Vanessa Jones

Vanessa was born and raised in Kent, where she spent every spare second she had either writing or tap dancing (both major obsessions from the age of five). After training at Laine Theatre Arts, she went on to be a Musical Theatre actor in West End shows, including Sister Act, Grease, Guys and Dolls, Annie Get Your Gun and Mary Poppins, where she met (and married) a fellow chimney sweep. They now have two mini-sweeps and a theatre school, which they run together.

Sing Like No One’s Listening was borne out of the happy combination of Vanessa's two greatest passions – performing and writing, and she wrote it as a love-letter to musical theatre. If you'd like to connect with her, you can reach her on her Instagram page, @vanessajoneswrites, or on Twitter @WestEndWitch.