WOAPA student joins cast of musical film

WOAPA student joins cast of musical film

Perfectly Frank


The feature-length musical film ‘Perfectly Frank’ tells the story of Frank, who has Aspergers Syndrome and agoraphobia.

Frank, who has been raised by his Grandad, on a diet of 1950s & 1960s musicals. faces a number of challenges and can only leave their house when holding his Grandads hand but when his grandad becomes ill, Frank has no choice but to leave the house alone.
The production is filmed through Frank’s eyes, which the producers say aims to allow the audience to “see the world in a beautiful, magical and musical way”.

Luke Rufo wrote the script and is also directing the production.
The musical score is by Marin Gratton.

The film is in production over the summer of 2018 in a variety of locations around Southport.

WOAPA student Dexter Kent (pictured here with Connor Deino Simkins who plays Frank) took part in the filming and had a fantastic time.

Well done Dexter - we look forward to seeing the film soon!   




West Oxfordshire Academy of Performing Arts - a children's theatre school - Dance, Drama, and Singing classes for kids who live in or around the Oxfordshire areas of Faringdon, Witney, Eynsham, Burford, Carterton, Chipping Norton, Oxford, Eynsham, Woodstock, Bampton, Clanfield, Abingdon and beyond!

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We offer fantastic additional opportunities to our students. At WOAPA, we take pride in going that extra mile. 
We have arranged, and assisted our students to appear in local productions, professional stage shows (locally and national tours) in film, television and advertisements. 

We regularly invite industry professionals to our school, to provide master-class sessions, giving our students access to work with performers at the top of their game.

Previous students have been successful in gaining places at prestigious drama schools and organisations (RWCMD Royal Welsh college of Music & Drama, NYMT National Youth Musical Theatre, Guildhall school of music)

We also offer opportunities to qualify for 'Arts Awards' in-house - assisted and moderated by our award-winning mentor. 

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