Marcelle is a co-founder and director of The School in London. Marcelle was Head of Movement at The Poor School for 27 years. She has also worked at RADA, Rose Bruford College and London School of Theatre Studies. She has taught movement and early dance at BADA and for Florida State University in London on their Theatre Studies course. Marcelle has worked as a Movement Director on productions at Rose Bruford and for companies such as Ridiculusmus, Shady Dolls and The Canting Crew. Originally working as a clown and acrobat and in physical theatre, she toured as an actress with companies such as Trickster Theatre, Accordo Povo, South Glamorgan’s Theatre in Education Company and Actors’ Workshop Cardiff before becoming a movement teacher.

John is a businessman, artist and multi-linguist. He played Peter Quince in a Sheffield University production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream when David was Starveling and he has been guiding his star ever since.

Dr Richard Talbot is a Senior Lecturer in Performance and the Programme Leader BA (Hons) Comedy Writing and Performance at School of Arts & Media, University of Salford. He bears a striking resemblance to David which adds to the joy and fun of their meetings. Richard, like John is fluent in Japanese so they like to share reflections in that language to blow everyon’es monoglottal minds.