The students enjoyed a treat with a ‘Casualty’ make up Masterclass on Saturday 21st January.

They had a demonstration and then applied make up to each other. Hannah was great with the students and they all created some interesting effects with scars; cuts; bruises galore!

We hope this didn’t cause too much stress on the way home!

HOLIDAY WORKSHOPS

PQA Milton Keynes will be running a couple of workshops this year. Firstly we will hold a ‘Make a movie in a week’ workshop in the Easter break and a ‘Make a musical in a week’ in the first week of the summer holiday.

Please contact Martin or Di on 07944 735161 or martin@pqacademy.com to book your place on any of these workshops

• Movie workshop: 10th – 13th April , 10am – 4pm

• Musical workshop: 23rd – 27th July, 10am – 4pm

Good luck to the students who on either, the 18th or 19th February will be performing ‘Spoken Prose’ in the MK Festival of the Arts; Music & Drama at Walton High School:

• · Elouise Grant
• · Nile Parashar
• · Harlan Todd
• · Grace King
• · Danielle Bowler
• · Olivia Stanley

It is with great pleasure that we give a warm welcome to Ann Adlem who joins our academy to periodically coach our students in vocal technique and singing skills. She will partner Lisa in the Musical Theatre sessions. She brings a wealth of experience and talent to the academy.

In London she has performed in West End musicals including Les Miserables, 110 º in the Shade, Whistle Down the Wind and The Phantom of the Opera as Madame Giry. Australian theatre credits include Cabaret as Sally Bowles, South Pacific as Ensign Janet McGregor, Me & My Girl as Lady Jacqueline Carstone, the title role of Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun and Mrs Marshall in Irene (with Debbie Reynolds). TV and Film include Streetsmartz and Bom Bali.

She has been teaching History of Music Theatre and voice studies at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts on their Bachelor of Arts degree program and has a Bachelor of Arts in Music Theatre and a Masters of Creative Arts.

The Poppets will learn a range of skills as well as obtaining ones already learnt. In our first week (Outer Space) Poppets will be using their imagination and so-forth building it for the future. They will perform in small groups towards the end of the class to help build confidence in performance and socially. Week two (Brilliant Books) will give the Poppets the opportunity to use interpretation as they take lead roles from a book they may, or may not have studied at school. Week three (Music Week) is going to add a new skill into Poppets and hopefully be full of fun as we take music to a new level. Week four (Alice In Wonderland) will try to incorporate all the skills learnt, but with a focus on making them think creatively and share ideas.