PQA Peterborough.

Chloe Rayment

Chloe found her love for Performing Arts when she started Secondary School, she found her love for Musical Theatre and singing throughout these years. Performing in school productions and being part of the school choir. After receiving her Degree in Drama and Musical Theatre, Chloe was delighted to take a TA position at PQA, she has now taken on the Poppets and is excited to Lead the vocals for our upcoming show!

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.

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 working as a TA in Film and TV, she has now taken on the position of Comedy & Drama lead, and is enjoying sharing her skills with the Academy.

Kayleigh New

Kayleigh started taking dance classes at Tu Danse Studios from the age of 4, where she performed in annual showcases and many competitions. At 16, Kayleigh decided to take her dance training further by attending Peterborough Regional College and receiving a Level 3 diploma in dance performance. During her time there she took part in multiple shows including The Addams Family musical and War of the Worlds. Kayleigh is now in her first year of university at Dancebox studios where she is training on the Professional Dance and Musical Theatre course. She has recently joined PQA as their Musical Theatre assistant and can't wait to share her performance knowledge with the students.

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.

Willow Miles

Willow started performing in a Sunday group at the age of 8. Willow found her passion in entertaining rather quickly and started her journey into the industry with doing a Level 3 diploma in performing arts at Stageworks College, she also did a year of professional performance here also furthing her knowledge. However instead of going into performing on stage she found her passion laid more with passing her knowledge onto others in teaching. She also holds a Level 4 Diploma for dance teaching, she has now taken on the position of Musical Theatre lead, and is enjoying sharing her skills with the Academy.