FACULTY

Our vocational courses are overseen by our Principal Chris Stoddart (Jersey Boys, Evita, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat), Founder & Executive Principal Claire Pourret and our Ambassador & Artistic Associate Gary Watson, (Les Miserables, Jersey Boys, Cats, Mamma Mia and Matilda)

We are proud to have an exciting faculty of tutors from all corners of the industry overseen by our fantastic senior team; Head of Dance & MT Hayley Elston-Love (Princess & Costa cruises - DDI), Head of Acting Paul Monaghan (Mary Poppins, Les Miserables, Phantom), Deputy Head of Dance & MT Emilie- Louise Champ (PGCE with the Royal Academy of Dance) and Deputy Head of Acting Stephen Lloyd (Project director for Royal Academy of Music Junior Academy). Our productions are overseen by our technical team headed by Paul Taylor (lighting and sound).

Our industry guest tutors and speakers have included Fra Fee from Marvel’s Hawkeye, Millie O’Connell from SIX, Paul Bullion from Netflix series ‘The Witcher’, Hamilton’s Jade Albertson and Sophie Isaacs from the West End cast of Heathers and SIX; True Edge Stage Combat, choreographer and dancer Sam Salter and West End star Alice Fearn. Our graduates have gone on to major performing arts courses in the UK, many with scholarships, and our focus is on successful progression for all of our students.

If you are keen to explore the idea of a career in the industry, while keeping all your options open; if you have talent and a hunger to work hard and learn, then our first class team can set you on that path and change your life forever.