Seventeen-year-old Bethany Thornton has taken the first step towards a West End stage career.
Bethany – a former student at Allerton’s Spotlight Stage School – will begin a three-year course at the Hammond School in the autumn.
While at the prestigious Chester-based institution, which has seen many former students go on to enjoy successful stage careers in the UK and abroad, Bethany, of Guiseley, will study for a professional dance qualification.
Proud dad Timothy Sedgewick Thornton said: “Bethany started stage school when she was four.
“She has performed with the English Youth Ballet and is a qualified teacher in tap and modern dance.
“I am very proud of her. She hopes to make a career for herself on the West End stage.”
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