Student biographies

ABIOLA OGUNBIYI

Height	5’ 5”
Hair	Brown
Eyes	Brown
Nationality	British
Natural Accent	Estuary
Vocal Range	Bottom G to Top D. Belt to F
Playing Age

Roles at Drama School Include

Part	Production	Director	Choreographer	Music Director
Carmen Bernstein	Curtains	Christian Durham	Andrew Wright	Dane Preece
Ensemble/Voice Captain	Footloose	Kate Golledge	Alistair David	Torquil Munro
Guissie Carnegie	Merrily We Roll Along	Charlie Barker		Dan Jackson
Ebony Eyes/ Dance Captain	Wonder		Alistair David	Huw Geraint Griffith
Grace	Cinderella	Edward Dick		John Rigby
Shelley	Through the Wire	Jane Jeffery
Ensemble	Notre-Dame de Paris		David Greenall
Soloist	Side by Side by Sondheim	Christopher Lane		Huw Geraint-Griffith

Specialist Skills

Accents	RP, Heightened RP, General American , New York, Southern American (Inland Texas), Cockney, Nigerian
Singing	Soprano, Strong Classical, Strong Belt
Instruments	Flute (Grade 8), Piano (Grade 7)
Dance	Jazz*, Ballet*, Tap*, Street Jazz*, Contemporary*, Pas de Deux (Classical and Jazz)*, Hip-Hop, Ballroom, Tango, Waltz
Combat	Basic Training
Sport	Running, Swimming, Bikram Yoga, Netball, Hockey, Badminton
Languages	Spanish (Moderate), Yoruba (Moderatel)
Other skills	Basic Tumbling, Full clean driving licence

Other Experience

Theatre Roles

Part	Production	Director	Choreographer	Music Director
Ensemble	Broadway to West End	Bill Deamer	Bill Deamer	Stephen Brooker
Ensemble/Flautist	The Merchant of Venice (National Youth Theatre - Beijing, China)	Paul Roseby		Tristan Parkes

Film roles

Part	Production	Director	Choreographer	Music director
Choir	Closing Handover Ceremony	Philip Sheppard
National Youth Theatre	2008 Beijing Olympics

Workshops/other experience
Vocalist - Christmas in New York (Original Cast Recording) - Spekulation Entertainment

* = highly skilled