Leeds

Meet Charlotte.  She came to London in 2005 to study musical theatre in Hampstead.  Originally from Leeds, she arrived in town aged 18 and graduated from early mornings at the ballet barre to the West End stage, doing every type of job in between to keep the money coming in.  Her break came when she successfully auditioned for the stage show of Top Hat.  Listen to her describe the unusual lifestyle and daily realities of life as a musical performer,  what the 'swing section' is and what that entails within a major muscial ensemble.  These days she's a new mum and teaches Choreography to the next batch of starlets, in various schools across the Capital.