After training at the famous Bush-Davies School, her career has taken her to the English National Opera Company at the London Coliseum where her performances included La Traviata and Simon Boccanegra, to The Royal National Theatre where she performed in the European premiere and Olivier award winning production of Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park With George, and The West End where her credits include creating the role of Maria Moriarty in Sherlock Holmes with Ron Moody at the Cambridge Theatre as well as numerous productions such as West Side Story playing Rosalia, Cynthia in Mr Cinders, Jessica in The Merchant of Venice, Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz and Suki Tawdry in The Beggars Opera. Whilst with The English National Opera, Erika was asked to star as one of only four soloists in An Evening with Stephen Sondheim in the West End directed by the world renowned Opera Director Keith Warner. Erika has also starred in several pantomimes including the title role in Snow White, Alice Fitzwarren in Dick Whittington and Maid Marion in Robin Hood. Film appearances include feature films such as Heaven's Gate with John Hurt and Kris Krisstoferson, (directed by Michael Cimino). TV appearances include her television debut at the age of nine in Junior Showtime, several Royal Variety Performances, Omnibus, Children in Need and recently she has appeared on BBC’s Copycats, Xchange and Blue Peter. Cabaret appearances include performances at many prestigious venues such as The Dorchester, Grosvenor House Hotel, The Landmark Hotel and The Intercontinental in London. Erika also has extensive experience as a Director and Choreographer for several Musicals including Annie, Grease, The Wizard of Oz, The Sound of Music, Tours, Summer Seasons and Pantomimes. As an Executive Producer, Erika has been responsible for productions such as Kind Hearts and Coronets with Robert Powell and Colin Baker, The 39 Steps starring Simon Ward and George Sewell, The Ladykillers with Tim Brooke-Taylor, Dulcie Gray and Brian Murphy, Passport to Pimlico with Ian Lavender and Kate O'Mara as well as pantomimes and summer repertory seasons. Erika runs THE BIZ THEATRE SCHOOL based in Surrey and has also directed and produced Les Miserables, Grease, Footloose, West Side Story, Beauty and The Beast, The King and I, The Wiz, Guys and Dolls, Fame and Oliver! raising over £30,000 for local Children’s charities.

Choreographer – Phyllida Crowley Smith. Phyllida began training as a dancer at her mother’s school. She then went to Bush Davies School of Theatre Arts where she won the Cosmopolitan Magazine Young Dancer of the Year Award, the Noreen Bush Scholarship and the Dancing Times award for Choreography. She currently runs the dance department at the Guildford School of Acting. Choreographic credits include ‘Just So’ (Tabard Theatre) for which she was nominated for Best Choreography in the Off West’ End Awards 2011, ‘Peter Pan’ (Wyvern Theatre, Swindon), ‘Calamity Jane’ (Upstairs at the Gatehouse), the European Premiere of ‘A Man of No Importance’ at the Union Theatre, London and which transferred to the Arts Theatre in the West End, ‘Swingtime Radio’ for Bourne Leisure which she also devised, ‘Tickledom’ (Upstairs at the Gatehouse), ‘A Chorus Line’ (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre), ‘Totally Frank’ (Channel 4), ‘Mike Doyle and Friends’ (ITV Wales). Other work includes directing ‘Seussical’ (Casino Theatre, Geneva), ‘The Twits’ and ‘Ernie's Incredible Illucinations’ (Simply Theatre, C-Too, Edinburgh Festival), Resident Choreographer on ‘Mary Poppins’ UK National Tour, having also held that position in the West End production and assisting Gillian Lynne on the Fonteyn Nureyev Competition for the Royal Academy of Dance. Creative work at GSA includes: 'Flora the Red Menace', 'Grease', 'And the World Goes Round' (directed and staged), 'The Drowsy Chaperone', ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood’, 'The Producers’, ‘Candide’, ‘Children of Eden’ (directed and staged), ‘Guys and Dolls’ (directed and staged), ‘West Side Story’, ‘Nine’, ‘The Life’ and several BA and MA musical theatre showcases with director Michael Vivian. She has also directed workshops of ‘Kismet’, ‘West Side Story’ and ‘On the Town’. Film credits include: ‘Beyond the Sea’ directed by Kevin Spacey and ‘Cats’ in which she played the part of Victoria.

Recently Phyllida appeared in the premiere of 'Night Horses' in Montpellier and as Titania/Hippolyta in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' with the Performance Research Group at Blenheim Palace, directed by Jaq Bessell. Performance Credits include: Original London casts of ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ and ‘Fame’, other West End credits include: ‘Grease’, ‘Cats’ and ‘Phantom of the Opera’. Other performing work includes: playing the role of Millie the Millipede in The Song Tree for BBC Schools, ‘Oklahoma!’ (National Tour) playing the role of Dream Laurie, ‘Heathcliff’ with Cliff Richard (National Tour), ‘Fred Astaire - his Daughter's Tribute’ (London Palladium) and‘The Ghosts of Oxford Street’ for Malcolm McLaren (Channel 4 TV). For The Biz, she has choreographed West Side Story, Footloose, Grease and Les Miserables.