PQA Bury St. Edmunds

PQA Bury St Edmunds is a weekend performing arts school, with classes for kids and young adults in Comedy & Drama, Musical Theatre (singing & dancing) and Film & Television.

Our sessions run Saturdays from 10am-1pm and we are launching a new weekly Friday session from 19^th April, 5.15pm-8.15pm.

Our sessions are delivered by industry professionals who are specialists in singing, acting, dance, comedy, drama and filmmaking.  Our Musical Theatre module is a combination of acting, singing and dance, taught in an engaging environment for students of all abilities!

Our Comedy & Drama classes are designed to explore the many theatrical forms and performance techniques in a fun and engaging environment.   Students will explore plays, devising, Shakespeare, improvisation, physical theatre and much more – we offer something for everyone!

The Film & Television experience at PQA gives children and young people an excellent introduction to development, pre-production and production techniques by creating, filming, and screening short films of their own. Students take on roles in front of and behind the camera, working in production company teams which mirror how professional film sets are run!

This module develops student’s filmmaking abilities but also skills they can use in life such as: teamwork, communication and problem solving.

We give our students the amazing opportunity of performing in a musical specially written for PQA, presented at Her Majesty’s Theatre in the heart of London’s West End. For many of our students, the West End season is the highlight of the PQA experience.

For parents, the experience of seeing their children performing on the same stage as ‘Phantom of the Opera’ is unlike any other and one they are not likely to forget.

As well as our West End seasons, our students also get to perform in regular performance opportunities including performing at The Apex Theatre in Bury St Edmunds.