Welwyn Garden City Branch

​Bethany started her professional journey as a child, attending the Sylvia Young Theatre School from the age of 10. She then went on to gain her DDI teaching qualification from the ISTD syllabus in both Tap and Modern, before continuing her training at Bodywork Company, where she left with a level 6 Diploma in Musical Theatre, and was awarded the Triple Threat Award. Whilst training, and since Graduating, Bethany has worked professionally in numerous shows, including Hairspray, Sister Act, Rapunzel the musical, The Producers and Singing in the rain as well as appearing in various pantos, and most recently completing a 6 month contract in the Caribbean where she starred in shows such as Alice in Wonderland, Jungle Book and Treasure Island, as well as being the lead actor and singer in a cabaret style show called Dolce Vita. Bethany has also been teaching since the age of 15. Bethany's favourite thing about teaching is watching her students grow in confidence and leave the class with a big smile on their face after a good session of working hard! Beth teaches Drama for our Friday Stage School.

Megan is a musical theatre trained performer, passionate about all things arts! Having trained at Birmingham Ormiston Academy before graduating from Emil Dale Academy in 2024, Megan has singed with a leading agency, Dale Hammond Associates, and has taken the industry by storm.​ She began her career as Young Fiona in the UK & Ireland Tour of Shrek the Musical and has since performed in many shows, taking on many lead roles. Megan also achieved the Creative Courage For Life International Outstanding Singer of the Year Award in 2019.​ Alongside perusing her dreams, Meg teaches all 3 disciplines at various performing arts schools while also providing her own private 1 to 1 singing coaching. Meg is extremely passionate and dedicated to using her teaching ability to encourage confidence amongst the children and to display to them new and exciting skills for them to take with them on their journey!

Charlotte has just graduated from St Mary’s University with a first class degree in Acting. She has been acting and singing all her life, in lots of different musicals and plays. Charlotte originally joined Mimic as a student when she was 14, and now she’s back as a teacher! Whilst at Mimic, Charlotte played Margot in Anne Frank and Fantine in Les Miserables. She also played the lead role of Elle Woods in Legally Blonde. Teaching kids the joy of being on the stage is one of her biggest passions and she is so excited for what’s ahead! 

Grace joined Mimic Youth Theatre Company in 2020 and has performed main roles in various shows  with Mimic since, including the Lion in Oz, Catherine of Aragon/Katherine Howard in Six, Eunice in Our Day Out, Paulette in Legally Blonde, Kitty in Growing Pains, and Mrs Lovett in Sweeney Todd. As well as her acting at Mimic, Grace ran the dance club and assisted in running the Drama Club at Onslow St Audreys. She has also taken on assistant lighting roles for B360 Limited, on sets of TV Programmes for the BBC and ITV as well as some Mimic theatre shows.​​ Grace aspires to study Acting and Performance at Southampton Solent University and one day hopes to own her own stage school.

Olivia is an NYT graduate and professional actor based in London and Hertfordshire, who recently finished a foundation course at East 15 acting school where she starred in roles such as Juliet in Shakespeares Romeo & Juliet and the character A in An intervention by Mike Bartlett. Olivia is an alumni student of Mimic's Principal and also attended the Mimic Actor Training Programme (MAT course). She is represented by Mimic's Associate Agency Hashtag Talent and is excited to work with Mimic's younger students at Welwyn Main School!

Abbie graduated in Dance and Performance from Buckinghamshire New University in 2019, and she then became a teacher at Mimic. Abbie has been dancing since the age of three and began teaching dance at 15 years old. Abbie trained in jazz at university and has ISTD certificates in modern, tap and ballet. She also taught locally at the NBDA, Shooting Stars, Tophat, Lemon Jelly and directed 2 NODA award winning youth shows for Expressions. Abbie founded an award winning Musical Theatre Society during her time at university, and achieved committee member of the year herself. Abbie is also trained in educating children about Mental Health. She directed her first Mimic production: The Land of Rainbows in 2023, followed by Charlie & The Chocolate Factory/St Finnians in 2024. Abbie became Vice Principal for Mimic in 2023.

Eleanor has been performing her whole life and is about to graduate from Emil Dale Academy after completing her professional training in musical theatre. She is an experienced teacher and absolutely loves sharing her passion for performing arts with budding performers. Eleanor has been teaching dance, singing and acting for 4 years as well as private singing lessons. Eleanor is trained in LAMDA examinations and is a registered vocal health first aider. Eleanor is super excited to be joining the Mimic team!!

Tayler graduated from Italia Conti Arts Centre where she did a diploma in Performing arts and achieved her DDIs in Modern and Tap. Tayler fell into teaching soon after graduating adding to her teaching qualification which includes her Acrobatics Arts qualification. Tayler has been teaching dance since 2014 and Acrobatics since 2018. She has a huge passion seeing children achieve their goals and grow their talent each week within class. Since joining Mimic, Tayler now teaches both our Welwyn and Stevenage Acro classes, as well as Dance for Stevenage Stage School.

Isabella is currently studying for her A-Levels at Monks Walk school. Isabella has had a passion for dance ever since she started dancing from the age of 2. She currently dances at Ignite Dance Company and competes in dance festivals including All England and the Dance World Cup. One of her biggest achievements was gaining 3rd in the world for her tap solo. She has gained many medals through all genres of dance. She currently does Tap, Modern, Ballet, Jazz, Musical Theatre, Contemporary, Commercial and Acro. She has completed up to advanced levels in her Tap and Modern exams and currently in senior classes for all other genres. Isabella has also been in 6 pantomimes; Cinderella, Dick Whittington, Beauty and The Beast, Aladdin, Snow White and the Severn dwarfs and Jack and the Beanstalk at Campus West Hawthorne Theatre. Isabella is also under Daisy&Dukes agency and has had many acting opportunities, including working on Eastenders a numerous amount of times, which she really enjoyed. Isabella loves working with the Minis and helping them to progress and achieve their dreams!

Patsy graduated with a BA Hons Education, Teaching and Learning degree from the University of Hertfordshire. Patsy has been a part of Mimic for a long time; she was a student at the original school for many years. Patsy has been dancing since the age of 3 and has completed up to Grade 6 in Modern, Tap and Ballet and has also experienced in styles such as Jazz and Musical Theatre. Patsy's experience includes representing England in the Dance World Cup where she gained a silver medal. She has been in many of the Hawthorne Theatre Pantomimes including Sleeping Beauty and Beauty & the Beast.  Patsy has a passion working with children and really enjoys working with the Mini's as she enjoys helping them as they  start their journey into performing. Patsy teaches Mimic Mini's on Mondays (Stevenage) and Fridays (Welwyn).