Walton Performing Arts Academy

Straight back into rehearsals today for A Play About Britain 🇬🇧🎭

As we get closer to opening night, the cast continue to explore themes of identity, belonging, community and what it means to be British in today’s society.

Tickets are available via the link in our bio 🎟️

🏳️‍🌈Happy Pride Month!🏳️‍⚧️

At Walton Performing Arts Academy, we are proud to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community all year round, not just during the month of June.

As an inclusive performing arts academy, WPAA is committed to amplifying q***r voices and ensuring every production, project and rehearsal room is diverse, welcoming and representative of both our cast members and the wider community. We believe that everyone deserves to feel seen, valued and empowered to express themselves authentically.

Through theatre, film and performance, we strive to create spaces where children, young people and adults can explore creativity, celebrate individuality and learn from one another’s experiences. Diversity isn’t something we add in — it’s at the heart of the stories Principal, writes and the community she continues to build.

This Pride Month, we celebrate love, identity, self-expression and the countless LGBTQ+ artists, performers and activists who continue to shape our industry and our world for the better.

Happy Pride from WPAA! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

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REHEARSAL NOTES 🎭

In theatre, stage imagery can tell a story before any words are spoken.

In rehearsal for A Play About Britain, we explored the power of physical imagery through blocking, spacing and collective movement — creating visual moments that represent the emotion and tone of a scene to an audience.

A single performer separated from the group can represent isolation, exclusion or distance.
An ensemble moving as one can create a powerful image of unity, solidarity and belonging.

Creating theatre isn't just about the lines in the script — it’s about imagery, sound and atmosphere too. ✊🏽🇬🇧🎭

A Play About Britain
📍 Acton Community Theatre
📅 15 & 17 July
🎟️ Tickets in bio

As an educator, I believe it’s my duty to raise awareness around the social justice issues shaping the world young people are growing up in today.

On Saturday, the “Unite the Kingdom” rally, led by far-right activist Tommy Robinson, took place in London. Among the crowds were people of every age — babies, children, teenagers, and adults.

Children are not born with hatred. Racism, division, and fear are learned behaviours, passed down through generations when they are not challenged. If we do not actively educate, encourage empathy, and create spaces for honest conversation, history will continue to repeat itself.

This is one of the reasons I wrote A Play About Britain. To explore the conversations happening in our country right now through the voices of Gen Alpha — the generation who will ultimately shape Britain’s future.

I urge you to come and see this incredibly talented cast in A Play About Britain.

This is the most challenging script has written to date, and undoubtedly the most impactful production WPAA Youth Theatre has ever produced.

📆 Wednesday 15 & Friday 17 July
⏰ 7 PM
📍 Acton
🎟️ Tickets available in our bio

REHEARSAL NOTES 📝

A big part of what 's been working on with our Youth Theatre students is spacing — including blocking, eyeline, distance, and physicality.

In this piece, every actor is on stage for the entire performance, so they’ve been learning how to use their physicality to transition between scenes and shift the audience’s focus from one moment to the next.

It’s an incredibly mature and complex style of acting — blending naturalistic movement with elements of physical theatre, and knowing when to move between the two.

They’ve been working so hard, and rehearsals for Act 2 are now underway! 🎭

🎟️ Don’t miss it — tickets are limited. Book now via the link in our bio!

Here are some unused shots from our on-location photoshoot in Acton for the official poster of A Play About Britain. 🇬🇧

The cast were briefed by to embody a working-class youth culture — drawing on the Mod revival era and its roots in political change. The direction was clear: stand together, unified, with a shared sense of purpose. The image needed to feel powerful, intentional, and meaningful.

They absolutely delivered! 👏🏾

Every shot was strong enough to be the final poster, which made narrowing it down incredibly difficult — so I wanted to share a few that didn’t make the cut.

With Act Two now complete, I’m looking forward to continuing rehearsals next week with this exceptionally talented cast. 🎭

Last night marked the premiere screening of MR GORDON at 🎥 — a short film written, directed, edited and produced by as a showcase for Acting for Screen course 🎬

The evening featured two incredible live performances from — the singer and songwriter behind the track — alongside exclusive showreel footage from the students and the film itself.

Thank you to everyone who came out to support local film, emerging talent, and small businesses — the energy in the room was truly special.

A huge congratulations to my students and to Danielle — the night was a real success 👏🏾✨

ActingForScreen

Tomorrow’s the night 🎬

After weeks of filming on location, WPAA’s Acting for Screen students premiere MR GORDON at

🕢 7:30PM | Screen 2

A short film played out to the debut single by Danielle — created to showcase the work of WPAA’s Acting for Screen students.

Featuring:
🎤 Live performance from Danielle
🎬 Exclusive showreel footage
🎭 Meet the cast & creatives
📖 An official programme

🎟️ Last chance to book
Use code HALFPRICETIX for £2.50 tickets

Come and support emerging talent on the big screen.

🎭 Happy World Theatre Day from WPAA 🎭

Here is the official poster for A Play About Britain — our latest original Youth Theatre production.

A Play About Britain is a bold, coming-of-age piece which explores what it means to be British in today’s society — told through the voices of Gen Alpha, the generation currently shaping what future adulthood will look like.

This is one of WPAA’s most mature, complex, and emotionally layered Youth Theatre productions to date. The themes explored in this piece are essential — conversations that challenge, educate, and help shape a more inclusive future for the next generation.

The play follows a diverse group of young people in the hours leading up to a peaceful protest against discrimination. Played out in real time, perspectives are challenged, truths unfold, and controversial conversations collide as the complexity of modern British identity is laid bare.

Blending acting, physical theatre, and poetry, the piece reflects the layered and diverse society we call our homeland while infusing art forms that showcase every student.

The costume and music pay homage to early 1980s Britain, with a soundtrack featuring artists such as Iggy Pop, T. Rex, and The Clash, alongside costume inspiration drawn from British punk culture, including Vivienne Westwood and the Mod Revival.

At its core, the play asks:
What does it really mean to be British today?

🎟️ Tickets are available@via the link in our bio!