OUR STORY
In 2019, Drama Hub Sussex was born, offering bespoke training in all aspects of acting and drama. It isn't about performing a Shakespearean Sonnet word for word, or being able to die the most dramatic death at the end of a sword fight. Training at DHS provides students with so many transferrable skills. We are not interested in making you the 'best actor' we are interested in making the 'best people' who are individual, can speak well, with good clarity and diction and who are oozing confidence. The performance aspect of drama is just an added bonus! We love seeing students not being afraid to lose inhibitions, not be afraid to play and make mistakes, build in confidence and blossom into lovely young people! Our classes allow students to explore different characters and different styles of theatre! In our 1-2-1 sessions we develop our skills in character work, improvisation, speaking with confidence, and physicality whilst working toward LAMDA examinations, festival entries, West End auditions, or college auditions!
We have had Alumni go onto drama schools, international touring productions, West End Shows, and Film and TV!
To start your journey, get in contact today!
MATTHEW PIKE
Production Stage Manager / Lighting Designer
Matthew graduated from Northbrook College with a BA in Theatre Arts specialising in Production Management, Lighting Design and Stage Management. Matthew is Head of Technical and Production for Worthing Theatres and Museum
Matthew works as a freelance lighting designer and has worked with a number of companies in the Worthing area, including productions of Anything Goes, Follies, Shrek, Our House, My Fair Lady and Bad Girls the Musical. He has worked as part of the stage management team for Brighton Theatre Group for their productions of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Shrek at the Theatre Royal, Brighton
Matthew is proud to be a founding member of Conn Artists Theatre Company and has worked on every production the company has produced. Matthew has toured as Production Stage Manager for the companies tours of The Four Men 2017, Silas Marner 2019, A Perfect Likeness 2021 - 2023 and Mary Rose 2022
Matthew recently joined Dionysus Theatre Company for their tour of La Mouette operating Lighting, Sound and Projection.
COURTNEY TROULLOS
Drama Facilitator & Acting Coach
Graduating from the University of Brighton with a BA (Hons) in Theatre Arts and she has led workshops, drama classes and directed shows for over 10 years.
Her love for theatre and acting really shone out in school – joining in school productions and trips such as performing at The Brighton Fringe Festival, The Great Escape Festival and various short films. Theatre credits include Pearl in Steven Berkoff's West, Peter Quince in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Nights Dream, and Feste in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
Personal development is a huge factor in her work – always pushing herself by attending classes, workshops, seminars and shows which have included: voice workshops with Jeanette Nelson (Head of Voice at The National Theatre), physical comedy workshops with Brighton's Spymonkey, Trestle Arts Base mask workshops with artistic director Emily Grey.
She has recently joined the pool of facilitators to teach workshops for Chichester Festival Theatre and regularly covers sessions for performing arts schools throughout Sussex and Surrey.
Courtney specialises in teaching LAMDA Examinations and 1-2-1 audition preparations.
She has a vast amount of knowledge, and is aways eager to pass on to her students.
She has a huge appreciation for Shakespeare, and contemporary theatre is her personal love and forte.
Courtney enjoys her job and particularly loves creativity and theatre.
She holds a current DBS, chaperones license, first aid certificate and public liability insurance.
JON
MIZLER
Musical Theatre
Hi everyone, I’m Jon and my journey in Musical Theatre began back in 2007 when I musical directed my first show, and I’ve been teaching Musical Theatre and putting on productions ever since!
Over the past few months, I've worked on some exciting projects: I staged a production of Footloose at the Capitol Theatre in Horsham, leading a cast and crew of over 100 young people.
I've worked as a Teacher Director for Musical Theatre summer schools in Brighton and Worthing, played the piano during rehearsals for Star Ignited’s production of Our House, and run my own musical theatre courses and workshops across Sussex.
I cannot wait to share my love for Musical Theatre with you!