NECB - Associate Programme and Nutcracker

Associate Programme - Faculty

Tom Dwyer – Jazz/Musical Theatre

Tom Dwyer (Murfin) was trained by Niall & Nicola McMahon. Tom started his performing career at just 16 years of age gaining his first professional contract in the national tour of 42nd Street. Subsequent credits include the highly acclaimed production of Oklahoma Directed by Trevor Nunn and choreographed by Susan Stroman staged at the National and Lyceum Theatres London, national tours with CATS, Boogie Nights and Carousel, My Fair Lady again at the National, London. Recent credits include the restaging of the hit musical Singing in the Rain staged jointly by Sadlers Wells Theatre, London and the Haymarket Theatre, Leicester starring Adam Cooper, and On the Town at the London Coliseum produced by the English National Opera and choreographed by Stephen Mear. Currently Tom is appearing in the London West End show Mary Poppins.

Other professional credits include the tribute show Wonderful Rock & Roll West End, The Royalty Variety Performance as a backing dancer for Robbie Williams, he has appeared in several pantomime productions and most recently choreographed Peter Pan at the Towerlands Theatre, Essex.

He is the lead singer with the band STORM, the debut CD Album Storm Chapter One has recently been released and the band will shortly appear at the Brighton Festival. Their debut album has been played in the West End Play Hack and the band recently launched their website www.stormtheworld.com.

Katy Jo-Howman – Jazz/Musical Theatre

Katy-Jo trained at the Doreen Bird college of Performing Arts for three years. She graduated aged nineteen to join the UK tour of Saturday Night Fever 2000/01, as Swing. In 2002 Katy-Jo joined the cast of Fame, as Ensemble understudying the part of Mable. Since watching Cats at the age of seven it was always a dream of Katy-Jo's to be in the show and in 2003 she fulfilled that dream by playing the part of Rumpleteaser. After taking a break and becoming a mum, in 2005 she went back in to Saturday Night Fever as Ensemble, understudying the part of Stephanie. She also appeared with Saturday Night Fever on the Paul O'Grady Show and played the part of Bunny in a play called Hairy Fairy's at the Jermyn Street Theatre. 2006 saw Katy-Jo play Gemma Harris in an episode of Doctors and Debbie Thomas in The Ho Ho Club at The Kings Head.

Jamie Thomson – Contemporary

Jodie Johnson – Contemporary