Our Performing Arts Classes

Seniors

Intermediate and Advanced competition Squad

Little Stars

After teaching Ballet to the younger age group for several years and finding that most children found the classes hard work and ‘not much fun’, we devised these new sessions especially for young children with lots of energy that really want to perform and build up confidence.

This class is fast-paced, fun and really grabs the attention of the younger performer.
Drama, Singing and Dance is covered in this carefully devised session. Our Little Stars learn rhymes and tongue twisters to help improve speech and dress up and act out different characters to help build confidence. We also learn fun and funky dance, including a full dance warm up incorporating all the basic steps for children of this age, teaching routines to all the latest chart hits and Disney songs. We encourage all of our pupils to sing in groups as well as individually, learning songs from Disney films as well as children’s musicals.

Little Stars are given the opportunity to take fun ‘Rosette’ exams with the IDTA dance board. At the end of each term we invite family and friends in to our class to watch a fun, low pressure, fully costumed short performance of all the things that we have learnt during the term. Past shows include Little Red Riding Hood, Finding Nemo, Peter Pan, The Gingerbread man and Snow White. Book early to avoid disappointment, as this is one of our most popular classes.

Juniors

Drama, Song & Dance

A fantastic class, which enables your child to study all three disciplines in one session. This is a complete performance class, geared towards training your child in all the necessary techniques to perform on TV and Stage.

There are plenty of opportunities for your child to show off their skills, as we produce a short show at the end of each term so that family and friends can enjoy all the fun of watching, whist building up the confidence of those on stage. LAMDA acting examinations are available for those who wish to take them, as well as IDTA dance exams, an annual West End Variety show, as well as numerous local festivals and shows.

Our junior pupils are split into 3 concentrated groups according to age and rotate around 3 highly skilled teachers spending 30 minutes on each discipline of drama, singing/musical theatre and dance. Past shows and productions that we have performed include Annie, Oliver, Tales of Narnia, James and the Giant Peach, Harry Potter, Matilda, Les Miserables and Bugsy Malone. A fast paced, inspiring and friendly class that incorporates all of the fun elements of performing in a warm, encouraging and confidence building environment, with the opportunity for more advanced training through examinations for those who wish to pursue their interest in performing further.

Musical Theatre (ATA MT)

Our unique MT (Musical Theatre) classes are the ‘one stop shop’ for budding young stars who enjoy putting on a show! These ‘Glee Style’ sessions explore all aspects of musical theatre through solo and group singing and acting.

Past performances include; Matilda, James and the Giant Peach, Oliver, Annie, Tangled & Pirates of the Caribbean to name a few. Opportunities to take part in local shows, festivals and events are plentiful and all class members have the option of taking singing/musical theatre exams and solo LAMDA acting examinations.

This session is ideal for youngsters with a creative imagination who enjoy playing a variety of characters from books and films and exploring a vast array of different musicals from Disney to School of Rock. Sessions are tailored to those wishing to attend professional auditions and vital children’s repertoire is covered regularly in these fast paced and creative classes. Our MT sessions are hugely rewarding and fun, whether pupils are serious about a career in performing arts, or simply looking for an exciting new hobby.

LAMDA / Drama

As an accredited school, we are proud to offer LAMDA classes and examinations. Our pupils have historically received unparalleled exam results for this prestigious examination board, which are valid for UCAS points as well as being internationally recognised qualifications.

Pupils work on all aspects of drama including script work, voice, dialect, improvisation, monologues, duologues and solo audition preparation. Pupils are also entered for local drama festivals to showcase their work and we are proud to be current Gold, Silver and Bronze medal holders in all age groups at The Bromley Festival. Our LAMDA drama pupils have won major college and drama school places at LAMDA, Rose Bruford, East 15, Guildford School of Acting and ArtsEd.

This class is completely geared towards building confidence and ability in performing in small groups and individually. Pupils will be entered in for LAMDA acting exams as soon as they are prepared.

Our LAMDA drama classes are highly recommended for those who love to act in a professional capacity as well as those simply needing a confidence boost. This is a one stop shop for those aged who are serious about acting and is ideal for those auditioning through our casting agency.

IDTA / Dance

As an accredited school, we are proud to offer IDTA dance classes and examinations.

This class will give pupils the opportunity to work on a range of dance styles including commercial, jazz, street, contemporary, lyrical, modern, freestyle and rock n’ roll, to name a few. Perfect for exploring an array of dance genre’s in one high impact, exciting session. Solo and team routines will be produced and showcased at a range of major local events and competitions building confidence and performance skills whilst having fun dancing in front of an audience. There will be plenty of time to develop and improve technique, core strength and stamina. Many of our pupils have worked their way up through this prestigious syllabus to achieve formal teaching qualifications and achieved places at major dance colleges throughout the UK.

Senior Classes

Drama, Song & Dance

A challenging yet fun class! This session includes Commercial, Contemporary, Street & Freestyle Dance, as well as choral and solo singing and drama; developing skills and understanding of character, improvisation, speech, script and devised work. We also work on duologue and monologue preparation for auditions and performance.

Students have the opportunity to take LAMDA exams in acting and dance exams with the IDTA from beginners to advanced levels. Performing opportunities are copious and include an annual West End show, large scale festivals and many local events.

These popular classes cover everything; audition technique, microphone technique, and recording to name a few subjects! Students work in small groups as well as individually during the session and are actively encouraged to build their self-confidence by challenging themselves to express their points of view to the rest of the group as well as listening to others.

Shows and plays that we have worked on in this class are varied and diverse and include Fame, Romeo & Juliet, The Goonies, Dirty Dancing, We Will Rock You, Eclipse, Grease and Wicked. Pupils that currently attend these sessions have made new friends whilst developing tremendously in confidence and performance abilities enabling many of them to pursue their training further at professional full time colleges.

Musical Theatre (ATA MT)

Our unique MT (Musical Theatre) classes offer the chance to have focussed tuition in singing and drama, with an emphasis on building up a strong technique in order to perform and audition successfully at a professional level.

These ‘Glee Style’ sessions offer pupils regular performances, shows, competitions and festival opportunities.

Vocal technique, building confidence in solo singing and drama as well as microphone and audition technique are all part of our MT curriculum, offering a ‘one-stop shop’ for those serious about forging a career in the industry and who audition regularly (or would like to) Each class member will work on their personal repertoire of audition songs & drama pieces as well as producing group production numbers for performance.

Pupils will also have the option of taking musical theatre/singing examinations and solo LAMDA acting exams. As is our ethos, training is individualised to ensure that each class member can achieve his or her full potential in performing arts.

LAMDA / Drama

Our Advanced Drama classes are aimed at those who wish to continue training professionally in acting. The class covers improvisation and script work as well as audition techniques and how to prepare for your audition.

As an accredited school, we are proud to offer LAMDA classes and examinations. Our pupils have historically received unparalleled exam results for this prestigious examination board, which are valid for UCAS points as well as being internationally recognised qualifications.

Our LAMDA drama pupils have won major college and drama school places at LAMDA, Rose Bruford, East 15, Guildford School of Acting and ArtsEd. This class is completely geared towards building confidence and ability in performing in small groups and individually. Pupils will be entered in for LAMDA acting exams as soon as they are prepared.

Our LAMDA drama classes are highly recommended for those who love to act in a professional capacity as well as those simply needing a confidence boost.

This is a one stop shop for those aged who are serious about acting and is ideal for those auditioning through our casting agency.

IDTA / Dance

As an accredited school, we are proud to offer IDTA dance classes and examinations.

Solo and team routines will be produced and showcased at a range of major local events and competitions building confidence and performance skills whilst having fun dancing in front of an audience.

There will be plenty of time to develop and improve technique, core strength and stamina. Many of our pupils have worked their way up through this prestigious syllabus to achieve formal teaching qualifications and achieved places at major dance colleges throughout the UK.

Intermediate and Advanced competition Squad

If you love pitch perfect and Glee then this is the class for you.

Students will work on high quality musical theatre and pop medley’s for local competitions, festivals and events. Trained like professionals, pupils will have the opportunity to work on both solo and group work, honing singing, dance and performance skills to compete locally and nationally.

This session is aimed at those wishing to take performing arts training to the next level, stretching current ability and working towards creating professional standard showcases to perform frequently to live audiences.

We will have an intermediate and advanced team and pupils will have the chance to audition for the advanced team through out the academic year.