About us
Who are we?
We are a locally run Performing Arts School with high standards and a fantastic reputation in Performing Arts activities for children - some of our students are now in the West End, and even Broadway. We are proud to work closely with our community, and also with our strong team of supporters to continually develop our schools good work; all focused on giving children a stable and positive environment that they can flourish in. Our team is made up with qualified trained/ DBS checked professionals. We are very much a 'family' run school, and have a lot of fun together as a team putting on shows for the local youth. We see many of our students graduate to drama/musical theatre schools - but more importantly, all of our students finish their training with a confidence that will support them in life/ their chosen career, regardless of whether it is in Performing Arts - something we pride ourselves on with the work we do with young people.
We perform regularly throughout the year
StageWorks UK offers young people the opportunity to enjoy the arts and develop their talents. We have been expanding since we opened to provide quality performing arts education across the region; with locations in Henley, Benson, Spencers Wood and Caversham. Our Founder Emma Jane, has extensively researched children's development to ensure our team fully align when it comes to expanding children's confidence, self belief and determination in the Performing Arts arena. She says “putting children into the spotlight, comes with great responsibility - not all children will take to performing. Our job is to make sure every age safely develops through their years, so as not to over stimulate and damage their growth, but to enhance their development when it comes to performing arts, giving them a confidence and self belief that enhances the development of their young minds. Having done extensive research on brain development in young people I better understand the damage that can be done by overstimulated young brains, it is why we continue to work sensitively with age groups and abilities, and encourage children gently with the training we offer at StageWorks, UK”.
message from Emma Jane Taylor; our principal
I opened StageWorks Performing Arts School to give children an opportunity to enjoy something I did as a child; performing. Performing gave me hope during my younger years and I will always be grateful to have had that opportunity. I firmly believe the Performing Arts is a positive and creative environment that gives children of all ages confidence, self belief and determination - and more importantly, in the early 'informative' years (3/4- 8) a creativity that helps develop the skills necessary for so much of their young life.
I am highly trained in all kinds of performing arts, fitness & wellbeing programmes and have been choreographing shows since I was 3 years old, tap-dance is my speciality. I have been fortunate to have performed professionally at many venues over the years. I now use my skills/ management /business processes to ensure StageWorks continues to develop within my community for young people, whilst maintaining the high standard we are known for in the industry. We also run classes for adults - please check out our adult classes page.
We are thrilled to launch our Saturday Academy Classes in 2025 for our 13-18 year olds. These classes run on Saturday mornings for our students who love to perform and are maybe interested in furthering their career in this area.
Thanks for stopping by, please get in touch with any Qs!
Emma-Jane x
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