PQA Lytham St Annes.

Caroline Heywood

After graduating from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts Caroline worked professionally as an actress with roles in for Russel T Davis’s TV series ‘The Grand’, in the National Theatre Tour of ‘A Little Princess’ and as ‘Foible’ in She Stoops to Conquer National Tour. Turning away from performing Caroline has spent the last 25 years directing, teaching and writing for theatre companies, universities and schools. She has returned to her love of Shakespeare by performing in outdoor productions of ‘Macbeth’ and ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and directed an award winning production of ‘The Full Monty’ for The Christie Musical Theatre Company. Caroline currently has a screenplay and television comedy drama in development with Paul Coleman (creator of BBC’s The Power of Parker).

Danielle Straker

Danielle learnt her craft as Stage Manager, at the prestigious Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Since then, she has worked on various productions at the Grand Theatre Blackpool, including Aspects of Love, Peter Pan, Dick Whittington, the Northern Ballet and probably her favourite....... Return to the Forbidden Planet. This was followed by working at sea onboard several cruise ships. Her first position was Children’s Hostess, organising lots of fun and interesting activities. Later, as Deputy Cruise Director, she ran the entertainment programme and was responsible for stage management, staff and lighting design, for numerous cabaret and production shows. Sailing anywhere from Venice to Greenland, Rome to Egypt, she enjoyed travelling the world. However, Danielle is now happy to stay on dry land with her husband and two children and delighted to continue working with the PQA family.

Ed Rugman

Joseph McGuinness

Joseph is a former PQA Lytham St Annes student with a passion for the performing arts. During his time at PQA, he had the opportunity to perform in a West End show, attend Cinema Screenings and various other productions. He also studied A Level Drama, and successfully completed his Gold Medal LAMDA exams in Acting and Verse and Prose. Now studying Law at university, Joseph is excited to return to PQA and give back to the academy. He is thrilled to be part of the team once again and looks forward to helping students discover their own talents. Above all, Joseph hopes that everyone has fun and makes the most of their time at PQA, just as he did.

Kylie Butler

Kylie lives on the Fylde coast and loves Family, Theatre and Travel. Since completing the 3-year Musical Theatre Course at Arts Educational Schools London, she has worked as an Actor, Director and Presenter. Some credits include ‘Pride and Prejudice’ Westminster Theatre London; ‘Uncle Ebenezer - A Christmas Carol’ B.A.C London; ‘A Secret Garden’ London; ‘OAP’z’ London; ‘Don’t Dress For Dinner’ Tour; ‘A Bedfull of Foreigners’ Tour; ‘1916 The Musical’ workshop, London; ‘Dick Whittington’ Norwich; ‘Cinderella’ Blackpool (Assistant Director); ‘Peter Pan’ Blackpool (Associate Director); ‘Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs’ Blackpool (Director); ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Blackpool (Director); ‘Aladdin’ Blackpool (Director), ‘Cinderella’ (Director - 2024), ‘Newsrevue’ (The longest running Comedy Sketch show in the world) London & Edinburgh; ‘The 30th Anniversary Newsrevue’ London & Edinburgh. For a decade Kylie was a featured performer in numerous Comedy Improvisation Shows and Comedy Sketch Shows in London, whilst Presenting regularly for QVC and Ideal World Shopping channels. She has filmed Commercials for Foxy Bingo, Sanex, Solero, Tesco, Greenpeace, Dechox (The BHF), worked as a Voiceover artist for documentary ‘The Truth About Beauty’ (ITV) and ‘The British Heart Foundation’ (Radio), performed in ‘The Interns’ (Channel 4), ‘Daddy Issues’ (BBC) and can currently be seen in the Netflix series ‘The Sandman’ (Warner Bros).

Olivia Kennally

Olivia has performed since the age of 3, competing and winning competitions and championships from a young age. She graduated from Phil Winston’s Theatreworks where she gained her IDTA teaching qualifications and has now been a member of their faculty for several years providing Tap, Musical Theatre, Jazz, Lyrical and conditioning. As well as performing and voiceover work, teaching has always been a passion of Olivia’s, teaching internationally in a variety of workshops and schools covering all genres of dance.