Hannah has devoted her life to all things Musical Theatre and Dance – a passion she has held since the age of 7 and a career path that has seen over 2 decades of much success in many areas of the industry. After many years performing professionally and working within arts education - Hannah now works as a freelance facilitator, tutor and creative. Hannah has worked at Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and WAVDA on their BA programmes and has spent 3 years with the Talent Shack where she directed and choreographed several musical theatre productions including Just So, Chicago, Mary Poppins, Rock of Ages, Les Misérables, Bring it On, Our House and many more. Hannah also ran dance classes in Jazz and Commercial as well as supporting students with mentorship, audition technique and training progression. Before moving to South Wales Hannah held the post of Learning Area Manager at BIPA (the Bristol Institute of Performing Arts), where she led the Further Education Performing Arts department. While at BIPA she also directed and choreographed student productions including Cats and Matilda. She also developed movement pieces for plays including The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and The Trial. Before this she was a Lecturer of Musical Theatre at West Kent College in Tonbridge where she choreographed and directed such productions as Into the Woods, Fame, Grimm Tales, Cabaret and A Chorus Line. Hannah also choreographed several pieces in a range of styles for the annual dance celebration ‘Ignite!
Hannah’s professional arts training began at 14 when she attended The BRIT School, later she graduated from Arts Educational Schools before enjoying over 10 years as a professional actress in West End Shows such as We Will Rock You (Dominion Theatre), Flashdance (Shaftsbury Theatre), Porgy and Bess (Savoy Theatre) and Cool Rider (Lyric and Duchess Theatres). She also toured the country with shows like High School Musical, Sister Act and Rent. Hannah took part in many workshops, regional and fringe productions such as, Hallowed Ground, Moby Dick, Blues in the Night and the European Premier of Bare at the Union Theatre. Hannah has sung iconic Bond Themes with the Liverpool Philharmonic and is featured on the Original London Cast recording of Cool Rider – Cool Rider is back on Hannah’s Bio after many years away from the stage when, in April 2024, she joined the reunion cast for a 10th Anniversary Concert Production at the London Palladium.
Hannah is honoured to be part of this production of Eye of the Storm and is excited to see where this new wind will take her.