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13th September 2018
As somebody who has worked with actors for over 20 years, I very rarely meet one who isn't incredibly motivated, eager and keen to work in their chosen profession or in other fields. I suppose it's…
7th October 2017
When Perform parents feed back to me about our teachers, they consistently use the same vocabulary to describe them. 'Nurturing', 'energetic', 'inspiring, 'amazing' are words…
4th April 2012
It's the Easter holidays and I'm often asked if this is a nice quiet time for me at Perform. Well, it's definitely quiet in the sense that we only have our holiday workshops running and not…
10th March 2012
If you read my blogs regularly, you'll know that I like to talk about communication skills and how important it is that we make children confident communicators from an early age. As you might expect,…
13th July 2011
On January 8th 2000, I opened my first Perform class. Me, a teacher and four children. It went pretty well - all things considered. But, afterwards, when I was talking to the parents about my plans to eventually…
27th August 2010
Wow - it's been yet another hectic week! No rest for the wicked, eh?. This week I've been working hard with our Regional Partner Simon Fielding on developing a new series of training courses for…
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