Born and bred in Bolton, Lancashire, Jane Deane originally trained as a straight actress, but ever since learning to juggle, most of her professional work has been in comedy, circus and family entertainment.

Over the last 15 years, Jane has performed all over the UK, appearing in shows for Thorpe Park, Chessington WOA, Disney Special Events, Haven Holidays and all three Butlins Family Entertainment Resorts. She spent two seasons at Legoland, Windsor where she featured in their circus show and co-wrote, devised and performed the highly popular 'Roobarb & Mustard Show' , before joining a national theatre tour of the children's TV show 'Wizadora'. Since then, amongst numerous other engagements, she has worked on four summer production shows for Qdos Entertainment, and eight seasons in panto for The Hiss & Boo Company, Duggie Chapman and Evolution Pantomimes. Last summer she trained with Zippo's Circus Academy on a 25 city circus tour of the UK.

As an actress, Jane has worked with a variety of young peoples' theatre companies and taken part in educational radio plays for BBC Radio 3. When Jane isn't performing, she runs circus skills workshops in schools, writes children's shows and co-runs entertainment company, "AVVA LAFF!" PRODUCTIONS, providing shows and performers for Legoland Windsor's special events department.