Ali James is a multi talented actress, improviser, director, teacher, overall great human and a Showstopper, literally. You can go watch Ali in Showstoppers the Musical in London. You can also catch this fab person in Scared Scriptless, the fully improvised show that performs in Southend that is quite literally the funniest show I have ever seen.

Not only is Ali a great comedian, she is also an incredibly talented musical theatre performer, having toured the UK as well as performed multiple times in the West End as well as performing up in Edinburgh at the Fringe Festival.

Want to see an improvised Panto in February? Ali has you covered. I told you, she does it all.

You can follow Ali on:

Twitter and Instagram @ali_james22

Showstoppers @TheShowstoppers

Josh Jarvis aka Verses Bang is a rapper, hip hop artist and creative from Southend-on-Sea, Essex who has recently made the leap across the pond to Los Angeles. 

Josh has been writing his own material since he was sixteen recording his first record at the age of seventeen. 

Listen to how Josh gets inspired by what’s going around him, navigating mental health into his music and how his hometown has influenced him and his music. You can listen to us have lots of Southend talk and what words of wisdom Josh has for anyone pursuing a career in the arts. 

You can listen to Verses Bang on any of the links below and on any streaming service such as Spotify and iTunes.

Watch Verses Bang music videos from Southend to Los Angeles on YouTube and see how his life has changed dramatically in the past eighteen months since Covid hit. 

https://versesbang.bandcamp.com

https://www.facebook.com/Versesbang1/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZTWwuezLVk7hkOFWYdFBDw

You can follow Josh on Instagram @bangcam and Twitter @versesbang

Sarah Mayhew is an Actress, Co-Artistic Director of Old Trunk Theatre Company and Associate Artist at Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch.

Sarah has had a wonderful career as a dancer, improviser and actress. Sarah was a major part of  improv troupe, Scared Scriptless for many years before becoming a Co-Artistic Director for Theatre Company Old Trunk that went on to have many successes with Playwright Sadie Hasler’s Pram Kicker and Fran and Leni that toured all over the UK. 

You can catch Sarah in television shows such as White Gold and PROFESSOR T and most recently Alfie Dale’s short film My Brother is a Mermaid that has been having huge success in the film festival circuit, including Hollyshorts, Leeds International Film Festival and IRIS Prize Winner for Best British Short just to name a few. 

Sarah is also very active with the Essex Girls Liberation Front, a group of women smashing the Essex Girl stereotype.

You can follow them on Instagram @essex_girls_liberation_front_

And you can follow Sarah on Instagram and Twitter @hewston