Ana-Thea Panainte
Thea oversees and teaches in the Music area of BA Musical Theatre (Music 1 and the Actor-Musicianship strand in the Ensembles Pathway module), as well as teaches, mentors and supervises on the MA and PGD Musical Directing programmes.
Thea is a British-Romanian Musical Director, Pianist and Composer, and an alumna of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Thea graduated with a Masters of Arts in Musical Directing, after receiving her Bachelor of Music with Honours in Piano Performance as a recipient of an ABRSM full scholarship.
Musical Directing credits include: Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Jamie & The Unicorn (Gaiety Theatre Ayr); She Loves Me, Company, City of Angels, Christmas at the Conservatoire (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland)
Musical Supervision credits include: Little Women, Macbeth, To Dream Or Not To Dream (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland); A Fair Tale About a Fairy Trade (Human Rongs, Edinburgh Festival Fringe)
Keyboard credits include: Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone in Concert, Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets in Concert, Video Games Music in Concert, Netflix’s Life on Our Planet in Concert (Royal Scottish National Orchestra), Jersey Boys (Trafalgar Theatre, London and UK Tour), The Book of Mormon (UK Tour), Movin’ Melvin Brown – Chuck Berry Lives! (Edinburgh Festival Fringe)