PQA Newcastle Upon Tyne.

Addison Keen

Addison studied at Newcastle University gaining a BA in Film Practices. He has worked as a producer for North-East based film production companies such as Alnwick's Terabithia Pictures and Redcar's Smoggie Productions among others. Addison has facilitated film shoots, both features and shorts, one of which has been released to Amazon Prime. Addison is experienced in directing, producing, shooting, and editing. Addison enjoys all aspects of performing arts and works as a Youth Theatre practitioner at Queen’s Hall Arts Centre, Hexham, as well as being on the board of trustees. Working alongside workshop leaders, Addison has supported the delivery of theatre-related acting workshops for the past two years. Addison is so excited to join the team and to teach the craft of Film & TV, creating wonderful original stories with our young filmmakers at PQA.

Andrew Smith

As a writer and film-maker, Andrew T. Smith co-wrote, co-edited and executive produced ‘Filmed in Supermarionation’ (2014), a feature length documentary about the puppet masterpieces created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and their talented team in 1960s Britain. Continuing his Anderson association, Andrew acted as the associate producer for three 50th anniversary episodes of the iconic children’s television series, ‘Thunderbirds’ in addition to contributing to the 'Thunderbirds' themed Halifax advertising campaign and a puppet themed episode of ITV’s 'Endeavour’. In recent years, he has worked on such diverse projects as pre-filmed inserts of a West End run of 'The Twilight Zone' for the Almeida group and has directed the feature documentary film ‘Cartoon Carnival’. In 2018, Andrew took his stage show ‘Summer Winos’ to the Edinburgh Fringe festival and subsequently toured the country with a revised and expanded version alongside his co-star Bob Fischer in 2019. Away from film and theatre, Andrew has lectured worldwide in film and television studies and is the author of ‘Marx and Re-Marx: Creating and Re-Creating the Lost Marx Brothers Radio Series’. At PQA, Andrew is always keen to find out what kind of projects students are interested in working on and looks forwards to realising their imaginations on screen!

Freddie Evans

Laura Fulgenzi

My name is Laura Fulgenzi and I’m 26 years old. I trained in Musical Theatre at The Hammond in Chester and after graduating I worked on a show in London called ‘SOHO CINDERS.’ A fun, upbeat comedy musical with a twist. During the pandemic I moved back to Newcastle and started getting into more teaching work at various Dance Schools. I also take part in tributes such as Spice Girls, Little Mix & Steps! I love working at PQA as all the children are so talented and it’s so fun to see how creative everyone is. I am super excited to be working as the teacher for Poppets as they are such a fun and exciting group. I look forward to my future at PQA and what we can all achieve together.

Phillip Dennis

Phil originally comes from County Durham and studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. He has worked extensively in musical theatre. Shows include, in alphabetical order: Alice In Wonderland (Gordon Craig Theatre),Bad Girls – The Musical (West End), The Band (UK Tour), Billy Elliot (West End), Cats (UK Tour), The Curse of the Werewolf (Stratford East), Evita (UK Tours and Lebanon), Grease (Cyprus), Hairspray (Gordon Craig), In The Heights (Kings Cross Theatre), The Invisible Man (West End and UK Tour), Jerry Springer The Opera (West End), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Edinburgh Festival), Les Misérables (West End and UK Tour), Let It Be (Monaco, West End, UK and European Tour), The Magic Flute (West End), Musical Starnights (European Tour), Peter Pan –The British Musical (Gordon Craig), Ken Hill’s Phantom of the Opera (West End, UK and Far East Tours), Priscilla Queen Of The Desert (West End), The Phantom of the Opera (UK Tour), The Producers (Gordon Craig), Ragtime (West End), Rapunzel (Gordon Craig Theatre, UK Tour), Robin – Prince of Sherwood (UK Tours), Singing In The Rain (Gordon Craig Theatre), Sleeping Beauty – A New Musical (Gordon Craig Theatre, UK Tour), Titanic: A New Musical (Gordon Craig Theatre), We Will Rock You (West End).

Vicki Burn