Luca – Dancing Man
Congratulations to GAPA’s ‘Luca’ who made his professional theatre debut last night – performing alongside TV and West End theatre star John Partridge in John’s ‘Dancing Man’ show at the Chequer M…
Grade 5 Pointe debut
West End leading man Joh Partridge visited GAPA today on our first day of term and caught the grade 5 girls having their debut moment on pointe as they began their very first pointe class. Excitin…
Laura Veazey promoted to Deputy
Congratulations to Miss Laura, who after 13 years of hard work alongside Mrs G at GAPA, is now taking up the position of Deputy Principal. Hugely deserved!
Bailey in CATS Tour
Enormous congratulations to our former head boy, Gielgudian, Bailey Johnson who has been cast in the 2024 UK/International tour of Cats. This is his first job since graduating from Bird College in …
Billy on TV Tonight
Huge congrats to our former Head Boy Billy Byers, who stars as ‘Neville’ tonight in ‘Changing Ends’ on ITV at 9.30pm alongside Alan Carr.
Isaac in Starlight, London
Good luck to Gielgudian Isaac Edwards who has been cast in Starlight Express, London. Isaac has already been in the cast of Starlight, but in Bochum, Germany, so we’re thrilled for him to returning…
Modern Exam Success
Excellent results for our ISTD modern exams. No fails or straight forward pass marks, all were either high merits or distinctions. Well done all!
GAPA show 2024
Two performances at the Hub for our end of year show attended by Celebrity VIP John Partridge who handed out medals at our prize-giving ceremony. Congrats to all who performed. The most exciting mo…
RAD HQ Exam
Huge congrats to Ella and Ellie who took their Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) Intermediate ballet exam today. Both passed with flying colours – a distinction for Ella and a High Merit for Ellie.
ROH trip 2
An exciting trip organised by our RAD Ballet teacher Mr Simpkins, for our Intermediate girls and Gielgudians, to see the Sarasota Ballet at the Linbury, Royal Opera House, to see a new programme of…
ROH trip 1
A group of our RAD students were treated to a trip to see the Royal Ballet performing at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in a wonderful mixed bill of Frederick Ashton ballets. A huge thank you…
Ellie – BTUK School
Congrats to our prefect Ellie Bennett, who has successfully auditioned for the School of Ballet Theatre UK in Hinkley, and will commence on their 3 year Ballet Degree Course in September.
Ballet exams
Wow – what wonderful results for our ISTD ballet exams. Out of 17 entrants, we had 10 distinctions and 7 strong merits. Congrats to everyone, especially to our wonderful pianist Mr Heard, who playe…
Carina at the Place
Gielgudian and forrner (and our very first) GAPA Head Girl, Carina Howard, is performing this week in Mark Bruce Dance Company’s production of Frankenstein. We were thrilled to see her dance brilli…
Louis in Mamma Mia
Huge congratulations to Gielgudian Louis Wallond who will be joining the cast of Mamma Mia in the role of Pepper on board Royal Carribean Cruise Lines – Allure of the Seas on a world cruise.
Jasper in Dune 2
Gielgudian Jasper Ryan Cater was at his premiere tonight of Dune 2 at the Odeon Leciester Square, London. This was Jasper’s first major movie role since graduating from Mountview where he trained a…
Issy in Puss in Boots
Congratulations to Gielgudian and former GAPA dance captain Issy Hateley who has been performing in professional panto all this month as part of her journey at BTUK School. Pictured here with her s…
JP Panto trip
Wonderful GAPA trip today to see John Partridge starring in the Horsham pantomime.
BTUK School visit
Mrs Gielgud had such a wonderful day today at the School of Ballet Theatre UK visiting Gielgudians Issy Hateley, Isobel Charman, Rosie Roff and former GAPA Head Girl Eve Lewis. An afternoon of clas…
Bailey in Panto
Gielgudian and former GAPA head boy Bailey Johnson performs in professional panto this year at the Wimbledon Theatre in London in Cinderella. Well done Bailey!
Matt in Moulin Rouge
Congrats to gielgudian Matt (Hill) Trevorrow who had his West End debut last night in Moulin Rouge the musical – we’re so proud of you Matt!
Miss Gwen joins GAPA faculty
We’re thrilled to announce a new teacher joins our faculty – Miss Gwen . See our Faculty page to find out more abut her!
Rosie – BTUK School
Good luck to Gielgudian Rosie Roff who starts her training on the ballet degree course at the School of Ballet Theatre UK this term.
Congratulations to all our pupils that performed so brilliantly in our end of year presentation on Saturday. A massive thankyou to all out parent helpers, Team Gapa and our wonderful faculty. It wa…
What a treat for Gapa prefect Nellie to see Gielgudian Matt (Hill) Trevorrow performing in Disneys new musical Newsies last night. So lovely to see our former pupils working in the profession. Well…