A new performing arts school for young people set up by Birds of a Feather star Pauline Quirke is set to open in Morecambe.
An open day for the new Pauline Quirke Academy of Performing Arts will be held at the Bay Leadership Academy (formerly Heysham High School) on Saturday September 10 from 9.45am to 1pm.
Classes will take place at the Bay Leadership Academy every week.
The open day will include free taster lessons in musical theatre, comedy and drama, and film and television.

You can request a free information pack and book your place here.
For more information you can contact the principal, Mairead Croly, on 07481080293 or freephone 0800 531 6282 or email mairead.croly@pqacademy.com
The first Pauline Quirke Academy of Performing Arts opened in 2007 and now there are over 200 academies across the country, teaching more than 13,000 young people aged between four and 18 about comedy and drama, musical theatre, and film and television.
Pauline is best known for her role as Sharon in the hit comedy Birds of a Feather.


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