Exmouth Youth Theatre is a registered charity run by a team of trustees and committee members. It is lead by our experienced Director. We are dedicated to helping children and young people of all abilities to build their confidence through learning new skills in dance, drama and singing, and performing shows regularly.

Tracey Hamilton – Dance and Drama Teacher / Director

Experienced teacher, performer, choreographer and director Tracey Hamilton founded what is now Exmouth Youth Theatre in 2018 with the aim of providing inclusive training in theatre arts, and regular opportunities to perform, for children and young people of all backgrounds and abilities. She also runs the successful Exmouth-based dance school DanzSing Unlimited, providing dance training in ballet, tap, musical theatre and jazz for children and adults of all abilities. She produces and choreographs two shows per year for the students.

Tracey has been dancing and singing since the age of 3 years. She won a scholarship for a 3-year Musical Theatre Diploma at the Midlands Academy of Dance and Drama (affectionately known as MADD) in Nottingham, where she performed in numerous shows at the Nottingham Theatre Royal and qualified as a performer and teacher in all aspects of theatre dance. After teaching at the Academy, she started her professional career in Cyprus, going on to perform in hotels, cabarets, pantomimes and musical shows throughout the country.

On moving to Exeter in 1998 she gained the position of Entertainment Controller for Weststar Holidays based at their Head Office.

Tracey’s performance credits include: 42nd Street (Anytime Annie), Stepping Out (Mavis), Half a Sixpence (Shop girl), Anything Goes (Charity), Copacabana and Mack & Mabel and many more…..

Director and Choreographer credits include MADD Showcase (Nottingham Theatre Royal), Calamity Jane (Exeter Barnfield Theatre), A Night at the West End (Exeter Barnfield Theatre), West End Nights (Exeter Barnfield Theatre), Broadway & Beyond (Exeter Barnfield Theatre), Stepping Out The Musical (Exeter Barnfield Theatre), Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs (The Blackmore Theatre), Stepping Out The Play (Wellington), Aladdin (The Blackmore Theatre) and of course Annie Jr! (The Blackmore Theatre).

Committee

Chair – Rosie Geis, Treasurer – Julie Reynolds, Secretary – Garry Cornelius-Dodds

Trustees

Rosie Geis, Julie Reynolds, Garry Cornelius-Dodds, Donna Gover, Tracey Hamilton, Andy Blundell, Sarah Olmez, Rosie Johnson