Meet The Team

Mr Ryan's passion for drama and theatre began as a 9-year-old child after watching his Dad performing in a musical called 'South Pacific'. Ryan was mesmerised by the magic of it, he was particularly interested in the special effects with the lighting design and scenery! 

His Dad then took him to join an amateur dramatics group where Ryan started his first performances on the stage.

He has performed in several big musical's, taking on lots of leading roles and ensemble parts too, learning about lots of different genres of the theatre arts. 

He was also involved with the 'National Youth Theatre', where he developed his skills even further continuing his performing arts training towards vocational level.  

Ryan was also fortunate enough to learn skills as a technician with lighting and sound, which he has now taken into his adult career working as a technician at high schools teaching the pupils how to do it too, (The Laurus Trust). 

Ryan trained professionally at the 'Arden School of Theatre', and obtained his professional qualification,  (Level 5 in Theatre and performance). 

Musical Theatre performing Credits include: 

Anne Get your Gun, 

Copacabana, 

The King and I. 

Director Credits include: 

Panto Pandemonium,

 Madagascar the Musical JR,

 Peter Pan the musical JR. 

He directed and wrote his own scripts (Finbor the Elf), 

(A Night at the Theatre), which his students performed in. 

Physical Theatre performance credits include: 

Behind the Smile,

 Two By Ten, 

Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah (much to do about nothing), 

And Breathe. 

(Which he performed in and created with a team of contemporary theatre actors). 

Technician Director Theatre credits include:

Oliver, 

Chicago,

 Frozen, 

Grease,

 Sound of Music. 

Ryan founded his own theatre school with Mr Evan in 2014 (FairStage Academy), which they both ran together for 9 years before they very sadly had to close when they became foster parents. He has taught hundreds of children and young people, and some of his ex-students are now even performing as professionals being paid for their dream jobs as performers. 

Now that his fostering family is settled...  Mr Ryan is super excited to start his passion again (drama teaching), passing on his skills to the next generation. 

Mr Ryan is a very skilled teacher, who incorporates therapeutic exercises into acting techniques, to help students to develop their confidence and self-awareness through the process of learning outstanding acting skills.

He also has lots of experience teaching children who have a statement of 'Special Educational Needs', I.e. Autism, ADHD, EBD, PLD etc... He loves including children from all walks of life into his lessons and finds it very rewarding. 

Mr Lee is an experienced musician and guitarist with over 20 years of experience.

He began his journey in theatre as part of Suffolk youth group Stage Door Theatre Company, with roles in the chorus of productions of ‘Oliver’ and ‘Oklahoma’, before becoming a lead in ‘Thoroughly Modern Millie’, starring as ‘Ching Ho’ and ‘Judas’ in a school production of ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’.

Since moving to Lancashire, Mr Lee moved over to the local live music scene, showcasing his guitar and vocal skills, performing in pubs and venues as an acoustic solo artist, part of covers bands and a songwriting and recording band ‘Defined By’. 

Mr Lee has been a qualified teacher since 2015 and has been teaching instrumental and vocal lessons since 2022 across various schools in Lancashire, Cheshire, and Greater Manchester.

He is excited to join team Triumph!