Directors
Jeff Clarke
Jeff has worked extensively as a director and a musical director in professional theatre since 1982. Before starting his own opera company (Opera della Luna) he worked regularly in repertory theatres all over the country. He is vastly experienced in working with children as he has written and directed many pantomimes over the past few years. In the course of his work Jeff comes into contact with a vast number of experienced singers, dancers and actors with teaching experience many who have now taught for Perform!
Sally Ross
Sally trained as a teacher at the Froebel Institute College of Education, where she studied drama as a main subject. Subsequently she has acted, sung and danced her way through the past 30 years having been a member of many choirs, musical theatre and operatic groups. Having run her own Nursery School for 17 years she and Jeff then set up Perform! in 1999 as they identified a lack of opportunity for children to learn music, dance and drama skills from the perspective of the Performing Arts profession.
The combination of Jeff‘s career of over 25 years in the theatre and Sally’s experience with working with children, as well as her own music and drama experience, has helped to create a unique opportunity for children to attend classes and work with professional actors, singers and dancers – all of whom teach on a regular basis.
