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Jo spent four years with the Glyndebourne Festival and Touring Chorus where she understudied the role of Jano in 'Jenufa'. During this time she performed in many recitals, oratorio and master classes. She has also sung with Carl Rosa opera (Phyllis,'Iolanthe'), Diva Opera (Ida,'Die Fledemaus'), London voices and for Raymond Gubbay productions.

Jo was signed by Sony BMG as an original member of the opera band 'Amici Forever'. With Amici she has sung in prestigious venues worldwide, toured extensively promoting the multi platinum selling albums 'Defined' and 'The Opera Band' and has performed live on radio and television in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Europe and the USA. Jo also features on the debut album of Sony BMG artist Joseph Mc Manners.

Since her departure from Amici Jo has toured Australia, Dubai and New Zealand as a soloist with The Morriston Orpheus Male voice choir (2007) as well as enjoying a busy concert schedule, (proms in the park with the RPO, Cathcart prom at RAH with the RPO, 'A night at the Opera' tour with Calibre productions etc). Jo returned to Glyndebourne to understudy the role of Micaela, Carmen in their 2008 festival. This year (2009) Jo joined the RPO as soloist to sing at Rochester castle and Glastonbury Abbey. Other concerts this year have included; 'A night at the Opera' calibre productions, 'Classical' cruise for P&0 (SWA), Guest artist for comedian Pam Ann at Hammersmith Apollo, and a concert in support of the duke of Edinburgh international award association at Windsor castle.

Future plans include outdoor concerts for the RPO (Rochestser Castle and Glastonbury abbey), Verdi Requiem (Dover Choral Society), Carmina Burana, concerts for the Sussex Symphony orchestra and Chorus for Raymond Gubbay's production of Carmen at the O2."] Text[2]=["Catherine D'Lish - Biography","Catherine D’Lish has earned a reputation as a contemporary 'striptease virtuoso' with her unusually inventive shows performed in an elegant and whimsical style. Catherine is easily the most influential stripping entertainer still performing today. She has headlined in varied venues from Las Vegas casinos, nightclubs around the world and fetish events to the top gentlemen’s clubs and 'mainstream' theaters; was a headlining performer for Playboy’s 50th Anniversary Tour, and starred in 'Burlesque Fest', the first American national tour of its kind. Catherine has competed in and won nearly every pageant and title available to striptease performers, holding over thirty titles such as Miss Nude USA, World’s Performer of the Year, Miss Erotic World, Showgirl of the Year, Miss Exotic America, Miss Nude International, USA’s Best Shows, Miss Exotic World, and is a member of the Burlesque Hall of Fame.

Catherine is renowned for her extravagant costumes and elaborate props. Recognized as the premier fan dancer today, her most popular shows are classic striptease- complete with a giant champagne glass bubble bath finale.

Catherine has also built a reputation as the best burlesque costume designer and creative director in the business. She has created dazzling costumes that are ornately hand-jeweled and feathered, with laborious attention to detail not commonly seen today. Catherine is well-known for her work as creative director/costumer/choreographer for Dita Von Teese. The shows and costumes she has created have earned international recognition and acclaim. Each of her dazzling ensembles is paired with an equally lavish prop. Catherine has one of the most extreme collections of enormous props in the business, including a larger-than-life champagne glass, grand gilded birdcage, giant spider web, and a magnificent eight-foot tall waterfall complete with fountains and flowers.

In addition to traveling and performing, Catherine fills her time by teaching workshops and also coaching established performers privately. She has recently launched a retail feather design business with Fabulous Feathers, based out of Los Angeles.

Creating her own original shows and wardrobe has always been extremely rewarding for Miss D’Lish. Taking advantage of her musical background, Catherine is now incorporating vocals into her always-evolving repertoire. An insatiable appetite for rhinestones, feathers, and bigger, better acts coupled with a genuine love for performing ensures that burlesque devotees can look forward to plenty more to come!"] Text[3]=["Brenda Edwards - Biography","Brenda has had a phenomenal time since being catapulted into public profile as a result of being the final woman in X Factor 2005. Her journey on the show was unlike any other. She wowed the judges, crowd and audience at home week after week and in turn bought a place in the hearts of the nation. The ultimate acceptance by the public came when Brenda was presented with the Screen Nation award in 2007 for 'Favourite Reality TV Star' which was a people's choice award.

Brenda was snapped up to play the role of Mama Morton in Chicago The Musical with the prestigious position of closing the show at the Adelphi Theatre and reopening it at the Cambridge Theatre. She received great acclaim for her portrayal of the prison warden and played the role for a year. She has returned to play the role since and was invited to be part of the 10th Anniversary Gala.

In 2007 Brenda created the role of Pearl Pastor in Carmen Jones at the newly renovated Royal Festival Hall playing with both The London and Royal Philharmonic orchestras and she received some amazing reviews. Brenda was asked to headline a season of intimate concerts in the Clore Ballroom.

Brenda' performed as part of In Celebration Of My Sisters at the Brixton Academy and made a special guest appearance at the Cardiff Millennium Stadium in front of 40,000 people. Brenda performed a sold out concert Brenda Edwards One Night Only at Ronnie Scotts and 3 shows at London's Pigalle Club. She has supported Smokey Robinson in concert and performed as guest vocalist with The Motown Show performing throughout the UK. Brenda has also performed in New York and on one occasion with the soul legends Ashford & Simpson.

Other highlights include recording a concert as special guest vocalist for BBC Radio 2 with the BBC Concert Orchestra. She has performed for three consecutive years at Rochester Castle and also for the past three years at the Barbican with Brenda's Gospel Christmas.

Brenda has also appeared numerous times on Television on various shows including Loose Women, The Weakest Link The Wright Stuff and on GMTV as a regular correspondent.

Last year Brenda received great critical praise for her performance as Killer Queen in the first UK tour of We Will Rock You which finished in Dublin in February. She is very excited to be reprising the role in the West End this year prior to taking the show on an international tour.

Brenda continues to undertake many corporate and private performances as a solo performer and with her band.

2010 will see the release of Brenda's first track which she is currently working on."] Text[4]=["David Habbin - Biography","Having studied classical voice production during his late teens, David went on to attend Mountview Theatre School in London after which he joined the company of ‘Les Misérables’ at the Palace Theatre in London. He was then offered the role of Tony for the National Tour and West End run of the revival of the original production of ‘West Side Story’, he performed the role in over 500 performances over 2 years.

Following this David continued his ‘classical’ training and opera studies at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. Operatic roles include Alfred ‘Die Fledermaus’, Ernesto ‘Don Pasquale’, Fenton ‘Falstaff’, Pinkerton ‘Madama Butterfly’, Alfredo ‘La Traviata’.

David is an original member of ‘the world’s first opera band’, ‘Amici Forever’. Their debut album with BMG achieved gold status in the UK, double platinum in Australia, triple platinum in New Zealand and was named as the number 2 Classical Crossover album for 2004 in the United States. In the summer of 2004 they recorded and performed the BBC’s Olympic coverage theme tune. Their follow up album ‘Defined’ was released in September 2005 with Sony BMG. Whilst with Amici David toured and performed in 21 countries around the world including performances to TV audiences of 500 million for the 2003 Champions League Final and 2.5 billion for the 2006 Miss World contest from Poland."] Text[5]=["Jon Lee - Biography","Jon began his career at the age of 12 playing the title role in Sir Cameron Mackintosh's 'Oliver!' at the London Palladium along side Jonathan Pryce. This won Jon a scholarship to train at the Sylvia Young Theatre School. He has worked extensively in all aspects of music, theatre, TV and film with a diversity that has seen him performing on stage at Wembley Arena to filming wildlife documentaries in the heart of Malaysian rainforest.

At 16 Jon joined Simon Fullers new pop sensation S Club 7. In the 5 years that they dominated the pop world Jon enjoyed Number 1 records all over the world including 4 in the UK and a top 10 billboard chart position in the US. Having co-written some of the tracks Jon is published with Universal Music. The band were also given their own TV show which ran for 4 seasons and was shown in 110 countries including the US earning Jon a personal nomination in the 'Hollywood Reporter, Young Star Awards'. Over the years the band racked up many awards including 2 Brit Awards and numerous Disney Awards as well as record sales of well over 13 Million. The band were asked to perform for Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II to celebrate her Golden Jubilee at Buckingham Palace alongside Phil Collins and Brian May.

Jon has recently appeared in an episode of 'Casualty' for the BBC. His first movie role was playing the young lead of Tom Tulliver in George Elliot's 'The Mill on the Floss' alongside Emily Watson and Bernard Hill. He also became a regular character in 'Eastenders'. The four seasons of the S Club 7 TV show catapulted Jon into fame and became one of the most successful kids TV shows of all time. The band also released a feature film 'Seeing Double' for Columbia Tristar. Jon was one of the stars of the 'Sound Of Musicals' for the BBC which saw him presenting and performing songs celebrating the last 60 years of musical theatre. Other presenting work includes 3 wildlife documentaries for the World Wildlife Fund taking Jon to Malaysia, Thailand and China. Jon's most recent movie saw him take on the role of British rock legend Billy Fury in 'Telstar' alongside Kevin Spacey.

Jon has appeared in many theatre productions all over the UK. Most notably his portrayal of Marius in 'Les Miserables' at the Palace Theatre (2003) and Queens Theatre (2006). His performance earned him a nomination for best newcomer in the 'What's On Stage' awards. He has also performed at Edinburgh Festival as the lead in a new Heather Brothers show 'Teen Scream', toured the country as lead in the original musical 'Love Shack' and been guest star on various BBC Radio 4 broadcasts such as 'The King & I' alongside Barbara Cook and 'Mame' with Julia McKenzie."] Text[6]=["Tomasz Schafernaker - Biography","Tomasz was born in Gdansk, Poland in 1979 and has lived in both the UK and Poland throughout his life.

He graduated from Reading University in 2000 with a BSc in Meteorology. Further studies and training continued at the Met Office College in Exeter and at RAF Lyneham before gaining the post of Weather Presenter for the BBC.

Tomasz has been presenting the weather on National BBC Television since 2006 / 2007 with earlier appearances on regional TV around the UK. His first weather bulletin was broadcast from “BBC Southeast Today” in Tunbridge Wells in 2001.

Aside from his passion in Meteorology and climate Tomasz is a keen artist and enjoys keeping fit. In the past couple of years he has enjoyed long-distance cycling and has participated in various charity rides. Including London to Brighton and this Summer he will cycle from London to Paris for Action Medical.

Tomasz featured on the cover of the first Attitude Active magazine earlier this year, which attracted a large amount of attention. "] Style[0]=["white","black","#006699","#ADCEDE","","","","","Arial","Arial","","","2","1",525,"",2,10,10,10,"","","","",""] applyCssFilter()