The Spellbound Team
— Karen —
Karen loves playing games and is very imaginative and playful. She has always loved creating stories and subjected her parents to lots of performances growing up! She brings a bright, smiley, friendly and vibrant energy to every party.
Karen completed at BA (Hons) Drama degree at Queen Mary University of London, achieving First Class Honours, and then continued her actor training at Drama Studio London in Ealing, West London. She has most recently been in ‘Call The Midwife’ (BBC), and has worked extensively in London theatres including The Bush, The Other Palace, Theatre Royal Stratford East and Shakespeare’s Globe. She also performed her one woman show ‘Fan Girl’ at the famous Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
As well as acting and entertaining, Karen is also a playwright and writer, and some of her work has recently been published in ‘Common’, an anthology of monologues specifically catered for working class actors. Walking into Waterstones and seeing her work in print was definitely a ‘pinch me’ moment!
Karen has lots of experience working with children and loves seeing their confidence develop, alongside their peers, at Spellbound Parties!
— Lucy-Jane —
We are very lucky to present to you, Lucy-Jane, one of our fabulous Spellbound entertainers (and we think Lucy-Jane is really Sleeping Beauty in disguise!!) Lucy trained at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts and graduated with a BA Honours degree in Musical Theatre.
Her first role upon graduating was the title role in ‘Cinderella’ at the Key Theatre in Peterborough, where she returned two years later as Maria in ‘West Side Story’ and Alice Fitzwarren in ‘Dick Whittington’. Lucy-Jane also reprised the role of Alice Fitzwarren at Harrogate theatre the following year.Lucy-Jane went on to appear in many independent films including the comedy, “Where Do We Go From Here?” and she has also worked extensively in the Voiceover commercial world, singing for the video game ‘Guitar Hero’ and supplying the Voice for the role of Kitty in the International Tour of ‘Hello Kitty – Fashion and Friends’.
Further pantomime credits include Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz (Cresset Theatre) and Isobel in A Christmas Carol (Litchfield Garrick). Lucy-Jane will be gracing the Chipping Norton theatre stage this Christmas in ‘Puss in Boots’.
Lucy-Jane has a range of experience in directing and working with children and loves watching their confidence develop in the land of make believe and still admits to being a big kid herself! She is thrilled to be a part of the Spellbound Team.
— Anna —
We are very excited to introduce to you, Anna, our very own ice princess! Anna’s passion for acting first started as a child, through a love of dressing up and playing make believe, which makes her the perfect person for the job of a children’s entertainer! Anna is now a professional actress, having acquired her Equity card through her training at The Oxford School of Drama, where she graduated with Distinction in 2011. Anna continues her acting training with the renowned Salon: Collective where she studies the Meisner Acting technique under the tutorage of Dominic Kelly.
Anna’s first professional acting job was voicing ‘Emily’ for the Doctor Who audio book ‘The Companion Chronicles’. Since then she has played ‘Helena’ in ‘A Midsummer Nights Dream’, ‘Abigail’ in Arthur Miller’s ‘The Crucible’, ‘Oswald’ in ‘King Lear’ at The Cockpit Theatre in London with the Darker Purpose theatre company, and ‘Valentine’ in ‘Two Gentlemen in Verona’. Anna has appeared in numerous short films including ‘Petal Child’ as the character Avery, directed by Glass Spire Productions, the title role of ‘Martha’ in a film by White Point Star Productions, directed by Grant Webb and as Mae Brooks in the film ‘After The Bell’ by Rebel Pictures. You can also see Anna in the Music Video ‘Hen’ by ‘The Nothing.’
When Anna is not performing on stage she teaches Drama to young children and coaches them for their LAMDA examinations. Spellbound are delighted to have this talented, sparkly and brilliant lady as one of our entertainers and Anna is thrilled to be a children’s entertainer with Spellbound Parties.
— Ellie —
Ellie is a bright and bubbly children’s entertainer. She is also a Professional Dancer, originally from the North West.
After Graduating from dance college in 2016 Ellie, got her first professional contract as the Dance Captain for Parkdean Resorts. She performed at Warner Leisure Hotels and completed three seasons abroad including Paphos, Greece and Spain. In between those contracts, Ellie worked as a children’s entertainer, around Kent. She also worked for children’s summer holiday camps.
Ellie has experience in Cheerleading, Dance, Drama and she is also a keen artist. Ellie is an ISTD trained Dance Teach and also qualified to teach Aerobics and body conditioning. Ellie also won an award for Best choreographer in a Youth Production in North West. Ellie’s favourite party theme is Princesses and Dance parties, and she loves entertaining children at their parties!
Ellie is thrilled to be part of the Spellbound Team and looks forward to meeting you all soon.
— Eloise —
Eloise has recently graduated from the American Theatre Arts course at Rose Bruford College. She has also studied at East 15 Acting School. Through her training she’s been able to learn how to perform in a variety of styles, genres and performance spaces, making her a versatile performer.
Previously she has taught children age 5 and upwards acting at Italia Conti Stage School, where she found a passion for working with children and their incredible imaginations! Through the Italia Conti Acting Company Eloise co-wrote, produced and performed original script ‘Fireball’.
Professionally Eloise has performed as an extra in ‘The Horrid Henry Movie’ and ‘Days of the Bagnold Summer’.
Eloise absolutely loves entertaining children at their parties and can’t wait to see you all for lots of fun and games.
