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Liz Burville Choreographer, Examiner, Teacher, Producer Trained at the Bird College, Liz worked extensively in Musical Theatre and Dance, her performance credits include Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom, Hello Dolly, Worzel Gummidge, Josephine, as well as performing on the QE2, with the Tiller Girls and in many Christmas Pantomimes including the Orchard Theatre, the Opera House Belfast, the Gordon Craig Theatre Stevenage and the Marlowe Theatre Canterbury playing the Good Fairy !As a choreographer, Liz has worked on TV Commercials, TV dramas, Summer Shows, Touring Musicals, Pantomimes and Youth Productions. She is also an International Examiner for Trinity Guildhall and has visited Hong Kong, Singapore, Malta, Italy and Switzerland examining and lecturing in Drama and Musical Theatre. Liz was also an ISTD Modern and Tap Examiner for 15 years.Liz started her Studio in Bexley over 20 years ago, it began as The Liz Burville Dance Centre and is now The Liz Burville Performing Arts Centre and specializes in teaching all forms of Dance as well as Drama, Singing , Musical Theatre, and other associated Performing Arts subjects. Thousands of students have been trained by the Liz Burville method, and many have successful performing and Dance Teaching careers of their own – Spencer O’Brien (Shrek the Musical) Rachel Grundy (Rocky Horror Show) Amy Field (Priscilla Queen of the Desert) Sam Archer (Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake) Ross Sands (Robbie Williams Concert Tour) Paul Saunders (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) Lara Pulver (Sherlock TV Series 2 and forthcoming 3) to name but a handful! Liz set up In The Wings Productions in 1997, the Company has produced many original Musical Productions in Professional Venues including The Snow Queen, The Little Mermaid, Clara and the Nutcracker, Peter Pan – a Rock Fantasy, Arabian Nights, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and Thumbelina. It toured a Christmas Pantomime in NW Kent, SE London every year until 2009. As a Training Provider for Dartford Youth Theatre, In The Wings worked with young people and established an annual Youth Talent Charity Spectacular which was presented at The Orchard for three consecutive years and raised over £20,000 for Children in Need. Liz now produces an annual Youth Musical at the Orchard Theatre under the name Youngstars Musical Theatre Company. She has produced several successful shows over the last three years - Billy Elliot (2011), Oliver (2012), Bugsy Malone(2013) and in April 2014 Grease.Liz is married to TV Lighting Director Stuart Gain and has two children Emilie and Robert.

LIZ BURVILLE

Liz Burville Choreographer, Examiner, Teacher, Producer Trained at the Bird College, Liz worked extensively in Musical Theatre and Dance, her performance credits include Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom, Hello Dolly, Worzel Gummidge, Josephine, as well as performing on the QE2, with the Tiller Girls and in many Christmas Pantomimes including the Orchard Theatre, the Opera House Belfast, the Gordon Craig Theatre Stevenage and the Marlowe Theatre Canterbury playing the Good Fairy !As a choreographer, Liz has worked on TV Commercials, TV dramas, Summer Shows, Touring Musicals, Pantomimes and Youth Productions. She is also an International Examiner for Trinity Guildhall and has visited Hong Kong, Singapore, Malta, Italy and Switzerland examining and lecturing in Drama and Musical Theatre. Liz was also an ISTD Modern and Tap Examiner for 15 years.Liz started her Studio in Bexley over 20 years ago, it began as The Liz Burville Dance Centre and is now The Liz Burville Performing Arts Centre and specializes in teaching all forms of Dance as well as Drama, Singing , Musical Theatre, and other associated Performing Arts subjects. Thousands of students have been trained by the Liz Burville method, and many have successful performing and Dance Teaching careers of their own – Spencer O’Brien (Shrek the Musical) Rachel Grundy (Rocky Horror Show) Amy Field (Priscilla Queen of the Desert) Sam Archer (Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake) Ross Sands (Robbie Williams Concert Tour) Paul Saunders (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) Lara Pulver (Sherlock TV Series 2 and forthcoming 3) to name but a handful! Liz set up In The Wings Productions in 1997, the Company has produced many original Musical Productions in Professional Venues including The Snow Queen, The Little Mermaid, Clara and the Nutcracker, Peter Pan – a Rock Fantasy, Arabian Nights, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and Thumbelina. It toured a Christmas Pantomime in NW Kent, SE London every year until 2009. As a Training Provider for Dartford Youth Theatre, In The Wings worked with young people and established an annual Youth Talent Charity Spectacular which was presented at The Orchard for three consecutive years and raised over £20,000 for Children in Need. Liz now produces an annual Youth Musical at the Orchard Theatre under the name Youngstars Musical Theatre Company. She has produced several successful shows over the last three years - Billy Elliot (2011), Oliver (2012), Bugsy Malone(2013) and in April 2014 Grease.Liz is married to TV Lighting Director Stuart Gain and has two children Emilie and Robert.

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