(Page updated 20th March 2011)

Students from Step Up took part in the Don't Stop Believing show on Channel 5 on 18th July 2010. Although they didn't get through they were fantastic as you can see from the YouTube embed below:

The show website is here.

We had a really positive review in The Observer which said: "There were two fabulous groups, notably Dice and Step Up, the latter's version of "Think" being as good as the entire Blues Brothers movie".

Well done everyone who took part and thank you to everyone who voted for us

Congratulations to the winners of UK Unsigned

Kathryn Kitchener Winner: Teen Musical Theatre; Group Musical Theatre

Olivia Browning   Winner: Group Musical Theatre

Paige Jones-Saunders   Winner: Group Musical Theatre

Rochea Dyer   Winner: Solo Dance

Olivia Dean Winner: Under 12 Musical Theatre

Well done to all the students who travelled to Euro Disney in October to compete in The European Festival of Dance and Performing Arts.

•   Nick Robinson came 2nd in the Solo singing category.
  

• 1st in the group singing category: Electra-Giorgia Mullard, Faith Arinaitwe, Chloe Edwards with their rendition of "Don’t Let Go".

• 2nd  in the group singing category Eboni Dixon, Kathryn Kitchener and Courtney Rumbold singing "Three Little Maids" from The Hot Mikado.

• 3rd  in the group singing category Ellie Wilcox and Holly Taylor singing "Shadenfreude" from Avenue Q.

• Step Up also came 2nd in the Junior Musical Theatre Dance Category with ‘I Just Can’t Wait to be King’. 

Over 40 students participated and it was a great weekend.

UK Unsigned

All winners from UK Unsigned competed in a winners final at the Tabernacle in Notting Hill and Kathryn Kitchener came 2nd with her rendition of ‘As Long As He Needs Me’. She will now perform in the O₂ in November.

Theatre Trips

We have had 3 great Theatre trips this term. We all went to see Sister Act in October. In November we went to see Steph Trott covering Tracey in Hairspray in the West End. Stephi taught at Step Up for many years. In December we went to see a current teacher at Step Up, Minica Beason, perform in The Pied Piper at The Barbican Centre

The Lion King

As well as Alyda Miller, who is currently playing Nala in The Lion King, Olivia Dean has now entered the Lion King Cub School.

All Stars 2009

Well done to all the winners at the All Stars contest. Many thanks to Chloe Hart who judged the competition. Chloe is currently playing Tracey in the West End version of Hairspray. Click here to see the winners. 

George Ure Workshop: George Ure from Wicked did a very successful workshop with the Step Up students in November 2009. He taught them ‘What is this feeling’ and the students really enjoyed the experience.

Summer Schools August 2009: Well done to all those who took part in the Step Up Summer Schools. All students completed successful productions of The Lion King and Oliver.

Trinity Guildhall exams: Well done to all those who took exams in June. The results were outstanding with a 100% pass rate with most students gaining a distinction.

Paige Jones Saunders

Well done to Paige Jones-Saunders who took part in the Stratford Music Festival recently. Paige achieved two first place distinctions, two second place commended and one third place commended. Paige also won a cup as the overall winner from three age groups ranging from 11 to 18 years.

The Lion King

Well done to Alyda Miller who has just had her contract renewed for the part of the young Nala in the West End production of The Lion King. Click here to see more on Alyda. 

Broken Silence: Well done to Ayshen Miller and Sillouettes for winning a place in the finals for Broken Silence competition on the 24th September 2009

Mountview Theatre Arts: Well done to William Marsh who has just gained a full time place at Mountview Theatre Arts

Joseph: Well done to Ross Goold who continues to perform in the West End production of Joseph (see Ross and the cast in the attached photo – Ross is in the back row, second from the right in the striped top). 

UK Unsigned Finals in Hackney Empire July 2009

Olivia Browning who won the under 12 Musical Theatre category

Kathryn Kitchener won the teens Musical Theatre category

Kathryn Kitchener and Giorgia Mullard won the Musical group category

www.ukunsigned.net. 

RCA Awards

Well done to Kathryn Kitchener who won the Rising star award as voted for by the general public (see here for more details). Well done to the Step Up performers: Faith Arinatawe, Sian Mullard, Giorgia Mullard, and Eboni Dixon who performed at the awards ceremony along with Kathryn Kitchener.