Chris Piper

Piper was born in October, in Bromsgrove England, before moving and growing up in Dorset. He began studying dance at the age of 12, competing and winning many European and World titles in Disco Latin and Ballroom dancing. Piper began his musical theatre studies at the Big Little Theatre school in Bournemouth at the age of 14, and after having received numerous scholarships to different colleges continued into professional vocational training in dance and musical theatre at Bodywork Company Dance studios in Cambridge. He graduated from the college in 2005 with a National Diploma in Professional Dance and Musical Theatre. Just before completing his three-year course at Bodywork, Piper beat off hundreds of auditionees to land a featured role in the world premiere cast of Celtic Tiger, opening in Madison Square Garden in New York. Piper performed featured roles in front of 100,000 people in Budapest and can be seen on the Original Cast recording of the Celtic Tiger DVD.