and Pink Productions
Biography
Jodie has performed with such names as, Joe Pasquale, Gary Wilmot, Sam
Kane, Chris Farries, Paul Zennon, Wayne Dobson, Mrs. Maureen Nolan, John
Inman, Linda Lusardi, Sheila Ferguson, The Grumbleweeds and The Mike
Alexander Orchestra both in dancing and singing capacities. She has also
worked with many television celebrities through her acting work.
Jodie was born February the 15th 1983 as an only child of Sylvia and John
Richards.
She started dancing at the tender age of 2 years following the footsteps
of her mum Sylvia and it wasn’t long before she was dancing every day of
the week taking classes in Ballet, Tap, Acrobatics, Disco, Modern, Jazz,
Musical Theatre, Freestyle, Stage and others throughout the years.
Throughout her childhood and early teens she joined many different
performing companies anything that gave her the chance to fulfil her
passion to be on a stage entertaining.
Jodie has always known that performing was the career path she would take
but it was December 1998 that set her strive for success into overload.
She was given the chance to take part as a juvenile in the local Theatres
seasonal Pantomime and there she danced and sang for two months performing
to a full packed audience day and night.
After this opportunity Jodie didn’t look back she went to two Colleges
studying BTec and A level in Performing Arts and also an OCR in Variety
Entertainment as well as outside lessons in the Art subjects and as many
different show experiences as possible.
She went on to do odd jobs here and there and attended as many auditions
as possible to gain the wealth of experience she needed.
She then started her singing career after a year’s tour as a dancer
touring the UK as part of a full cabaret show. They toured the like of
Butlins, Great British Holiday camps as well as small theatres and private
functions.
Jodie left the show due to her taking on a part in the musical show ‘Oh
What A Night!’ at the Birmingham Hippodrome and unfortunately due to her
undertaking a documentary about her career she was unable to commit
herself to the hours they were touring.
Jodie then established herself amongst some top agencies who pushed her
into the right direction and since then she has done lots of different
jobs varying from Television to Radio to Theatre. She has also set up her
own solo bookings as a singer on the Circuit and enjoys going out when not
contracted elsewhere to entertain a variety of audiences.
In 2004 she decided to start her own company up ‘Pink Productions’ for
performance productions for youths children and adults. It has been a
challenging task to take on but she is finding it very rewarding as she
can start to give others the experience she has to make them better
performers and to push people in the right direction. Since my company has
grown through strength to strength that she has also choreogrpaghed for
many shows and secured jobs in teaching for both schools, leisure centres
and local councils.
As for the future . . .
Well who knows!!! You can always wish for something more and Jodie lives
each day to her own favourite motto:
“Follow your heart and your dreams shall come true”
Both friends and family are proud of her but not as much as Jodie is of
her own achievements.
