Lisa, now 28, went along to her first summer school back in 1992 when she was 12. She made her best friends there, had lots of fun and developed her performing arts skills.

She developed them so well that when she was studying for a degree in psychology at Leicester University The Key gave her a call and asked her if she wanted to be a sub leader for the youth theatre during her holidays.

She said yes and now helps choreograph all of the summer school production while working as a primary school teacher at Leighton primary.

"I met my husband Paul, who is now the Key's youth theatre officer when I was 15 and he came to see a panto I was in," she said. His girlfriend at the time was my chaperone, and yes I know all that sounds very dodgy!

"But we met again when I was 21, and Paul recognised me and we took it from there!

"We married in Cyprus in 2002, and I'm expecting our first baby."

Lisa never considered a career in show business as she knew it wasn't the most stable and secure occupation, and she realised that she could do her work at the Key and have a teaching career and be just as happy.

"The summer schools really are great fun," she said. "I've never met a child who hasn't got something positive from them. As well as all the things you would expect - boosting a child's self confidence, developing their singing, dancing and acting skills, they get plenty of other things.

"They meet people from all over Peterborough and the surrounding areas, different kinds of people, and the 18-year-olds will sit and chat with the eight year olds during the breaks and lunchtimes.

"That doesn't really happen anywhere else, and it's a really good thing."

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