Student Opportunities
Centre Stage is actively involved within the Poole, Bournemouth and Dorset community – and further afield to London – to create opportunities to sing, dance and act and for all students to perform outside of normal class perimeters and enjoy non-curricular workshops and shows.
School Show
The school hosts a bi-annual show at Poole Lighthouse, spanning across three performances with an audience capacity of 700 per show. The show is directed and produced by Miss Zoe, who works alongside a team of professional and credited team of artists and technicians and remains an ambitious and unforgettable experience for all involved.
The show embraces stunning, colourful costumes, impressive professional sets, west-end lighting and sound design, pyrotechnics and flying experiences! Centre Stage feels strongly that this experience is offered to everyone at the school, which even includes our adorable pre-school students.
Our most recent show was Sleeping Beauty – 100 Years of Enchantment
Visit our Show page here to find out all about our bi-annual shows, see excerpts, our ‘Behind The Scenes’ video and testimonials.
West-End Performances
The school is regularly approached by London-based companies to offer students the wonderful experience of performing in West-End theatres, such as The Royal Albert Hall, Her Majesty’s Theatre, Sadler’s Wells and even the 02 Arena. This is a unique and memorable experience – not only for students to perform in theatres, which have housed famous actors, dancers and performers – but also for parents to witness their children performing in the West-End!
Workshops
Students also get to enjoy a variety of workshops with visiting creatives in the industry. For example students keen to enjoy Street Dance enjoyed a workshop with Thomas Simon, who has worked with artists such as Mariah Carey and the late Whitney Houston. Other students had the chance to dance for a day with Britain’s Got Talent Winners Diversity in their studios in Essex! Other workshops have included commercial with Brittney Sugarman from L.A. and musical theatre with west-end professional Benjamin Mundy.
Summer School
The school holds its annual summer school for both internal and external students and remains a popular event year after year. Summer school runs for one-week offering students the chance to enjoy a wide range of classes, develop new skills but, most importantly, have fun!
Centre Stage Summer School offers exciting, inspiring and diverse workshops and a huge variety of activities from performing arts to fitness to arts and crafts, with bespoke classes for different age groups led by tutors who encourage and motivate as you learn.
Workshops are fun but also help students gain confidence and develop technique and include
*Street Dance * Acrobatic Arts * Musical theatre performance * X-Factor-inspired singing * Devised Drama * Commercial dance (music video style) * Crafts * Floor Tumbling * Pop Performance * Bollywood Dance * Flexibility and Conditioning * The Voice Box (vocal exercises/singing) * Yoga * Dancercise * Disney Dance *