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| Bush Davies School of Theatre Arts | |
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United Kingdom | |
| Coordinates | 51°08′47″N0°01′04″W / 51.1464°N 0.0178°W /51.1464; -0.0178 |
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| Type | Independent |
| Established | 1914 |
| Founder | Pauline Bush |
| Closed | 1989 |
| Specialist | Dance/Performing Arts |
| Website | http://www.bush-davies.com |
Bush Davies School of Theatre Arts was adance and performing arts school in theUnited Kingdom.[citation needed] Founded by the dance teacher Pauline Bush inNottingham in 1914,[1] and later with branches inRomford,Essex andLondon; it was bombed out duringWorld War II and then moved to a former boys' schoolEast Grinstead. The Romford branch closed in 1974 and the East Grinstead branch in 1989.[citation needed] After Pauline Bush's death, the school was run by her daughter Noreen and her husband Victor Leopold. Later their son Paul Kimm joined them, and he remained Principal until the school closed.
In May 1959, Marjorie Davies produced and directed the musical "What Katy Did" by Jo Masters, which starred students of the Bush Davies School with Pat Goh as Katy.[citation needed]
In 1974, Susan Passmore and Raymond Bishop produced the annual July performance 'Time Steps' in celebration of the school's Diamond Jubilee in the Adeline Genee Theatre.[citation needed] The 330-seat theatre opened in 1967 on land gifted by the school with a performance ofCoppelia.[citation needed] The school staged an annual production each summer.[citation needed] The Theatre was demolished by the owners of the residential care home that now operates in Charters Towers and the grounds of the old school.[citation needed]
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