PQA Colchester.

Alistair Ward - Principal PQA Colchester

Passionate about performing arts training for children and young people.

Alistair is passionate about young people having access to the performing arts and is convinced that the arts can have a positive effect on young people. Alistair says he "can't wait to come home and get started at PQA Colchester. I am excited for you to meet our team, all of whom are professionally trained and will deliver relevant and contemporary training to all of our students."

Alistair grew up in Colchester, where he caught the acting bug at an early age when cast as 'The Mirror' in his primary school production of Snow White. He never looked back and at 18 left Colchester to train at Rose Bruford College. Alistair has worked as an actor since graduating in 2011. His credits include David in Ghost Hunt (Et Cetera Theatre), Jack in A Design For Life (Lost Theatre), Butch Honeywell in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Unicorn Theatre), a national tour of Personal Best with children's company Quantum Theatre and various radio plays with Colchester based company Frequency Theatre. Alistair brings a wealth of experience to PQA Colchester having worked as Comedy and Drama teacher at PQA Romford for nearly three years, and more recently at PQA Canterbury where he was Vice Principal. He also has worked extensively with children with learning difficulties and behaviour problems, and also runs weekly council-funded drama classes in East London.