Joseph is a recent graduate of the MA Acting course at East 15 Acting School, and, since graduating, has taken a devised theatre show, Where the Heart Is, to the Camden Fringe Festival, as well as appearing in a short film. Outside of acting, Joseph has over ten years of experience working as a facilitator with young people, helping them to acquire soft skills, as well as providing pastoral care in the form of mentoring. He has a BA in History and French from Durham University, as well as an MA in Eighteenth-Century History from the University of Oxford.

Joseph joins us as a facilitator on the Power of Drama.

Sophie graduated from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (previously known as Birmingham's School of Acting) in 2018 from the Applied Performance (Community & Education) course with First Class honours.

Since then Sophie has been working within the arts and youth work including a role as Outreach Coordinator for Cherwell Theatre Company - a company which she still works with as workshop facilitator and project manager. Sophie is now a Freelance Theatre & Arts Facilitator and has delivered work for company's such as Milton Keynes Theatre, Creation Theatre, OYAP Trust, Libraries Alive, Cherwell Theatre Company, The Theatre Chipping Norton and of course, Wizard Theatre.

Sophie believes the arts should be accessible for everyone and works collaboratively with groups to create safe spaces where they can explore creatively to produce work they are proud of. Sophie joins us as a facilitator on our Power of Drama Programme.

Rachel has a BA (Hons) in Musical Theatre from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, alongside a degree in English and Drama from University of Birmingham.

Since graduating from drama school, Rachel has had experience in many genres, in particular children's theatre. Most recently she appeared in the musical 'Jungle Rumble' at The Fortune Theatre, London, and in a national tour of new children's musical 'Pigs Might Fly.' She is also no stranger to pantomime, and this year will be appearing in her 11th season of panto at the Princes Hall, Aldershot. She's also toured for five summers with Wizard's sister company, Illyria, in their Gilbert and Sullivan operettas.

Alongside acting, she has taught drama for 13 years and is delighted to be working with the wonderful company of Wizard as a facilitator on the Power of Drama programme.

Chris is a Sound Engineer and has worked extensively in the Theatre and Live Entertainment industry. His credits include:- Strictly Come Dancing Live, Gareth Malone Sing-A-Long Tour, Dawn French is a Huge Tw*t Tour, Alan Partridge - Stratagem Tour, Russell Watson UK Tour, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Grandpa’s Great Escape Arena Tour, Still Game - The Final Farewell Arena Show, An Evening with Bonnie Langford, An Evening with Jason Robert Brown, Michael Palin - Erebus Tour, Strictly Come Dancing - The Professionals Tour, Cambridge Rock Festival, 4 Tours with Ben Fogle, An Evening with Ant Middleton UK Tour, DanTDM Australian Tour, Hillsong Church Conference at the o2 Arena, Ten Fè, Wonderland The Musical UK Tour, Midnight Cowboy by Tony Hawks, Carousel for Opera North, Betty Blue Eyes UK Tour and Many Pantomimes!

Chris also works in Post Production Sound and recent credits include:- As Dubbing Mixer:- PlayTots TV, PlayGo TV, Cheeky Chimps TV, Sugarswell Studios, Gentleman Burgler, Creating Freedom - The Lottery of Birth. As Voiceover Recording Engineer:- Freddie Mercury - The Great Pretender, Karen Carpenter - Goodbye To Love, An Evening with Peter Aliss.

He also has spent time as a Sound Tutor in Education, with time as Post Production Sound Tutor at the London Film Academy and as Head of Sound for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

Chris was also the voice of ‘Bernard’ the shark in our production of PINOCCHIO!!!

After training at Saint Martin's in London, Frazer went on to provide editorial illustrations for many clients including The Guardian, ES Magazine, Reader's Digest, She and Vogue. His association wi th Illyria as poster designer has spanned two decades and beyond. Born on the same day as Wassily Kandinsky and Ronnie Corbett, the pair's influence is obvious on his work!!!