App Franchises

To celebrate twenty years of being amazing, a franchise theatre school is asking all of its students to get involved in a national event for charity, testing their fitness, determination and resolve. On Saturday 21st March, students across the UK will be donned their pedometers and getting in as many steps during their performing arts practice in order to hit the magic ’20 Million Steps’ number. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Razzamataz Theatre Schools, all students, Principals, teachers...

The Club Hub award finalists for 2020 were announced on 2 March. 90 finalists, across 15 award categories, have been shortlisted from a total of 1019 applications, representing 388 businesses. The standard of applications was very high and represented a diverse range of kids’ activities, clubs and related businesses.Razzamataz Theatre Schools is delighted to have been shortlisted as finalists for a number of awards. Charlotte Olivares, Principal of Razzamataz Maidstone and Nick Furlong and Gemma...

It’s been more than 13 years since the original jingle stole the hearts of the business leaders in BBCs Dragons’ Den and now we are delighted to reveal a new jingle, reflecting a new decade and celebrating the theatre schools twenty year birthday.Denise Hutton-Gosney, the MD and Founder of Razzamataz Theatre Schools bravely stepped into the Den with four of her students to perform the jingle and help set the scene for Denise’s pitch, which ultimately won support from Dragon Duncan Bannatyne. The...

Thousands of professional performers and teachers apply but only a select handful get chosen to teach at the prestigious MOVE IT event on 13-15 March at Excel London. MOVE IT is the world’s biggest dance event, celebrating all forms of dance and the performing arts. Some of the country’s biggest dancers, choreographers and teachers will be showcasing their talents, connecting the community through dance.This year’s event will include a host of famous names from Creative Ambassador Layton Willia...

Katrina Melling is the Principal franchisee for Razzamataz within the High Wycombe franchise territory. She took the leap from being a freelance vocal coach to owning a theatre school franchise and is enjoying this next challenge in her career. Background I got my first job playing piano at a ballet class when I was a teenager and spent my whole career in music and teaching. I worked at Razzamataz within the Marlow franchise territory as a singing and drama teacher and have worked professi...

Leading pizza franchise network, Papa John’s, has announced franchisees Sukhbir Gill and Lakhwinder Singh (Lucky), have opened a new franchised Papa John’s pizza store within the franchise territory of  Runcorn, Cheshire and taken over a further store within their franchise territory region.  This brings the number of Papa John’s pizza franchises they run up to 12 stores in the North West now including Runcorn.  Lucky explains:  “Being multi-unit operators has always be...