Zoe Tyler
"I am honoured and extremely proud to act as a Patron for the CTC. I have nothing but praise for the quality training and personal approach that Bridie and her team uphold."
Zoe is an accomplished vocal coach, recording artist, soloist and TV performer. Her Musical Theatre career began in 1990 when she joined the west end cast of Les Misèrables. She went on to perform in numerous musicals to include the highly successful tour of Jesus Christ Superstar, the award winning City of Angels and the long-running musical Fame as the Dance Teacher. She also played a part in the TV soap Doctors and played the title role of 'Eva' on the Eva Cassidy tour last year.
As a recording artist she has appeared on numerous artists' albums including Michael Ball and Cliff Richard. Zoe has also sung back-up vocals for Elton John, Barry Manilow and Donna Summer as well as Rod Stewart, Will Young, KD Lang and Bonnie Tyler.
Her television roles include the TV soap Doctors and appearances as a reality TV show judge and coach on BBC One's How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? and Any Dream Will Do alongside Andrew Lloyd Webber. She then went on to join Loose Women on ITV in June 2007 and is still appearing on the show. Zoe was also a vocal coach on Sky One's Hairspray: The School Musical alongside Denise Van Outen and also Grease: The School Musical alongside Duncan James. More recently Zoe has been coaching young contestants on the Disney Channel UK talent show My Camp Rock.
In a very busy schedule Zoe found time to make a personal appearance for Top Hat Stage School at Top Hat at the Palladium in July 2010, which was a show to raise awareness for Breakthrough Breast Cancer.
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