Our Team
Nickolas Grace: President
Nickolas Grace was with the Royal Shakespeare Company between 1972-78, with roles including: Dromio of Ephesus in the musical version of Comedy of Errors, with Judi Dench; Hamlet for the opening of Derby Playhouse in 1975. Other theatre roles include: Renfield in Dracula with Terence Stamp at the Shaftesbury Theatre, and Trinity in Chariots of Fire. Film and TV work has included: Anthony Blanche in Brideshead Revisited with a BAFTA Nomination; Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin of Sherwood (ACE Nomination); Harry in Heat and Dust with Greta Scacchi; Tailor in Evita with Madonna; Larry in Killing Eve. Directing credits include: The Betrayal of Nora Blake (Observer Musical of the Year); Helping Harry (London, Berlin and USA). Nickolas is also a Fellow of the Royal Central School and Companion of LIPA.
Wayne Sleep OBE
Wayne Sleep joined the Royal Ballet in 1966 to become a senior principal dancer performing globally. Many lead roles were created for Sleep especially, by noted choreographers, including Ninette de Valois, Fredrick Ashton, Kenneth McMillan, Rudolph Nureyev, and Gillian Lynne amongst others. In 1973, Sleep established an unbeaten world record by doing an entrechat-douze recorded in the Guinness Book of Records. He is remembered for dancing with Princess Diana at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. As an actor Wayne played principal roles in, She Stoops to Conquer, Aerial, Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream with the Royal Ballet and the Opera, as well as Feste in Twelfth Night. He is vice president of the Royal Academy of Dance, patron of the British Ballet Organisation, and an ambassador and patron for other charities and organisations. His charity, The Wayne Sleep Foundation, helps students who have successfully gained a place at a performing arts vocational college.