Introducing Our Team

Welcome to our team page! Here, you'll get to know the passionate and talented individuals who drive our success and make everything we do possible.

Meet The Team
  • Ross Thurston

    Founder & Managing Director

    Ross has been in the events industry all of his working life, starting as a DJ and working his way up the ladder to become an Events Manager for various local companies.

    At the age of 34 ,Ross decided to setup RCT Entertainment & Events with his Wife Charlene.

    Ross now overseas the business on a day to day basis and you will find him mostly DJing at your event,setting up one of our dance floors or photo booths!

  • Charlene Thurston

    Managing Director

    Charlene is Ross's Wife. Charlene has a wealth of experience when planning events. After years of working for Hotels and local event companies. Her and Ross setup RCT Entertainment & Events and they never looked back.

    Most of the time, Charlene will be your first point of contact. She overseas the planning of all our events from quotes, bookings, staff and invoicing.

  • Barry Miles

    RCT Entertainment DJ

    Barry has been working as a DJ in his spare time for over 20 years. During this time he has played at countless weddings, birthday parties and other functions all over Essex, including regular slots at venues in Chelmsford and Colchester city centres. This extensive experience means he knows how to read a dance floor and keep the party going!

    Barry has an extensive collection of music which should satisfy most tastes. Genres/periods include 50’s to present day, Motown, Club Classics, Rn’B & Hip Hop, House, Garage, Rock/Indy and many more.

  • Kyle Taylor

    RCT Entertainment DJ

    DJ Kyle has been entertaining and catering for all types of events for the last decade, providing that extra WOW factor to every event he attends. Catering for Weddings, Birthdays and other corporate events – there is no type of event he can’t offer his professional services to.

    With experience mixing music from 1920’s themed events to the latest and current charts – Kyle enjoys playing all genre of music to get his crowd on the dance floor.

  • Liam Biss

    RCT Entertainment DJ

    Hi my name is Liam ,I have been a DJ for over 20 years, in many different venues, events and locations. Everything from Birthday parties and Weddings in Suffolk and Essex to popular clubs in Ibiza. I pride myself on being able to ready the crowd and get the party started no matter what the occasion. Love my house and garage music but am comfortable playing and mixing any genre.

  • Pete Ferrant

    RCT Entertainment DJ

    Pete has been a “full time” professional in the entertainment field since 1987 as a DJ, Entertainer, Promoter, Record Production, Producer, Marketing, Advertising, and also a Radio DJ.

    Over Pete’s career as a professional DJ he has found himself working in super-clubs, clubs and bars both in the U.K and internationally working alongside and for numerous famous personal appearances / star dj’s and celebrities.

    Pete has won various awards including Best DJ In South Eastern England.

  • Jon Pepper

    RCT Entertainment DJ

    Always playing the best music, you can be confident in knowing that your event will be amazing and your guests will have a fantastic and memorable occasion. A talented, intuitive and versatile DJ with a wealth of experience and knowledge for all genres of music and who is always guaranteed to deliver on the night.

    With a whole host of experience from various residencies and a real understanding of music in the mixing, the groove and the mood, DJ Jon caters for all musical genres including the quirky ranging from: Pop, Disco, House, Garage, R&B, Funk, Soul ,Reggae, Ska, Swing, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s to the current day.

    A friend of the stars DJ Jon is a music producer and has recently achieved number1s on iTunes and films with the Only Way Is Essex appearing in many episodes from Series 16 through to now!

  • Andy Stevens

    RCT Entertainment DJ

    I started DJ’ing whilst at Kingston university, playing in the student Union Bar every Friday night and then invited as a guest DJ at the student night at the local Ritzy nightclub – looking back now it wasn’t the best DJ-ing you’d ever see but that time made me realise it was definitely the profession I wanted to pursue.

    I worked a summer season in Corfu in May 1994 and it seemed too good an opportunity to turn down as it offered 7 nights of club and bar experience that would really help me perfect my craft through until October. Continuous winter and summer contracts away would follow for the next 3 years and after 1998, I was back in London full time working at iconic venues such as The Hippodrome, Equinox and Time & Envy playing to large crowds of locals & international tourists, working alongside world-renowned performers and recording artists when they appeared as PAs