Reggie Challenger

Reggie has a lifelong love of the arts and creativity. Beginning his career as an Art Director in advertising in the late 1990s, he has carried his creative thinking and problem-solving approach into many areas of working life, from youth work and construction to events, weddings and celebrations.

Today, Reggie channels that same creative energy into bringing people together through music. Alongside the Give it a Go Choir at Feel Good Factor, he leads Reggie’s Reggae Choir, sings in care homes and performs his Bob Marley and reggae tribute show.

For Reggie, it’s all about community, connection and the joy of giving things a go!

Anita Gilbert

Anita trained as an actor at ALRA and holds an, MA (Dist) ‘Professional Voice Practice’ from, The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. She is also the co-writer of ‘The Jobbing Actor’, published by Nick Hern Books. Anita is a visiting Senior Lecturer at Leeds Conservatoire and has run education workshops for the RSC, New Vic Stoke and many other actor training institutions. Anita’s credits span across, Theatre, Screen and Audio, with many credits for Derby Theatre, including most recently, Little Shop of Horrors. Other Voice, Text, and Accent work includes shows at, The RSC, Nottingham Playhouse, Sheffield Theatres, New Vic Stoke and The Watermill. Recent Screen work includes ‘Waterloo Road’ and for Radio 4 Drama ‘You Cannot Thread a Moving Needle.

Anthony Dunn

Antony is a regular tutor for The Poetry School and has taught many times for the Arvon Foundation. He has worked on a number of translation projects with poets from Holland, Hungary, China and Israel, and has been Poet in Residence at the University of York, Ilkley Literature Festival and the People Powered Press.

He was Artistic Director of Bridlington Poetry Festival from 2012 until 2018 and lives in Leeds.

Dawn Holgate

For over three decades, Dawn has worked across dance performance, education, community practice, choreography and creative leadership. As Artistic Director of East Riding Youth Dance, she led 17 years of inspirational grassroots youth dance work. Her commitment to building meaningful relationships with communities also led to her becoming resident choreographer for Leeds Grand Youth Theatre, where for over 10 years she has choreographed its annual musical and led creative movement experiences. In 2021, she choreographed Aladdin at CAST in Doncaster and was Co-Movement Director for the Freedom Project at Leeds Playhouse.

Nicky Bray

Nicky Bray is a Leeds-based freelance Community Music Leader who runs sessions, projects and events which bring people together to share the joy of music and singing, with a focus on wellbeing, collaboration, creativity and playful self-expression. She is also a musician and singer-songwriter who specialises in humorous musical storytelling on unconventional subject matter and has a visual, energetic and interactive performance style.