21/05/2026
What an amazing Show it was a wonderful memories. A short promo video - just a taste of what is to come with the DVD!
Emma Ward Dance & Performing Arts - 'The Land of Make Believe' - nsmith
Short Promo. Emma Ward Dance & Performing Arts presents 'The Land of Make Believe' from The Bacon Theatre.
04/05/2026
A link to the amazing photos Neil Smith at SOS Film / Photography / Sound took for our Show, Incredible photos and thank you so much Neil for again capturing all our great moments. You can order these photos through Neil's website and can cut and paste them before purchasing if you would prefer.
'The Land of Make Believe' - Emma Ward Dance & Performing Arts - nsmith
Emma Ward Dance & Performing Arts presents 'The Land of Make Believe' from The Bacon Theatre.
03/05/2026
A week ago this evening, we had just finished our second show and were packing up the theatre!
‘A Land of Make Believe: Where a Magical World Awaits’ completely surpassed our expectations – it truly was an unforgettable weekend!
We saw fantastic performances from all our pupils, and an incredible amount of hard work went into the preparation.
So many of you have told us it was “the best show yet,” and we are so grateful for all the kind comments we have received this week.
We are all immensely proud of all our pupils and the way they embraced the show. They all worked so hard, and it really paid off in what was an amazing production.
It has been a very busy week returning hired costumes, so apologies for the delay in sending this message.
I would also like to extend my sincere thanks to our wonderful team of teachers and for everything they contributed – from their amazing choreography to the rehearsals, show days, and their ongoing support. I feel incredibly lucky to have such a dedicated and talented team.
The day itself ran like clockwork, and both shows flowed seamlessly – a huge credit to our brilliant backstage team. Your support means so much.
A big thank you as well to all the parents who helped during the dress rehearsal and on the day itself – your support was invaluable, and we truly couldn’t have done it without you.
Thank you to all our backstage helpers as well, and to The Bacon Theatre team for their support throughout.
I'm including a couple of backstage photos for now, while we wait for the professional ones!
We’re really looking forward to seeing the photos and video. Thank you to Neil at SOS Film / Photography / Sound for capturing everything for us once again – your work is always fantastic and it is a pleasure having you as a part of our Shows.
We’ve spent time this week chatting with pupils about the show, along with some fun games and quizzes to relive the experience!
We’re back to normal classes next week.
Thank you again to everyone for making this such a special show.
20/03/2026
So excited for our forthcoming Show!
25/12/2025
Wishing all our pupils, teachers, parents, carers and families a very Merry Christmas!
Hope everyone has a
wonderful day!
22/12/2025
A small selection of photos from our fantastic production of 'Dick Whittington and Tommy The Cat - Our Pantomime'.
Don't forget to go to the link below to make your orders:
https://www.sosfilmphotographysound.com/Dance/NoOneWrapsLikeanElfandDickWhittington-Emma-Ward-Dance
22/12/2025
We had such fantastic Shows at The Parabola Arts Centre in Cheltenham on Sunday 14th December! Our Musical Theatre pupils, Street Dance, Junior and Senior Commercial and not forgetting of course our Adult Tap group, performed so brilliantly and the shows were outstanding! A great way every year to start Christmas and it was really good to have such big audiences! Thank you for your support!
Neil Smith from https://www.facebook.com/sosfilmphotographysound has taken some brilliant photos as usual and they are now available to view and purchase from the link below:
https://www.sosfilmphotographysound.com/Dance/NoOneWrapsLikeanElfandDickWhittington-Emma-Ward-Dance
Photos can be edited before purchasing if you would like more individual shots of your daughter or son.
Here is just a very small selection of the fantastic photos from the first show - 'Noone Wraps Like an Elf and Penguin Pete!
These photos really capture the performances from all our pupils.
So very proud of them all!
Dick Whittington photos to follow in the next post.
15/12/2025
A huge congratulations to all our Musical Theatre pupils, Street Dance, Commercial and Adult Tap classes for their amazing Performances yesterday in our Shows at The Parabola Arts Centre!! Both performances were fantastic and we are all so extremely proud of everyone involved. You are all so brilliant and you gave everything yesterday in your Performances! A huge congratulations from us all!
Lots of great photos from our official Photographer to follow. Thank you Neil at SOS Film / Photography / Sound for taking the photos yesterday.
Hope you all have a brilliant Christmas xx
involved.you
09/12/2025
Shows this weekend as well!
'Dick Whittington and Tommy The Cat@
Musical Theatre Intermediates
Commercial Classes
Adult Tap
Parabola Arts Centre Cheltenham!
4pm start!
Such a great script we have created and so looking forward to seeing you there!