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Jacquie Storey

Jacquie Storey is an English singer, dancer, choreographer and singer. She is currently touring ''Arlene! The Glitz. The Glamour. The Gossip'' theatre show with Arlene Philips.

Early life, education and family

Storey started dancing in her home town of Brighton before training at the Arts Educational School in London with Dame Ninette de Valois, Arlene Phillips and Ivor Megido.

At the age of sixteen Jacquie was the English National Ballet Champion and made her first appearance in the West End. Storey is married to Harry Brunjes, chairman of the English National Opera, with who she has four children, including Emma Brunjes, a prominent West End theatre producer.

Career

Her early career included television and stage productions both in London and nationally, including lead roles in The Wizard of Oz and Calamity Jane.

In the late 1980s and 1990s she ran the Jacqueline Storey Theatre School, which at its peak trained over 500 students.

Recent productions as a choreographer by her include  “What a Performance” for the BBC with Frank Sinner, “Toast of London” for Channel 4 and a 60th Anniversary Concert Performance of “My Fair Lady” in the West End featuring Anthony Andrews and Kara Tointon. She is currently touring a live theatre show with Arlene Philips, looking back at Arlene’s forty years in showbusiness.

Currently Jacquie is Artistic Advisor of Dance World Cup UK, an adjudicator for The British Federation of Festivals and All England Dance and is Chair of Sussex Festival of Performing Arts.

Charity and other work

Jacquie has served on the board of The Kent Surrey Sussex Air Ambulance, The Development Council of Southwark Cathedral and is a trustee of Chailey Heritage in Sussex. She has also carried out a number of restoration projects on stately homes, including Ovingdean Grange and Folkington Manor, where she now lives.