PQA Maidstone.

Frankie Fairbrass

Holly Kitchingham

Holly has been dancing since the age of four and later began musical theatre classes. She has performed in many shows with her local dance school at the stage theatre in Sevenoaks where she found her love of performing. Alongside this, Holly enjoys playing in her band as the lead singer and guitarist and has just started studying music performance and production at LCCM University. She is really excited to be starting her journey here at PQA as a Poppets assistant.

James Trevallion

James trained at the University of Brighton graduating with a BA Hons in Primary Education with Qualified Teacher Status. During his time at university, he specialised in teaching Performing Arts and Art for primary students. James is now a primary school teacher in a local Kent school where he is head of the Music and Performance curriculum at his school. He has always had a passion for performing arts having performed in numerous shows during his training and early career. Having had the chance to play one of the three witches in Macbeth to John in Peter Pan. James`s passion for performance continues today through his teaching. He has been part of the PQA team for 5 years taking on the role as Vice Principal for PQA Maidstone and PQA Rochester supporting both the students and day to day running of the academy. James is passionate about the performing arts helping enable and support all children to access both their learning and building social skills. He loves seeing how the children become inspired while with us at the academies and this is why he believes performing arts should be a vital part of any school day.

Luke Dahill

I have recently finished playing 'Jonathan' in 'The Play That Goes Wrong' on the West End at the Duchess Theatre, before this I played the lead role of Sebastian Goodfellow in the world premiere of ‘All Lies’ at the Old Laundry Theatre and The Esk Valley theatre written and directed by Sir Alan Ayckbourn. I have graduated from The Oxford School of Drama and LAMDA and have a wealth of experience teaching children of all ages. I worked at various PQA's before moving to Kent, I am extremely proud to develop student`s skills in comedy and drama under my guidance.

Rosie Kitchingham

Rosie is currently studying at Bird College, aiming to achieve a degree in Musical Theatre and professional dance. Through Rosie’s 16 years of dance and performing experience she has achieved her advanced ballet exams and been invited to perform at the internal dance theatre awards in Manchester, while also auditioning for the likes of Matthew Bourne and performed in two local pantomimes. She has been teaching for the last 4 years, but has been so excited to join the PQA team to teach the unbelievably talented students here.