INTERVIEW: Lancaster school for stars of stage and screen opens new studios

Ciara Moriarty inside the new The Performance Studios location in Lancaster

A school for budding stars of TV, film and theatre is set to open its brand new state-of-the-art home in Lancaster.

The new Performance Studios will launch today (August 29) at 17 Dalton Square.

The school for budding singers, dancers, actors and performers is run by creative director Ciara Moriarty, and was previously based at Moor Space at The Dukes.

Their new home at the former Look Fantastic beauty products store has had a full refurbishment across three floors.

This includes The Performance School with ground floor dance studio including mini theatre, state of the art stage flooring, curtains and spotlights.

The first floor is home to the Moriarty Talent Management agency, which casts actors for TV roles, and the top floor will house a singing and podcast recording studio.

LISTEN to Ciara Moriarty talking about The Performance Studios

Ciara, originally from Liverpool, trained at Sir Paul McCartney's LIPA school (Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts) and studied theatre and entrepreneurship at Lancaster University.

The 25-year-old said it was a dream come true to open the new purpose-built hub in the city centre, to train the next generation of TV, stage and film performers in Lancaster.

Young people aged three and upwards attend the school, and the talent agency is also now opening its books to adults.

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