An informative interview about theatre producing, performing arts training and current trends of adjudication.
Jennifer trained in London from the age of five with Tony Morgan, Maude Wells and Letty Littlewood, three inspiring teachers. She competed in many dance festivals in London and the South East and as a teacher entered pupils in local festivals. She has been a Federation and All England Adjudicator for nearly thirty years.
She worked for over twenty years in the professional theatre, first as a dancer, then singer, actress, director and latterly as a producer with her husband Musician Phillip Charles, they presented troupes of girls called The Jenny Set.
Phillip and Jennifer, as “Charles Haley Productions” presented Pantomimes, Summer Shows, Tours, Plays and Musicals in London and all over the country. Jennifer also worked in Variety with her own act of Song, Dance and Comedy.
Jennifer also had her own stage school of twenty years until 2004, teaching all genres of Dance, Singing and Drama and many of her pupils have gone on to work in the professional theatre.
Jennifer was awarded the PGCA Dance Adjudication degree in 2000 and is a Life Member of the RAD. Her two sons Noel and Leon are both Musicians and Performers.