Our Staff
See below for details about our staff members!
Our Other Teachers
Miss Sarah Dare
Miss Sarah is a professional musical theatre performer with a passion for working with young people. Having trained at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, Sarah has gone on to perform all across the UK and even in the UAE! Alongside her acting career, Sarah has been teaching all over London in various
performing arts schools and working with the National Youth Music Theatre as a chaperone. She has seen first hand, how much young people gain from the performing arts and more importantly – how much fun it can be! Outside of theatre, Sarah loves catching up on Gogglebox and baking whenever she
can. She can’t wait to join the fun at Roadnight Performance Academy.
Miss Anne Chesterton
Growing up in London, Miss Anne started dancing at the age of 3. Training at a variety of dance schools across South West London, she achieved Merit and Distinction in RAD Ballet exams from Pre-Primary to Grade 8. She also began taking Pointe classes when she joined Elite Dancers Academy in 2013. More recently, she has gained experience in a range of other dance styles including Tap, Jazz and Contemporary. Over the years, Anne has enjoyed performing in dance shows and musical theatre productions such as West Side Story. Her love of Dance and musical theatre remain an in recent years, she has enjoyed assisting with productions of High School Musical and We Will Rock You whilst working as a teaching assistant at Knightsbridge School. Anne is excited to be assisting with classes at Mr Henry's and hopes to share her passion for dance and musical theatre with her students.
Henry Roadnight
Wondering who this mysterious “Mr Henry” fellow even is? Well, allow us to introduce him!
Hailing from the hilariously-named northern town of Ramsbottom, Mr Henry trained at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and has a wealth of professional industry experience as a performer, dance captain, musical director, and composer. Not only that, he’s also a long-time believer in the power of youth theatre. His favourite colour is yellow, he’s never eaten a fruitcake (there’s no good raisin too), and he once went skydiving, much to his mother’s fury.
As a performer, Mr Henry has appeared as Rubble in Paw Patrol Live (International and National Arena Tours), Buttons in Peter Duncan’s Cinderella, Buttons in Cinderella (Alexandra Theatre, Bognor Regis), Wishy Washee in Aladdin (Theatr Clwyd), Phil Mackey in 110 in the Shade (Ye Olde Rose + Crown Theatre), and Barney in Sweet Charity (Leicester Curve).
Mr Henry has worked as Musical Director in projects including Nickelodeon’s Paw Patrol Live Pirate Adventure (International and National Arena Tours) and the National Youth Musical Theatre
His own composition credits include Super Hero the Musical, which was produced by NYMT and performed in The Leicester Curve and The Rose Theatre, and The Dysfunctional Guide to Being a Third Wheel, which was performed at the Crazy Coqs Theatre. We’d like to use this space to also announce he’s just finished writing The Dysfunctional Guide to Being a Barista, too. Watch this space!
As a teacher, Mr Henry studied his PGCE in Performing Arts, and has over eight years of experience working with children in performance. He’s been proud to see his tutees go on to appear in West End productions such as Les Miserables, Thriller and The Jungle, and can’t wait to keep helping his students reach their performance dreams. He holds a Grade 8 Piano certification, Grade 6 Tap Dancing, and Grade 8 LAMDA. He’s also technically qualified to coach Ultimate Frisbee, but you probably won’t see that in action much in his classes.
Mr Henry would argue that all his own personal creativity, charisma and confidence, stemmed from his experience in attending various performing arts groups as a child. That, or the number of times he’s listened to The Sound of Music soundtrack! How do you solve a problem like so many fantastic songs on one album?
Those who have met Henry might describe him as a bit of a big kid, but that doesn’t detract from his clear, passionate, and value-driven mind frame that has brought Mr Henry’s Performance Academy to the place it’s at today. If you’re unsure or have questions about his classes, please feel free to reach out, as we’d be happy to discuss what we can offer you and your young performer every step of the way.