Petra Carey - Drama Instructor

Petra is from Edinburgh. Her first introduction into the theatre was singing with ‘Jess Conrad’ in ‘Joseph’s Technicoloured Dreamcoat’ at the King’s Theatre in Edinburgh. It was that experience which drove her to winning a place at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, in Drama and Acting Studies. During her training she worked with Frankfurt Opera Company and appeared on Take The High Road. Petra graduated in 1991 starting her professional career in a lead part for BBC’s in ‘Parell Lives’ alongside River City’s Julie Coombe. Other film work includes Bank Of Scotland Discrimination with John Buick for Scope TV and recent 2006 film for Speakeasy Productions for NHS Scotland.
Petra toured as a singer with accomplished musical director and pianist ‘Stuart Mitchell’ who worked with Dame Shirley Bassey , Culture Club and Rita Coolidge. She then went on to perform the role of ‘Doreen’ in Tony Ropers ‘The Steamie’ which earned her great reviews. Other theatre work includes: Royal Lyceam, Ideal Husband with Victoria Hardcastle, Festival Theatres ‘Ina’ in Spindrift with Paul Nivisan. She also performed in many pantomimes
She acted alongside Bob Grant (from On The Buses) in Pitlochry Festival Theatre and Perth Rep, with Tom Flemming in Shawdowlands and with Andy Gray and Edith MacArthur in ‘What Every Woman Knows’.
Petra was hand picked by award winning actress ‘Jill Balkan’ (Daniel Day Lewis’s mother to perform a poetry master class.
She has taught Theatre in Education for the last 16 years in schools and colleges in Edinburgh, Fife and Stirling. She has toured an educational MacRoberts Show in the Forth Valley District and works with Interact NHS in schools in Stirling.
For the last two years Petra has loved teaching pupils at Stageworx and feels honoured to be part of the Stageworx family .

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