Cardwell Theatre School

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Michael Ball to headline star-studded Christmas shows at Manchester's AO Arena - from the team behind The Brit Fest It's being billed as one of Europe's largest festive shows.

We are beyond excited to finally share that our dancers will be performing at the incredible Christmas Musical Spectacular at AO Arena this December and Miss Sophie is so proud to also be joining the creative team as choreographer! ✨🎄

This incredible event features a phenomenal cast of musical theatre stars, a live orchestra, and choir in what promises to be one of the biggest festive shows of the year.

What an unforgettable opportunity and experience for everyone involved ❤️

📍 AO Arena Manchester
📅 22 & 23 December 2026

A huge thank you to everyone supporting our dancers on this exciting journey, more rehearsal updates coming soon! ✨

We are so excited that our very own Chloe Radford will be joining the cast of Moulin Rouge The Musical World Tour!

We are so incredibly proud of you Chloe! Go live the dream! ❤️🥰✨

Booking Open Now! ✨🎭

Come and join us for a fun filled week of dancing, singing, and acting!

🌟 Workshops in a variety of disciplines: Ballet, Jazz, Singing, Acting and Musical Theatre

🌟 Daily crafting of scenery, props, and costumes

🌟 Summer School T-shirt

🌟 Confidence, performance skills and making new friends.

🌟 Most importantly, have fun!

By popular demand Miss Sophie will be running 2 weeks of Summer School again this year! You can sign up for both weeks or just 1 of the weeks.

Week 1: Monday 27th - Friday 31st July

Week 2: Monday 3rd – Friday 7th August

Times: 9.00am - 4.00pm

Ages: 5 years upwards

Message Miss Sophie at [email protected] for more information

Wallasey Festival! We had a wonderful time by the beach this Easter at Wallasey Festival! ✨☀️

B Tap: Naya 1st 🥇
B Character: Naya 4th 🏅
B Song and Dance: Naya 3rd 🥉
B National: Naya 3rd 🥉
C Song and Dance: Alya 1st 🥇Robyn 3rd 🥉 Keira 4th 🏅
C National: Alya 1st 🥇Keira 3rd 🥉Lucy 4th 🏅
C Lyrical: Lucy 3rd 🥉
C Ballet: Lucy 3rd 🥉
C Tap: Alya 1st 🥇 Keira 2nd 🥈
C Modern: Robyn 2nd 🥈 Keira 4th 🏅
C Character: Keira 1st 🥇 Lucy 4th 🏅
E Ballet: Elsa 2nd 🥈Emily 4th 🏅
E Song and Dance: Emily 2nd 🥈
E Lyrical: Emily 4th 🏅
E Tap: Emily 2nd 🥈
F National: Casey 2nd 🥈Amelia 4th 🏅
F Tap: Casey 1st 🥇
F Greek: Casey 2nd 🥈
F Musical Comedy: Amelia 4th 🏅
F Character: Casey 2nd 🥈 Amelia 4th 🏅
F Song and Dance: Casey 1st 🥇 Amelia 3rd 🥉
F Ballet: Casey 1st 🥇
F Modern: Casey 2nd 🥈
Senior Classical Duet: Elsa and Emily 3rd 🥉

Trophies :
Endeavour Award- Keira 🏆
Class C Aggregate- Alya 🏆
Most promising Boy - Casey 🏆
Highest Mark Tap- Casey 🏆
Highest Mark Song and dance - Casey 🏆
Highest Mark Ballet - Casey 🏆
F Cabaret Aggregate - Casey 🏆

A huge congratulations to Casey Martin for winning the Tap Performers Class! ✨💜🏆

We are so proud of you Casey! What an incredible achievement! ⭐

💜IDTA THEATRE DANCE AWARDS 2026!! 💜

Congratulations & Good luck to our students who have all been nominated for the prestigious IDTA Theatre Dance Awards!

⭐Megan: Performers Modern and Tap
⭐Casey: Performers Tap

Sadly Emily and Elsa are unable to attend but are pleased to have been nominated in the Tap Grades.

They have all been nominated out of more than 7,000 examinations this year, for a score of 92% or above, showing huge potential in their specific genre.

We’re incredibly proud of your fabulous achievements! ✨

Miss Sophie had the best time teaching the Contemporary Modern Jazz classes and Assessing the Tap classes at the IDTA International Dance Teachers Association Junior Theatre Awards 💜✨

A very talented group of dancers who showed such passion in every class, it was just amazing to see 💫

A huge thank you as well to everyone involved in putting together such a brilliantly organised and special event.

Photography by 📸

We had a wonderful 2 weekends at

Congratulations to all the dancers!

A Novice Song and Dance: Frankie 4th 🏅
A Song and Dance: Naya 4th 🏅
A Novice Character: Naya 3rd 🥉
A Novice National: Frankie 1st 🥇🏆
B Song and Dance: Siena 4th 🏅
B Novice Tap: Siena 1st 🥇🏆 Sophie 4th 🏅
B National: Siena 1st 🏆🥇
C Novice Song and Dance: Robyn 3rd 🥉
C Novice Tap: Alya 1st 🏆🥇
C Novice National: Lucy 2nd 🥈
C Song and Dance: Keira 3rd 🥉
C Character: Keira 1st 🥇 🏆
C National: Keira 2nd 🥈
Junior Classical Duet: Siena and Sophie 4th 🏅
E Ballet: Elsa 4th🏅
E National: Elsa 3rd 🥉
F National: Casey 2nd 🥈
F Song and Dance: Casey 3rd 🥉
F Ballet: Casey 3rd 🥉
F Greek: Casey 4th 🏅
F Character: Casey 1st 🥇 🏆
F Tap: Casey 2nd 🥈

Best Choreography: Casey Greek 🏆 (Choreographed by Sam Fairbrother)