Episode 45: Hayley Doyle: Buckle up, introverts, because two extroverts who’ve been locked down are coming at you in this episode. Hayley Doyle is an actress, singer, teacher, and writer with a fully-developed sense of adventure. She stopped by the Jam to talk about her debut novel Never Saw You Coming and the long, creative journey that took her from Liverpool to Dubai and then to London.
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Hayley explains why she had to travel all the way to Dubai in order to find the time to write her novel, Never Saw You Coming.
About Hayley Doyle
Hayley Doyle is an actress and writer from Liverpool. She gained a BA (Hon) in Acting from LIPA and made her West End debut playing Ali in ‘Mamma Mia!’ at the Prince of Wales Theatre.
Hayley also appeared in Peter Pan alongside Brian Blessed and enjoyed touring regionally with new writing projects that all went to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Her passion for new writing turned into novel writing and she gained an MA in Creative Writing from Brunel University. Using her experience on the stage and writing skills, Hayley started teaching musical theatre to children that landed her a job in Dubai. It was during her time living in the Emirates that she set up her own company, Hayley’s Comet, training children and teenagers in all aspects of theatre including writing their own shows.
Hayley also became a regular voice presenting on Dubai Eye 103.8. She relocated to the UK in 2016 and lives in London with her husband and their two children.
