Jesus
Greg Wood Greg is currently sitting his GCSE’s at Haberdasher’s Adams Newport and will be stopping on at Sixth Form. Greg has been involved with the society for several years, having played Tobias in Sweeney Todd, and being part of Fiddler on the Roof both with MTS and playing the UPS guy in Legally Blonde with MYTS in 2017. Greg has just taken his Grade 8 Music Theatre Exam and has sung competitively at The Chadsmoor Music Festival, as well as the Wolverhampton and Dudley Music Festivals over the last couple of years. He really enjoys the teamwork and sense of community at MYTS, from the audition process through the rehearsal phase to the excitement of performing in front of an audience.
Leo Charlie Allen– Foetu-Foster Smith
Judas
Charlie is currently in Year 9 at Stafford Grammar School and loves Music. He has been acting since he was five and joined MYTS at the age of eight for Footloose. Charlie is enjoying playing Judas, a character who starts out as good but commits the ultimate betrayal.
Leo is 14 years old and has performed at the Gatehouse Theatre on more than ten occasions both as a musician and a performer. Godspell is Leo’s second show with MYTS, having joined last year for High School Musical. Leo’s mother was very keen for him to do this show, having played the part of Jesus in high school and she is delighted that Leo was cast as one of the disciples.
Lydia Thomson Lydia is in Year 12 and attends Walton High School, where her favourite subjects are History and Drama. Lydia has acted and sung since the age of five and joined MYTS in 2015 for Honk! Having played Paulette in Legally Blonde and the eccentric and theatrical Mrs. Darbus in High School Musical last year, she is enjoying a change of pace.