Ashley is from Hull and trained at Central School of Ballet. Before joining Scottish Ballet in 2024, he was Principal Character Artist and Assistant Rehearsal Director at Northern Ballet. In 2013, Ashley achieved joint third place in Dance Europe’s top 100 dancers.

Ashley’s favourite roles include Peter (PeterPan), Mercutio (Romeo&Juliet), Oberon and Demetrius (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Nutcracker Prince (The Nutcracker), Heathcliff and Young Heathcliff (Wuthering Heights), Harker (Dracula), Hamlet (Hamlet) and Mark Antony (Cleopatra).

Ashley’s career highlight is creating the role of Beast in Beauty & the Beast with David Nixon, which had a glowing critical reception and became a firm favourite among audiences.