Stagecoach Blog

By Carling Connor, Franchisee, Stagecoach Ottawa West 

After more than eight years teaching with Stagecoach Performing Arts Schools in the UK, I’ve seen the backstage workings of a Saturday school — new students’ first week nerve, the warm-ups that turn into giggle-fests, the small but powerful victories when a student takes a risk and feels that sense of pride and growth. This year, I’ve embraced an exciting new challenge—launching my very own Stagecoach school. It also means relocating my family from the UK back across the pond to my hometown of Ottawa to bring our dream of business ownership to life. 

This September, I’ll be opening Stagecoach Ottawa West — my first business, my first experience as a franchisee, and my first time bringing this performing arts programme to a market that has largely never heard of it. My life’s work to date has been as a musical theatre performer and educator. But I always had the idea that I’d want a school of my own to marry my love for the arts with what it can do for children (and what it did for me when I was a kid). 

To read the full article, head over to Elite Franchise website to see how Carling is journaling her journey as a Stagecoach Franchisee.