PQA Peterborough.

Christopher Rourke

Donna Duffy

Donna has been involved with Pauline Quirke Academy for a long time, as her daughter was a student and went on to teach at our academy. When her daughter moved on to an apprenticeship, Donna decided to join the team herself! She has a passion for performing arts, having written and starred in her own Pantomime version of ‘Dick Whittington’. She also has enjoys working with children, supporting a local branch of the Girl Guiding and frequently engaging with community performance work, including Santa’s Grotto in Queensgate Shopping Centre.

Isobel Duffy

Izzy joined PQA back in 2017 as a student and worked her way up to teach with us now! Izzy is often found performing in a multitude of different shows, including playing the lead role in 'Anything Goes'. She is now our fabulous Poppets teacher, and she hasn't looked back since! She hopes that the current students of PQA learn as much as she did, and find the same passion and love for performing!

Jessica Carter

Jess started performing at her primary school when she was 7. When she started secondary school Jess found her love for musical theatre, she then joined PQA when she was 13 and further found her love for singing, dancing, and acting. Jess has a level 3 diploma in Performing Arts. When Jess turned 18 and finished her student journey at PQA, she decided to take a position as a Teaching Assistant at PQA, working in our Film & Television class. She is really excited to share everything she has learnt during her time as a student, with the new generation of students at PQA.

Michael Watson

Michael first discovered his passion for film during his GCSE's and decided to dedicate his future at college and university educating himself in film and TV, graduating from the BA (Hons) Film Production degree course at the University for the Creative Arts in Farnham in 2012. After graduating Michael threw himself into the film industry. He quickly gained lots of on-set experience in both the UK and New Zealand, with many industry professionals, working in a wide variety of fields and gaining broad knowledge and skills across the entire film/tv spectrum. Michael has forged a directing career on both feature and short films, as well as working on a multitude of his own creative and commissioned projects. Alongside his film making Michael has spent the last 8 years working with young people in the care industry and in Further Education, specialising in safeguarding, and is eager to bring those two fields together at PQA, passing on his passion and knowledge of filmmaking to the young, creative minds at the Academy.

Rhyanna Watkins

Rhyanna has always had a passion for the performing arts industry for as long as she can remember. She started training in Dance from the age of 4 and performed in many dance shows where her love of performing began and hasn’t stopped since. Throughout her school years, Rhyanna participated in many shows including pantomimes at the Key Theatre, The Addams Family and all school productions where she landed the role of ‘Lily St Regis’ in ‘Annie’. She also played the lead role of ‘Annie’ in PQA Peterborough’s West End show ‘Trouble’s a Brewin’ when she was a student at PQA herself. Continuing her dream, Rhyanna went on to train full-time at Stageworks College in St Neots where she did a 2-year BTEC course in performing arts. She is currently auditioning for further colleges so that she can do her degree to carry on her training. “I am beyond excited and extremely grateful that I have been given this opportunity to work for PQA after being a student here once myself. I cannot wait to pass on all my knowledge and experience of performing to the students, watch them grow into the most amazing performers and watch them make all their dreams come true.”