Our Team

SeaCruise UK are a dedicated team of entertainment professionals with 35 years of experience, working with cruise lines, hotels, clubs and events. With passion and commitment, our professionals provide ongoing support from the minute our cast steps into the cast cottage, all the way to being away from home.

Belinda Karavos

Company Director

In 1987 Belinda started her own entertainment company, which during the past 37 years has employed hundreds of singers, dancers, musicians and entertainers for contracts in Asia, Middle East, USA and Europe on cruise ships, hotels and night clubs. With Belinda’s professional dedication from the age of 16 and upon graduation from Arts Educational Schools London. She received her first contract in Japan and installed her first cast onboard in 1990.

A creative choreographer, accomplished theatrical costumer and a passionate teacher. Belinda can do it all.

Since then, Belinda has become SeaCruise UK’s Company Director, which has thrived through determination, reputation and the belief in hard work.

Artistic Department

Sidonie Kormeier

Operations Manager

A highly motivated Regional Manager at SeaCruise UK with nearly 10 years experience in delivering exceptional entertainment events for all audiences.

Sidonie has a passion for dancing, attending the Creative Academy and achieving BA Honors in Dance. She went on to further develop and was awarded ARAD associate status by the Royal Academy of Dance.

After several promotions throughout her career, she now successfully manages the day to day operations of a busy entertainment department. Responsibilities include training, developing and motivating approximately 36 artists, with a focus on continuous improvement and high performance.

An excellent communicator being able to fluently speak English, German and Greek. Sidonie’s regular duties include creating, promoting and scheduling engaging game show productions and guest activities, with a drive for inspiring her colleagues and delivering a first class service at all times.

Jack Storm

Creative Consultant

Studying art and then graduating from Bird college in Musical Theatre. 
Jack has been a performer and creative for BBC, Nickelodeon, P&O, Sesame Street and 20th Century Fox before joining SeaCruise UK in 2015 choreographing and designing many productions, even having the opportunity to work with finalists in The Voice of China. 
 

Currently directing for National shows and Tours, working with some of RuPaul’s Drag Queens, premiering his own musical, Jack foremostly continues to be a creative for SeaCruise UK with its future exciting projects and supporting in its current successes.

Lizzie Challis

Install Assistant

After graduating from London Studio Centre with a 1st Class Degree in Theatre Dance, Lizzie started her performing career working for Warner Leisure Hotels. Then she joined SeaCruise UK in 2018 as a Hotel Entertainer. She then furthered her career continuing to Cruise Ships as a Dancer, where Lizzie assisted with the install of a new show on board. As well as installing new cast members into the shows.

Lizzie now assists with hotel installs by teaching choreography, while also progressing to Entertainment Manager and Dance Captain for Hotels and Cruise Ship contracts.

Hazel Beardmore

Choreographer and Install Assistant

Hazel Beardmore is our chief installer for sea cruise UK, whose role involves teaching, and setting up the shows when the teams start a new contract. Hazel started with the company as a dancer in 2019 and over the last 5 years has moved onto roles including dance captain, assistant entertainment manager and then entertainment manager, for hotels around Crete and Cyprus. Hazel trained on the professional dance and teachers of dance course at PCD (Preston college of dance), where she studied not only dance performance but also gained ISTD teaching qualifications in ballet, tap and modern genres of dance. Between contracts performing, Hazel uses this time to teach, and has a great passion for working with children at dance schools and being able to use the experiences learnt from being on professional contracts to pass onto the next generation of dancers. Hazel also has experience performing and choreographing for events around the UK, including charity events, conventions and pantomimes. Loving the family feel of sea cruise UK, Hazel can’t wait to meet and have the chance to work with all the new and current talent within the company.
 

Lucy Danielle Taylor

Choreographer and Aerial Coach

Lucy is a professional dancer/aerialist/choreographer from Kingston Upon Hull. Lucy joined Sea Cruise UK at 17 on her first contract and quickly grew within the company.

Lucy has worked in many of our teams on cruise lines, hotels and UK tours. During this time she has assisted Sea Cruise UK creatively. Whilst performing as an aerialist at various events, including Royal Caribbean’s Independence of the Seas, Lucy has begun to create our aerial pieces within our productions, With her own company ‘LoveAerial’ and continues to be a core part of creation for SeaCruise UK.

 

Alice Percival

Choreographer

Alice is a Dancer, and figure skater with experience performing on both stage and Ice worldwide. 
 
Alice joined Sea Cruise UK in 2019 as a dancer, performing on board the Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line. 
 
Since then, Alice has progressed in the company as a choreographer. 
Her work was found on board Celeystral cruise line and soon will be seen in our new Eurovision Inspired show onboard Royal Caribbean. 
 
Additionally, Alice doesn’t only choreograph stage shows, she also choreographs Ice shows for her company All Ice Productions working with some of the most talented skaters in the UK. 
 

With her passion for both dancing and figure skating, she loves to combine them both by bringing dance to the Ice. 

Musical Department

Vasil Hlebarov

Music Production

Vasil Hlebarov is a professional singer from Bulgaria. After graduating in 2004 from National High School of Music in Sofia. He continued his education at the University Of Sofia with music/instrument studies on a high professional level along with studies at the Private School of Vocal Technologies in the class of Master Voice Teacher: George Mirchevski. In 2007 the first edition of Pop Idol (called Music Idol in Bulgaria) Vasil became one of the top 40 semi-finalists. In 2008, Vasil started working with SeaCruise UK on a cruise ship as production vocalist. After working with the company for several years, he now enjoys collaborating with the creative team, producing the music for the current and future productions for SeaCruise UK.

Ion Munteanu (John Montana)

Musical Arranger/Writer

At the age of 6, John studied the violin, at the age of 12 he turned to the guitar. He had countless appearances in various European TV Shows and had his own “Guitar Workshop Live Show” hosted by the TV Channel “Europa Nova”. For the last 15 years, John has been working as a musician on board of some of the most prestigious cruise liners in the world. He wrote the musical arrangements for over 300 show tunes and did the studio recordings, production and mastering for over 100 musical tracks performed today on cruise ships around the world. Extending his musical education, in 2012 John completed the Steve Vai Guitar Techniques course, an Introduction to Music Production and Developing your Musicianship courses all by Berklee College of Music.

Karen West

Musical Director/Vocal Coach

Karen has had a distinguished career as a performer and voice-over artist, working across Theatre, TV, and Radio. Notable productions include Miss Wilson and understudy Annie in the original cast of Gary Barlow’s musical Calendar Girls, Columbia in Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Show (UK tour), The Narrator in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat (West End and UK tour), Ensign Janet MacGregor in South Pacific (Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch), and Roxanne in Leave Him to Heaven (Everyman Theatre Cheltenham).

Her TV credits include Coronation Street, Cucumber, Cold Feet, Hollyoaks, Crown Court, The Crown, and The Fugitives. She has also worked on BBC Radio 4’s Play for Today and voiced numerous TV and radio commercials, providing vocals for jingles.

Karen is a qualified acting and vocal coach with a BA in Acting Studies, PGCE, and L.A.M.D.A Associate certification. She has taught and directed for various accredited theatre schools.

Alongside her teaching, she is the vocalist in the indie/pop band The American Arthur Crane and is now delighted to be working as a vocal coach in forthcoming productions for Sea Cruise UK.

Media Creative Department

Dale Barr

Technical Manager/Lighting Designer

With a versatile approach to projects and productions, Dale’s artistic eye for detail as well as creative and imaginative attitude has led him to 15 years of success within the theatre and live events industry. With his Honours Degree in Lighting Design, Dale has continued working internationally as a technical manager with Royal Caribbean International, Azamara Cruise Line, Universal Studio Parks and AE Global Media.

Thriving on the pressures of achieving the highest quality product as a Technical Production Manager, Dale continues to be lead Technical Manager and Lighting Designer for SeaCruise UK.

Kostantinos Karavos

Social Media Consultant

Kostantinos, a professional ballet dancer, training in the UK and performing for multiple ballet companies throughout Europe. He has performed on cruise ships and in hotels for SeaCruise UK and has taken his other passion in media to work as SeaCruise UK’s Media Consultant and Technician, which allows us to ensure the correct talent is targeted and informed of our auditions.

Cheryl Fender

Mental Health and Wellness Practitioner​

Cheryl completed courses in both Hong Kong and the UK and is a qualified practitioner in Spectrum Affiliates Emotional and Performance Coaching, Mental Health Youth First Aider and qualified counsellor focusing on Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing.  Cheryl is also currently volunteering for a well known emergency text platform. 

Originally trained as a Dancer, Cheryl travelled the world working on cruise lines, hotels and casinos. Through her experience Cheryl fully understands how this unique, exciting world works. 

“It is so important to look after our own wellbeing. There is so much more pressure and negative impact of social media on self-image, friendships and conformity, it has made me realise just how much support is needed”

In our industry it is important to have the emotional support necessary to maintain a happy lifestyle wherever our employees are. Cheryl is our beacon for those in need, to confidentially reach out to when away from home.