Sylvia Young
Sylvia Young OBE (born 1939 in Hackney, London, England)[1] is the founder and principal of Sylvia Young Theatre School in London, England.[2]
Sylvia Young Theatre School
Young founded her theatre school in 1981 in
GCSEs
, while the vocational curriculum teaches acting, dance and music.
Many SYTS students have gone on to become successful in the performing arts world, including
High School Musical 3 features an SYTS pupil, Jemma McKenzie-Brown.[6]
Family
Young married Norman Ruffell in Hackney, London, in 1961 and has two children, actresses Frances Ruffelle and Alison Ruffelle. Young's granddaughter is pop singer Eliza Doolittle.[7]
Styles and honours
She was the subject of This Is Your Life in December 1998 when she was surprised by Michael Aspel at the Sylvia Young Theatre School.[8]
Young was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (
Queen's Birthday Honours List of 2005 for her services to the arts.[9]
References
- ^ Sayer, Emine (11 April 2022). "'I don't want any stage school brats!': Sylvia Young on nurturing Billie Piper, Daniel Kaluuya and a host of stars". The Guardian.
- ^ Evans, Connie (24 March 2022). "Theatre school founder among recipients of special Olivier award" – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
- ^ Beckett, Andy (18 May 1999). "Blonde ambition". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
- ^ Welham, Jamie (19 September 2008). "Sylvia Young Theatre School to stage an exit". West End Extra. Retrieved 27 August 2008.
- ^ Bussmann, Kate (12 July 2015). "Sylvia Young Theatre School: The youngsters earning fame the hard way". www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ Roper, Matt (16 February 2009). "High School Musical's Jemma 'Tiara' McKenzie-Brown was a star pupil in Yorkshire and is tipped to hit the bigtime in Hollywood". Daily Mirror.
- ^ "Eliza Doolittle lives with mum". Belfast Telegraph. 28 July 2010. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
- ^ "Jazz Shaper: Sylvia Young". Mishcon de Reya. 13 March 2021.
- ^ Welham, Jamie; Moore-Bridger, Benedict (19 September 2008). "Theatre school of the stars is on the move". Evening Standard. Retrieved 8 April 2012.