DONNA McCABE            

 Drama Teacher - Workshop Leader - Chaperone - Director - Actress - Presenter & Writer

For over 20 years Donna has been a performer!

Longer, in fact if you include the amount of years her Grandmother made her do

Shirley Temple impressions!



She is an accomplished Actress, Presenter and Writer with many TV and Theatre credits to her name, from The Bill, Hale and Pace, Kellogg’s Frosties commercials, presenting on Legal debate programmes to presenting on various Shopping Channels for SKY, workshops with the cast of The Kumars at No 42 and International Theatre Tours with Tara Arts.


Donna also has extensive experience working as a Drama Specialist, Writer and Director for children and young people of all ages and abilities.

For over 10 years, she has actively worked creating and running drama and performance related workshops for 2 to 25 year olds with many theatres, Special Open Air Events, Prep, Infant, Junior, Kindergarten & Nursery Schools and of course with her own production company Laughing Bubbles. She coaches students for LAMDA exams, Drama School entry auditions and professional theatre & TV auditions. She has just completed her second children’s book and is in the final stages of filming the pilot for her Children’s TV programme.


Many of Donna’s students are incredibly active within the entertainment industry.

Most have simply developed life skills that have given them

the confidence to be whatever they want to be!

Appearances by her students include feature films such as ‘Harry Potter’ ‘The Libertine’ with Johnny Depp and the forthcoming ‘Flash backs of a Fool’ with Daniel Craig. Television programmes include ‘Eastenders’ ‘Holby City’ ‘The Bill’ ‘Holby Blue’ ‘Casualty’ ‘Waking the Dead’ ‘BBC Comedy Showcase – Driving Me Mad’ and most recently the adaptation of BBC’s ‘Oliver Twist’ along with numerous commercials and theatre productions at The National Theatre, Royal Court and in the West End.


Donna also works closely with the CBBC ’Raven’ team and children whilst filming each series. She particularly enjoyed her experience shooting

‘Raven, The Secret Temple’ in India last April

and Series 7 has just been completed – keep an eye out for it!


Her natural understanding of children and young people together with ability to uphold and extend standards of performance and discipline are qualities she is most proud of. She considers herself to be a reliable and competent person with initiative and the ability to self-organise. She possesses a good sense of humour and is comfortable working independently or as a productive team member. She is highly enthusiastic and confident the children and young people she teaches will continue to flourish as a result of the superb grounding she gives them.

Drama Teacher - Workshop Leader - Chaperone - Director - Actress - Presenter & Writer

Should you like to see Donna’s full performing CV and complete teaching history along with references or testimonials, please do not hesitate to ask