"Fame costs. And here is where you start paying ...in sweat."
What do Amy Winehouse, Billie Piper, Daniel Kaluuya, Denise Van Outen, Dua Lipa, Emma Bunton, Jenna Russell, Keeley Hawes, Layton Williams, Leona Lewis, Matt Willis, Melanie Blatt, Natalie and Nicole Appleton, Nicholas Hoult, Nick Berry, Rita Ora, Tamzin Outhwaite and thousands of other West End/television/film actors and singers have in common?
Each and every one of them owes their career to the dedication of one woman to performing arts in education - Sylvia Young OBE, who has today departed from the wings one last time for Fabulon...
Here's something from one of her most famous alumni, by way of a tribute:
My favourite of all dear Amy's songs...