About us

  All students get the opportunity to perform in all our productions throughout the year, and there are many! Our annual diary always runs with a multitude of productions: one that accommodates our production needs, i.e. immersive, round stage. We also regularly perform at Drama Festivals, Carnivals, Galas and Events. Making us one of the busiest performing schools in the area. 

We choose our venues carefully to produce a varied style of performance - keeping up with the safe development of our young performers. Please note there are extra rehearsal dates and weekends throughout the year where we will expect students to attend. Check out our DIARY DATES page.

IMPORTANT NOTE. 

PLEASE read our T&C's carefully when you sign up - so there are no surprises re our extra rehearsals/costs or expectations. Our extra costs vary slightly each year with inflation. 

Extra costs help to cover our major productions giving students the opportunity to perform with a professional team - deepening their training with us at StageWorks Performing Arts School. Our productions bring life skills that many children need such as confidence, self-belief, determination. Our classes also allow children to understand the importance of teamwork and how to express themselves. 

If you are interested in joining our 'Production team' in anyway, then please make yourself known to the admin team so we can share what positions are available - and then sign you up....quickly! 

  Some of our students are represented by our casting agent and have gone onto perform in the West End, TV, Film, and on Broadway -> yes, we celebrated Ted Wilson playing Eric in Matilda on Broadway and also in the West End, London. We are also very lucky to have rubbed shoulders with Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible, Dame Judi Dench in All is True and Rupert Everett, Colin Firth in St. Trinians plus many more greats over the last 25 years. 

Credits:

We have seen many of our students performing professionally in the West End; Mary Poppins, Matilda, Oliver, The King and I, Madam Butterfly, Ragtime. Movie/TV - St Trinians Movie, CBeebies, Nickelodeon, Various commercials, SKY TV, Disney Play Channel, Waffle the Wonderdog, Downton Abbey, ITVs Endeavour, Mission Impossible, All is True and various other professional contracts and commercials. 

Not all children want to experience professional contracts. For each role and audition, we carefully consider whether the role is right/ and at the right time for our student. Being professionally cast is a big commitment, and sometimes it might need more consideration before signing on the dotted line. Our Founder, Emma Jane Taylor works closely with the families who have children performing professionally, to ensure the priorities of child welfare are at the front of all considerations. 

For more information, please use our contact’s page. 

We run various Workshops and Masterclasses throughout the year. These are both internal and external events created and designed by our Principal, Emma Jane Taylor. Our bespoke in-house workshops are creative, fun, engaging, allowing continued positive development for young people.

Our Masterclasses have become very popular for our young performers and focus in on their skills and performance development. We regularly visit local schools, offering local communities the opportunity to take part in our workshops. We would be happy to discuss further with your school. 

By offering varied activities, we can provide great opportunities for children wanting to develop their performing skills, enhancing their ability and future opportunities. Our workshops are open to all young performers across our local community.

In the first instance, please contact us directly for our up-coming events, and details of how to book your child onto these exclusive days. Our workshops & masterclasses are led by Emma Jane with our exceptional talented instructors.

Our complimentary Open Days run regularly throughout the year to encourage our young performers to find out more about our amazing school. Our OPEN days are FREE & every child is welcome to join us. 

Do let us know if you were wanting your child to attend.  

Each young performer taking part in our OPEN DAYS gets to see how our school and classes are run, and what we are working on. We share information at our Open Days on how our productions are presented at our shows throughout the year, and we teach students various routines and involve them in plenty of drama activities. For more information on our OPEN DAYS please get in touch!