accredited.
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For our dance workshops, we split* participants based on confidence levels. This is because we understand that some performers excel in dance, and others are actor-singers who get fearful at the thought of a dance call. Whatever your situation, we're here to help you on your own journey. Whether you're aiming to book a job in a dance-based show, or you just need help getting through that initial movement call, we're here for you! All we ask is that you have a foundation in dance as our classes focus on building your existing skills, rather than teaching technique from scratch.
*Participants are split on programmes involving two participant groups. For workshops with only one group, participants will be kept together, but workshop leaders are very mindful of accommodating all confidence levels.