A singer who honed her skills in the North East brought her work back home last weekend. Hayley McKay, was born in Durham and went to school in Hurworth near Darlington.

She performed a unique mix of pop, electro and country to the Gala Theatre on Saturday, 13th May. “To have a headline gig at Gala was amazing as it’s such a great venue,” she said. I performed there at the premiere of the
feature film Harrigan starring Stephen Tomkinson in 2013 as I sang on the soundtrack”.

“I spend about half of my time in London, but I always love coming back home to catch up with friends and family. It’s even better when I have an opportunity to perform for them as they’ve been so supportive of me.”

After achieving one of the ten highest grades in the UK in her drama GCSE, Hayley went on to study Performing Arts, Drama, Drama Theatre and Music Tech at Queen Elizabeth College in Darlington and later graduated to an artist development course in London with Access to Music, where alumni include Rita Ora and Ed Sheeran.

She has recently released her second single The Bottom Of My Heart and has played a number of high-profile gigs including Northumberland Live, Cornbury Festival and Glastonbury.