AMY PORTER
Amy co-founded Tethered Wits Theatre Company with Gabriella Sills in 2019. She currently works as a Create and Sing Artist at the Royal Opera House and is a member of the prestigious Glyndebourne Academy (2023). Amy has accepted her place at The Royal Academy of Music to begin her MA in Vocal Studies (2024-2026).
Amy is a director and performer, with a keen interest in both theatre and music and has performed in venues such as: The Royal Albert Hall, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, St. Paul’s Cathedral, the Gala Theatre, the Bacon Theatre, and The Playhouse Theatre, Cheltenham. She was honoured to sing with the award-winning and internationally renowned chamber choir Tenebrae in Perth, Scotland, under the direction of Nigel Short. Subsequently, she was delighted to join Tenebrae again, this time on tour to Germany, where she performed in three concerts in Bremen Cathedral. Amy developed a great love of opera in her time at Durham as a member of the Durham Opera Ensemble. She was delighted to play Hermia in their production of Benjamin Britten A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Durham’s Gala Theatre and Second Lady in Mozart The Magic Flute. Amy graduated from Durham University with a First Class Degree in Music, where she held a Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship for The Arts.
OPERA AND MUSICALS
A member of the prestigious Glyndebourne Academy 2023
Hermia in Benjamin Britten's A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Durham Opera Ensemble, Gala Theatre Durham)
Second Lady in Mozart's The Magic Flute (Durham Opera Ensemble, Gala Theatre, Durham)
Cathy in The Last 5 Years (Tone Deaf Theatre Company
Joachim Room, Durham)
Louisa in The Sound of Music (Jacob’s Well Theatre Company, The Playhouse Theatre, Cheltenham)
Tracey Lord in High Society (The Bacon Theatre, Cheltenham)
Kathy Seldon in Singin’ in the Rain (The Bacon Theatre, Cheltenham)
Nancy in Oliver! (The Bacon Theatre, Cheltenham)
Young Cosette in Les Misérables (The Bacon Theatre, Cheltenham).
ACTING
Ophelia in Hamlet (Durham University Classical Theatre,
Durham City Theatre)
Kate Keller in All My Sons (Green Door Theatre Company, St. Chad’s College Quad)
Sonia in Uncle Vanya (Tethered Wits Theatre Company
Tuckwell Theatre)
Helen of Troy (The Last Days of Troy, Durham University Classical Theatre, Wharton Park Amphitheatre)
Elvira in Blithe Spirit (Talking Shadows Theatre Company, Tuckwell Theatre)
Cecily in The Importance of Being Earnest (Eleventh Hour Theatre Company, Tewkesbury Abbey)
Rosaline in Love’s Labour’s Lost (Bailey Theatre Company, St. John’s College)
Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing (Bailey Theatre Company, St. John’s College)
Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew (Close Up Theatre Company, Edinburgh Fringe)
Olivia in Twelfth Night (The Bacon Theatre, Cheltenham)
Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream (The Bacon Theatre, Cheltenham)
Alison in Look Back in Anger (The Bacon Theatre, Cheltenham)
Eliza in Pygmalion (Tethered Wits, Multi-venue Tour)
Daisy in The Great Gatsby (Tethered Wits, Multi-venue Tour)
DIRECTING
Director, 'Matilda the Musical' (Hoe Bridge School)
Director, 'Blithe Spirit' (Tethered Wits, Multi-venue Tour);
Musical Director, 'Beasts and Beauties' (Dean Close School, Junior Scholars Production)
Director, 'Blithe Spirit' (Dean Close School Drama Scholars Play, The Bacon Theatre, Cheltenham);
Director, 'Pygmalion' (Tethered Wits, Multi-venue Tour);
Director/Producer, ‘Uncle Vanya’ (Tethered Wits, Tuckwell Amphitheatre);
Assistant Choreographer, 'Bugsy Malone' (Dean Close Preparatory School Production)
