Lucy's blog

We're big fans of the classics here at Perform. We always use a famous children's book to adapt for our holiday courses. For example this year we'll be flying to Neverland for February half term, and tumbling into Wonderland over Easter. It's so...

If you do a search for “my child is being bullied,” you'll be inundated with different websites and practical advice as to what to do if this is happening to your child. I was bullied at school and it was horrible. It doesn’t only affect...

    One of things I am proudest of is our Drama4ALL project. Drama4ALL came about back in 2001 when I was making contact with a local primary school to spread the word about our weekly classes. Visiting the school and...

When my business partner and I set up Perform sixteen years ago, we wanted to do something completely different to what other children’s drama classes were doing. We had both worked for other drama schools and, while they were great in many ways, we wanted to...

If you’re like me, you’re probably in the process of choosing after-school or weekend activities for your child for the autumn term. It's a tricky process with so much choice out there.  I’ve been running Perform for 17 years now and, based...

  Each term at Perform for 4-7s, we have a different theme around which we base our drama, dance and singing resources. The themes range from imaginary places such as Fairytale Forest to historical and cultural idioms like The Wild West.  Tor the...

At Perform, we’ve always had ambitious aims. We write our own curriculum, songs, poems and choreography so, over the years, we’ve been able to set the standard very high for what we want the children to get out of our sessions. Children love to be...

Did anyone else cringe when they read about Tamara Ecclestone’s two year old daughter’s latest gift? She recently received a £10,000 playhouse which is also a replica of their £70 million Kensington mansion. If you haven't already seen it already,...

  Sarah O’Keefe is Head Of Drama at the highly-regarded La Sainte Union school for girls in Hampstead. As this week’s guest blogger, she discusses the recent changes to the curriculum for Drama GCSE. As all drama teachers will be aware, from September...

This week, I’m delighted to introduce a guest blogger - Peter Saxby. Peter was an NHS Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Head of Psychology Services before developing a full-time private practice with clinics in several BMI Healthcare Private Hospitals.  He...