Young Huddersfield theatre student Claudia Burns is all set to shine in a new kids-themed show.
The 13-year-old from Netherton has a major role in a production just about to premiere.
And that’s just part of an exciting schedule for Claudia, who is at theatre school in London.
She works as a voice artist for Nickelodeon, the American cable and satellite TV network.
At the moment she is recording a new Nick show called Shimmer and Shine which has its premiere on November 9 and in which she voices the central character, Leah.
At other times, she voices Libby Light Sprite on a show for pre-schoolers called Wallykazam.
And she has appeared in a John Lewis TV advert.
Now in her third year at the Sylvia Young Theatre School, Claudia went to The Mount school in Edgerton and was a member of Huddersfield Choral Society’s young voices section, going on to become a soloist.
Proud mum Cheryl Burns said: “Claudia takes it all in her stride.”
Everything changed after Claudia went to Sylvia Young’s for a holiday school. “She came back and said: ‘I want to go to school there’,” said Mrs Burns.
She auditioned and her application was one of only 16 accepted out of more than 2,000.
Claudia is now studying ballet, dance, acting and singing as well as academic subjects.
“We are proud of what she is doing, but whatever your child shows an aptitude for you support them as much as you can,” said Mrs Burns.
Claudia herself is loving her time in the capital.
“London is like my second home now,” she said. “I didn’t like it at first but now I love it. It is so much fun. I go shopping all the time.
“And I loved the school right from the start. But I’m still deciding as to what I want to focus on.”
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