PQA - Pauline Quirke Academy of Performing Arts

Mallorca’s “Innocent” Filming.

Jack — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:36:52 +0000

Last Saturday the Blue and Red Groups went on Location to film their short western film “Innocent”. It was a long day but everyone worked really hard to get a good result.

Thank you and well done to the Cast and Crew.

Coventry’s World Record attempt

Jack — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:23:23 +0000

PQA Coventry have entered a Midlands based short film competition. Short being the word! The brief was to create a concept / storyboard/script then film a short film of 9.58 seconds long!

We had some fabulous films made in all groups however the children all voted for their favourite in academy and chose the red groups film “YOU’RE LATE” as their winner!

The winning group each won something yummy plus of course a GOLD MEDAL… {not real THOUGH ;(}

All films shall now be forwarded to the Birmingham judges and we shall wait for further news!

Billy Masterclass

fergus — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:07:52 +0000

Billy Elliot’s Debbie Bundy was with PQA Guildford on Feb 11 for a very special Billy Elliot Workshop. She has been in the show for 4 years which is directed by Stephen Daldry. She has appeared in shows including A Chorus Line, Joseph, My Fair Lady, Me and My Girl and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.

The students had a fantastic day and benefited from the wealth of experience bought to the class by Debbie!

Bring a Friend Week!

Jack — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:14:58 +0000

PQA Tonbridge are having a bring a friend week for poppet`s and green group on the 18^th Feb .

So anyone aged between 4 and 9 and has a friend at the academy can come along!

We have so much fun being creative in drama, singing and dancing lets tell all our friends!

Rochesters’ Bring a Friend Week!

Jack — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:11:13 +0000

PQA Rochester are having a bring a friend week for poppets on the 18^th Feb .

So anyone aged between 4 and 6 and has a friend at the academy can come along!

We have so much fun being creative in drama, singing and dancing lets tell all our friends!

Master class – casualty

fergus — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:10:09 +0000

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!

MK Holiday Workshops

fergus — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:02:57 +0000

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

MK Festival of the Arts!

Jack — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:58:59 +0000

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

New Vocal Teacher joins MK

fergus — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:55:14 +0000

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.

PQA MK Poppets

Jack — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:53:48 +0000

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.