The South Coast's best training in Acting, Singing & Dance for young people
Qualified, Professional & friendly staff training young people in Theatre.
Poole |Wimborne|Christchurch
About
As the former Head of Performing Arts at The College, Jo had the privilege of nurturing the careers of 1000’s of young people - be they budding actors or young people needing a direction.
SCAPA has been developed to encourage and nurture not only the next generation of performer but most importantly, ensure that ALL young people have an opportunity to capture and develop their creative spirit, in an environment that recognises their individuality. SCAPA prides itself in being a ‘fun family’ - everything we do aims to increase confidence, self-awareness, skills and communication in a supportive AFFORDABLE way.
Creative arts are slowly disappearing from the curriculum even though it is vital to society and the economy. It is our experience that Performing Arts can really change the lives of those who partake - in whatever form, and this is why we now dedicate our time to creating experiences for young people - whatever their ability.
Our mission is:
To NURTURE, ENCOURAGE and DEVELOP CONFIDENCE.
To ENJOY and ACHIEVE.
Jo works with Choreographer, Performer and Educator Carl Christopher, Actor Jack Dunford, Musical Theatre graduate and teacher Iszy Bardsley and former Theatre Manager of the Regent Centre, Barrington Theatre (and Jo's husband) Rupert Barrington.
Jo is also very well connected in the Creative and Education Industries and has visiting lecturers support classes regularly. Most recently a former Phantom! Jo also teaches across LAMDA qualifications and is available for private tuition upon request. Together they run The Academy.
Affordable, excellent training run exclusively from theatres and dedicated performance spaces in the BCP/Dorset area!
Your Career Starts Now
Techniques
Singing
Jo is a professional performer, having toured with (among others) The Chuckle Brothers! She has trained with other world class teachers using the Vocal Process Technique for voice and singers.
Dancing
At The Academy we develop young peoples dancing and movement skills, mainly around Musical Theatre from Carl, Iszy and Jo.
But not Rupert...
Acting
All of our teachers have performed on a variety of stages in a variety of forms. All are fully trained in order to develop the skills in young people in form and technique.
Wimborne Folk Festival 2022
Jo doing some Compering on the Main stage at the Festival
Rupert also got in on the hosting!
Tilly doing an amazing job as Matilda
Lads lads lads
Skye sand a beautiful song
Millie White sang My House from Matilda
Belle finished off with some great singing
We all joined in for Thank You For The Music from Mamma Mia
Thank you to all our performers!
Jo also sang a song for the people watching
Contact
info@scapa.biz | Tel: 07525 040296