
Cast and Creative

Choreographer/Wolf, Bird
Clea Godsill
Clea is a dance artist, musician, and educator. After attending Linton Village College, she trained at Tring Park School for the Performing Arts and London Contemporary Dance School (MA). Performance credits include: Barrie Kosky’s Die Walküre (2025) at the Royal Opera House, London; The Snow Queen (2020) & Tom’s Midnight Garden (2021 & 2022) with Frankly Speaking Productions; Baggage (2024-26) with Lucy Clark; Leeds Pride (2025) with Balbir Singh Dance Company; and Tanzkompanie Theater St. Gallen, Switzerland (2018-19). Clea has created two dance installation pieces, Grey Matter and Hold Me (2021), which premiered at the Phoenix Gallery, Brighton, supported by South East Dance.

Deviser/Peter
Lizzie Treece
Lizzie is a freelance dancer, actor and teacher - pursuing projects across theatre, film, and live events. Lizzie’s passion for storytelling through dance, started young performing in London Children’s Ballet Snow White (2007). She went on to train at London Studio Centre BA(Hons) Theatre Dance and recent performing credits include: Candide (Welsh National Opera), Five Children and It (Tabard Theatre), The Polar Express: The Immersive Train Ride (PNP Events), The Seven Dials Mystery (Netflix), Bridgerton (Netflix). Lizzie’s favourite projects are when she gets to combine acting and dancing, with a career highlight being Tom’s Midnight Garden UK Tour where she first met Clea. Alongside performing Lizzie is also a Flowetic fitness instructor and loves sharing her passion for dance through her classes!

Deviser/Duck, Grandfather, Bird
Freya Brown
Freya is a neurodiverse contemporary dance artist and graduate of Rambert School. Her work spans stage, screen and immersive performance, including Mary and George (Sky) and Romeo and Juliet by Matthew Bourne. A playful performer with a love of comedy, Freya brings a bold and slightly offbeat quality to her work. She is currently performing across immersive theatre venues in London, as well as filming a number of short films premiering later this year. She is also a co-creator of award-winning, 5 star reviewed Tomfoolery Dance Theatre, through which she explores inventive and character-driven dance theatre. Freya is an experienced facilitator, delivering inclusive and creative dance sessions for children and young people through organisations including Rambert School and DanceEast. With a long-standing love for Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, Freya is super excited to be involved in the reimagining of the classic tale.

Deviser/Cat
Maggie Kelly
Maggie is a dancer, actor, and singer from Ontario, Canada. Whilst freelancing as a dancer in New York, Maggie created her own work, as well as performing in various dance productions with Fredrick Earl Mosley's Diversity of Dance. Maggie trained with the esteemed Verdon/Fosse Legacy, and was selected to perform a solo restaged by Broadway legend Donna McKechnie in 2019. Maggie was an ensemble member and understudy in The Beautiful and Damned (2022). Maggie has performed on some of London's most prestigious stages, including Indigo at the O2, The Place, and Sadler's Wells Lilian Baylis Theatre. Maggie worked closely with The New Jack Cole Dancers during their recent stint in London. Maggie has also performed across London in event spaces and museums. Maggie is thrilled to be joining the cast of Peter and the Wolf, and help bring to life Prokofiev's symphonic tale for children!

Musical Arranger
Thea Deacon
Thea is a composer, piano and singing teacher. She has a broad compositional portfolio and writes and arranges music for soloists and ensembles across the UK. She is completing her PhD in Composition at King’s College London, having previously completed first-class undergraduate and master’s degrees in composition at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and KCL respectively. She also holds a choral scholarship with the King’s College London Chapel Choir.

Pianist
Yulia Vershinina-Mukhopadhyay
Yulia is an award-winning classical pianist based in London. Born in Russia, raised in Belgium, and trained in the United Kingdom, she has performed across Europe and the United States, including a debut at Carnegie Hall at the age of 16. Her debut album with Duo Vershinina/Lee was featured on BBC Radio 3 and received glowing reviews in the BBC Music Magazine and the American Record Guide. Yulia teaches piano at the Junior Department of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and is passionate about working with young musicians. She regularly performs in children’s concerts, including the Bach to Baby concert series, and leads toddler music classes and early-years workshops. As a parent of a toddler, Yulia loves witnessing the transformative power of live music on young children, and believes music nurtures empathy, imagination and connection from the earliest age.
