WE OFFER A VARIETY OF CLASSES IN SINGING, DANCING, ACTING, STREET DANCE & MUSICAL THEATRE FOR CHILDREN & TEENS AGES 4 TO 18.
WE OFFER A VARIETY OF CLASSES IN SINGING, DANCING AND ACTING FOR CHILDREN & TEENS AGES 4 TO 18
Charlie McGuire makes his West End debut in The King and I
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Iris Hodgetts begins rehearsals with Garsington Opera
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Charlie McGuire makes his West End debut in The King and I ☆ Iris Hodgetts begins rehearsals with Garsington Opera ☆
ABOUT
All of our teachers have Enhanced DBS Checks and First Aid Training. At LAR, we are all about building confidence. Our class sizes are kept small, so that all children receive individual tuition and feedback from our teachers.
LAR Performing Arts was founded in January 2018 by Louisa Alice-Rose, and has grown to include three locations across Hertfordshire, along with after-school clubs in London. Unlike a franchise, we are proudly independent – the same dedicated teaching team works across all venues.
The success of LAR Performing Arts led to the founding of LAR Talent Agency in 2020, representing children for professional work in theatre, musical theatre, television and film.
100% LAMDA PASS RATE
WHY CHOOSE LAR?
Yearly Summer Showcase for all students
Full-scale musical productions
Festive shows
LAMDA Exams (count towards UCAS points)
Trinity Classical Singing and Rock & Pop Singing Exams
LAR Talent Agency
Submitting children for West End / UK Tour Theatre, TV and Film AuditionsMusic and Drama Festivals & Competitions
We are all about building CONFIDENCE & we absolutely love seeing children flourish through the arts!
MEET THE TEAM
LOUISA ALICE-ROSE
FOUNDER & PRINCIPAL
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Louisa Alice-Rose is a highly versatile soprano and actress. She is also the founder of LAR Performing Arts and the LAR Talent Agency.
Louisa studied at Sylvia Young Theatre School, Tring Park School for the Performing Arts, Glyndebourne Youth Opera and the Royal Northern College of Music, graduating with First Class Honours in Vocal Studies and Opera.
Louisa has been performing on the professional stage since her West End debut at aged 8 in Les Miserables. At aged 9, Louisa played the role of Tilly in the World Première performance of The Bear by Howard Blake at The Barbican Centre and Birmingham Symphony Hall.
At aged 17, Louisa was runner-up in both the Next BRIT Thing competition (sponsored by Classic FM) and the Rotary Club of Great Britain and Ireland Young Musician of the Year. Louisa was nominated for a Classic BRIT Award in 2018. In 2019 Louisa was one of the final 6 singers at the Llangollen Eisteddfod Pendine International Voice of the Future.
In 2020 and 2021 Louisa was top of the iTunes Classical Charts with ‘The Cold Of Winter’ and ‘You Are Not Alone’ composed by Lyndon Samuel.
Louisa’s stage roles for 2022-23 include Phyllis (Iolanthe) for White Knight, Zerlina (Don Giovanni) and Fanny Dashwood (Sense and Sensibility UK Premiere) with Surrey Opera, Yum Yum (The Mikado) for Opera South East, Constance (The Sorcerer), Kate (The Pirates of Penzance) and Leila (Iolanthe) for Grim’s Dyke Opera, Phoebe (The Yeomen Of The Guard) for Kentish Opera.
Other career highlights include solo recitals at Hampton Court Palace, Windsor Castle, The Royal Albert Hall, Cardiff Millennium Centre and Bournemouth International Centre.
JULIUS WILLS
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
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Julius Wills is an actor, writer and director. He trained first with the Year Out Drama Company, based in Stratford-Upon-Avon and then continued his studies with the Fourth Monkey Actor Training Company. Julius is the Artistic Director for Tell No Tales Theatre Company and LAR Performing Arts. He is also a peripatetic LAMDA Teacher at St Paul’s School.
Julius’ Shakepeare roles include Edmund (King Lear), Benedick (Much Ado About Nothing), Antonio (The Merchant of Venice), Rodrigo (Othello) and Bertram (All’s Well That Ends Well) with Bowler Crab Productions and Duke Senior / Oliver / Duke Frederick (As You Like It) with The Menagerie of the Lost and Found.
Other theatre credits include The Gentleman /Robert Suydam (The Atrocities at Arkham) with Tell No Tales, Lollio (The Changeling) with Ovo Theatre, Smirnov (The Bear, Chekov) and The Conductor (Train Journey) with Broken Word Productions, Tiresias (Antigone) with SE Theatre Company, Goblin Ringleader (Goblin Market) and Probeus (Medusa) with Fourth Monkey at the Edinburgh and Camden Fringe Festivals.
Julius’ pantomime credits include Button (Cinderella) with Chaplins Entertainment and operatic credits include Raoul St Brioche (The Merry Widow) and Scynthius (Less Miserable) with Aquarian Opera.
For Tell No Tales Theatre Company, Julius wrote and directed ‘The Atrocities at Arkham’ and ‘The Lurking Fear’ as part of the London Lovecraft Festival. He also wrote and directed two audio dramas, ‘Echo’ and ‘The Hotel, the Basement and the Laboratory.’ For Broken Word Productions, Julius directed ‘The Proposal’ (Chekov) and he wrote and directed ‘Train Journey.’
HELAYNA LIVIERO
VICE PRINCIPAL
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Helayna is a graduate of Performers College, where she received a Level 6 Diploma in Dance Theatre in 2017. A qualified Street Dance teacher, Helayna gained her Level 4 Diploma with Distinction back in 2012 under Urban Strides, after training and performing with them for 7 years.
Helayna thoroughly enjoys teaching children of all ages, having choreographed and taught in a variety of schools in the Buckinghamshire area, including teaching the Junior School at Performers College whilst she was still in training. Her background is heavily commercial based and has had training in all female company ‘Sirens’ and Locking company ‘FunkOfTheFuture.’
Teaching the foundations of Street Dance, including Locking, Popping and Hip Hop, Helayna is passionate about giving children the confidence and ability to believe they can succeed - all whilst having fun!
Credits include:
John Newman Live TV Performance/ Dubai Expo, Living The Dream/ Global Village Dubai/ Beauty and the Beast Pantomime, UK Productions/ Peter Pan Pantomime, UK Productions/ 10th Anniversary Japan Matsuri as a Dancer & Catwalk Model/ Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Pantomime, UK Productions/ Aladdin Pantomime, Paul Holman Associates, as Ms Bassett & Dancer/ 2016 AQA GCSE Contemporary choreography demonstration video/ NFL Opening Ceremony, Mass Movement/ Young Voices Arena Tour, Urban Strides
Helayna teaches Musical Theatre, Street Dance and LAR Elite for LAR Tring and LAR Welwyn.
HANNAH MOSS
DRAMA TEACHER
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Hannah Moss is a physical theatre actor/maker with an interest in visual storytelling, comedy and interactive work. She likes to create work in both the mediums of theatre & film.
Previous theatre credits include; historical comedy ‘Countess Jeanne & The Necklace Scam’ at The Drayton Arms, physical comedy ‘Sorry…What Did You Say?’ at Watford Palace Theatre, and Offie nominated ‘Valhalla’ by Gecko associate director Rich Rusk. Her most recent screen credits include the supporting role of Lily in ‘Don’t You Want Me Baby’ by Sisu Productions and ‘Loo Chats’ created by BBC sketch writer Beth Noonan-Roberts.
Hannah has lots of performing arts teaching experience, ranging from early years to 17 for dance (street, modern, musical theatre), drama and screen acting. Nothing brings Hannah more joy than teaching young performers new skills, growing their confidence and most importantly having fun!
Hannah teaches weekly at LAR Brixton and is a cover teacher for our Tring & Welwyn classes.
JESSICA SIMMONS
PERFORMING ARTS TEACHER
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Jessica trained at Performers college on the 3 year Musical Theatre course. Since graduating she has worked both on stage and screen in multiple jobs such as Aylesbury Pantomime and Midsummer Murders. She has also been teaching a mixture of acting, singing and dancing for 7 years and has an eye for helping all 3 disciplines cross over and work together.
SYANNE DAY
DANCE TEACHER
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Syanne trained at English National Ballet School and Elmhurst Ballet School, graduating in 2015 with a Diploma in Professional Dance.
Syanne’s professional career began with English National Ballet, performing in their touring production of Swan Lake, followed by their Swan Lake in-the-round production at the Royal Albert Hall. Syanne joined Cork City Ballet in 2019 for a season and afterwards joined Let’s All Dance for their tour of The Nutcracker, where she performed the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy. She has since worked with the company again for two tours of the Sleeping Beauty, performing as the Lilac Fairy and two more tours of The Nutcracker. Syanne has also ventured into contemporary work with Mercurial Dance, who she worked with in 2018 for site specific performances in Birmingham and Coventry. Syanne joined the Connecting Stars project with Constella OperaBallet at the start of 2022, which delivers live virtual performances to care homes around the UK and Ireland.
Syanne also studied at Middlesex University and has a BA in Professional Practice. Syanne is a qualified personal trainer and started her own business in 2020 called DanceWithSyanne, where she teaches weekly dance and fitness classes for adults. Classes range from Adult Ballet to Stretch/Tone/Relax classes as well as dance inspired HIIT workouts. All classes stream online, plus Syanne teaches Adult Ballet classes in-person in Hemel Hempstead and Leighton Buzzard.
ALICIA O’NEILL
SINGING TEACHER & ADMIN ASSISTANT
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Alicia is thrilled to be joining the LAR Team from September ’25. She has most recently worked as Vice Principal of Stage Academy and has extensive experience in working with children of all ages. She has pursued her passion of teaching for almost a decade, passing down her knowledge from training in Musical Theatre at BOA and studying English and Drama at Royal Holloway University of London. She is Paediatric First Aid Trained and holds a Chaperone License. She can’t wait to see the students of LAR Performing Arts shine as she works to bring positivity, creativity and knowledge to this fantastic company.
Credits include:
Sybil Vane in The Picture of Dorian Grey (Royal Holloway) Helga in Cabaret (Royal Holloway) Ensemble in Little Shop of Horrors (Edinburgh Fringe Festival) Ensemble in Pippin (Space UK) Ashley in The Sun Will Rise (Camden Fringe Festival and Bitesize festival).
LOUISA IS A QUALIFIED VOCAL HEALTH FIRST AIDER
LAR PERFORMING ARTS: HERTFORDSHIRE
TRING
ST. ALBANS
WELWYN
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Tring Community Centre
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Tring High Street Baptist Church
Jubilee Centre, St Albans
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Victoria Hall, Tring
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Digswell Village Hall, Welwyn
AFTER-SCHOOL CLUBS: BRIXTON
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Corpus Christi Church Hall
CLASS INFORMATION
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This class includes 30 minutes each of Dance, Drama & Singing (with 3 specialist teachers). The class offers students the chance to take group LAMDA Musical Theatre exams.
All students have the opportunity to take part in our Summer Showcase.
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An auditioned, 60 minute class, for those who want to take their performing to the next level. All children in this class are represented by LAR Talent Agency for professional work.The class includes Singing, Dancing and Acting and we work towards competitions and performances.
This class does not include LAMDA.
All students have the opportunity to take part in our Summer Showcase.
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Our Theatre Company works towards one full scale musical production each year. This year it’s High School Musical.
All students have the opportunity to perform in our annual Summer Showcase.
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Learn the foundations of Street Dance, including locking, popping and hip hop. Our Senior group competes at Chesham Dance Festival.
All students have the opportunity to perform in our annual showcase.
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These classes build confidence and develop a healthy singing technique. We explore a variety of musical genres and learn harmonies, work on solo singing, ensemble singing and develop key performance skills. Students can work towards their solo Trinity Rock and Pop Singing Exams and compete at Chesham Music Festival.
All students have the opportunity to take part in our annual showcase.
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These classes develop confidence, projection, diction and articulation skills. We explore contemporary and classical texts, devising, improvisation, script writing and much more. We offer the opportunity to take LAMDA Acting Exams and compete at Watford and Milton Keynes Drama Festivals.
All students have the opportunity to perform in our annual showcase.
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These sessions build confidence, develop a healthy singing technique and students can perform in our two annual showcases.
Lessons can work towards Trinity exams - classical, musical theatre and / or rock & pop and LAMDA Musical Theatre exams.
1-1 students can also take part in local music festivals and competitions, prepare for professional West End auditions, or have lessons just for fun!
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These lessons are with Julius and can take place either in person or online.
Sessions will work towards LAMDA Exams - Acting, Verse & Prose, Shakespeare or Public Speaking
FESTIVAL
RESULTS 2025
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Vocal Solo (Classical) Grades 5 & 6 - WINNER: Charlotte Finch
* Vocal Solo (Classical) Ages 14 & under - WINNER: Beatrice Glover
* Vocal Solo (Classical) Ages 12 & under - WINNER: Tenzin Noryang
* Vocal Solo (Classical) Ages 10 & under - SECOND PLACE: Tenzin Pema
* Vocal Duet Ages 14 & under - JOINT WINNERS: Charlie & Chloe McGuire
* Operatic Aria Open Age - WINNER: Charlotte Finch
* Music Theatre Ages 12 & under - WINNER: Tenzin Noryang
* Music Theatre Ages 12 & under - THIRD PLACE: Millie Gathard
* Music Theatre Ensemble - WINNER: LAR Welwyn
* Pop Song Ages 14 & under - THIRD PLACE: Beatrice Glover
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Tenzin Noryang - Winner of both the Allstars Academy Cup for Songs from the Shows and the Marion Lowe Cup for Junior Classical Solo
Charlotte Finch - Winner of both The Opera Cup and the Jim Smith Memorial Cup
LAR Welwyn - The Corkish Cup for Ensembles
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Commercial Quartet - 3rd Place with Honours
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WINNERS - LAR Theatre Company (Tring) - Dramatic Scene for Ages 12-14
SECOND PLACE - LAR Welwyn Seniors - Dramatic Scene for Ages 12-14
Winner of Contemporary Pop Solo for ages 14 to 18 - Laura Hardy
Winner of Acting Through Song for ages 16 to 17 - Laura Hady
CHESHAM
RESULTS 2024
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🥇 LAR Elite / Musical Theatre - Class Winners with Honours
🥈 LAR Senior Singing - Second Place with Honours
⭐ LAR Pop Choir - Distinction
⭐ LAR Welwyn - Distinction
⭐ LAR Junior & Senior Performing Arts - Distinction
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🥇 Laura Hardy - Class Winner with Honours
⭐ Charlotte Finch - Distinction
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🥇 Laura Hardy - Class Winner with Honours
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🥇 Sophia Alves & Natalia Luberda - Joint Class Winners with Distinction
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🥇 Tenzin Noryang - Class Winner with Distinction
⭐ Annabelle Winston - Distinction
⭐ Betsy Langston - Distinction
⭐ Tenzin Pema - Commended
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🥉 Henry Mason - Third Place with Distinction
⭐ Iris Hodgetts - Commended
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⭐ Henry Mason - Commended
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⭐ Betsy Langson - Commended
