WELCOME TO LAR BRIXTON
At LAR Brixton we are all about building confidence and learning key performance skills. We have a Christmas performance and a Summer performance for parents, friends and family. LAR Brixton is a registered LAMDA Exam Centre with exams taking place each Spring. LAMDA counts towards UCAS Points. Read more about the benefits of LAMDA here.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR OWN IN-HOUSE, SPOTLIGHT REGISTERED AGENCY - LAR TALENT AGENCY
Our classes are taught in separate age groups and we explore a different theme each term. Our sessions focus on building confidence and self-esteem and developing articulation, stamina, memory, communication, coordination and collaboration.
Our classes include Musical Theatre (learning songs and dances from the shows), Street Dance (locking, popping and hip hop), Pop Singing and Drama.
All children have the opportunity to take LAMDA Exams. We explore poetry and script work, improvisation, devising and much more.
VENUE
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Corpus Christi Church Hall, 11 Trent Road, Brixton, SW2 5BJ
HOLIDAY WORKSHOPS
VENUE
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Corpus Christi Church Hall, 11 Trent Road, Brixton, SW2 5BJ
CLASS INFORMATION
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For weekly classes: 10% for two children, 15% for three or more children. Use discount codes SIBLING-2 or SIBLING-3 when booking
For holiday camps, siblings receive 50% discount. Book the first child at full price and use the discount code SIBLINGS for any further bookings.
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Please visit our Uniform shop here
We ask children to wear a LAR T-shirt for their LAMDA Exams and recommend that children wear jazz shoes or trainers for our classes.
Please note that all of our classes are "drop-off"
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.’
HANNAH MOSS
STREET DANCE/PERFORMING ARTS/DRAMA
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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.
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. LAR has since grown to encompass 3 locations around the country, each with individual timetables tailored to the children in each area. Julius and / or Louisa (husband and wife team) teach at every location and know each student personally.
The success of LAR Performing Arts led to the founding of LAR Talent Agency in 2020, representing both adults and children for professional work in theatre, musical theatre, television and film.