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9 unusual facts about Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts


Gemma Pranita

Pranita was encouraged to join the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) by her drama teacher, and from 1999 to 2003, she competed at state level in the Shakespeare Globe Association's annual Shakespeare festival.

Graham Walne

He has given numerous Masterclasses on lighting and sound in Europe, the USA and Australia where he still lectures at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA).

Hélène Joy

Joy was born and raised in Australia, studying at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in Perth.

Julia Harari

Among others, Julia Harari has trained with Melbourne Theatre Company, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Victorian College of the Arts and The Australian Film and Television Academy.

Lachlan Gillespie

He attended the Fame School of Performing Arts as a teenage, earned a Bachelor of Arts in musical theatre at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), and has performed in musicals in Melbourne and New York.

Lucette Aldous

Currently she teaches in Perth, Australia at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) and the Perth School of Ballet in Osborne Park.

Martin Crewes

He moved to Australia when he was 10 years of age, and attended the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, in Perth.

Mount Lawley, Western Australia

The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) was established in 1980 and teaches acting, musical theatre, directing, dance, jazz and contemporary music, classical music, arts management, production, design, and broadcasting.

Tim Maddren

In 2003 Maddren moved to Perth, Australia to study at the WAAPA (Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts) from which he graduated in 2005.


Bachelor of Dance

Edith Cowan University (through the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts) - Bachelor of Arts (Dance); Advanced Diploma of Performing Arts (Dance).


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