Main School Events
2026–2027
New school year starting 1 September 2026
October Half Term events:
Sunday 25–Tuesday 27 October 2026
STUDIO TO STAGE *NEW*
New Bury Theatre, Hurstpierpoint College
Brand new event where dancers compete their festival solos, duets, trios and groups as well as take masterclasses – competing to win prizes at both.
Saturday 31 Oct and Sunday 1 Nov 2026
Supreme Dance Competition
The Stag, Sevenoaks Regional Heat
70 entries reserved - enter via Miss Lucy
October Half Term
Possibly entering Dance World Cup 2026
Video audition TBC
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Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 January 2027
Destination Dance
The Stag, Sevenoaks Regional Heat
150 entries reserved - enter via Miss Lucy
2027 Festivals
February/March 2027
Worthing Festival 2027
*First AED Qualifier for 2028*
Pavilion Theatre, Worthing
April / Easter Holidays
Sussex Festival 2027
*AED Qualifier for 2028*
The Hawth, Crawley
Extra Festivals
Please check with your teachers before entering these events to ensure they do not clash with your group rehearsals.
3 and 4 + 10 and 11 October
May clash with group rehearsals
https://souththeatrearts.co.uk/events
Eastbourne Festival 2027
Takes place in February Half Term every year
Solos, duets and trios only
Chichester Festival of
Music, Dance & Speech 2026 AED
Feb–Mar
Bognor Festival
Petersfield Dance Festival July
Parents do their own entries via website
Fareham Dance Festival July/Aug
Parents do their own entries via Festival Connect
South Theatre Arts Festival July + various
Parents do their own entries via website
Bright Star Festival July, August + various
Parents do their own entries via form
Special Events
All England Dance
All England Dance Regionals
Venue: Fareham Live
Please arrive 1-hour before your first dance
Saturday, May 23, 2026
12:30 – Twilight Romance
16:35 – God Gave Me Feet For Dancing
Sunday, May 24, 2026
12:10 – Home to Me
15:05 – Evil (Senior Jazz/Modern Large Group)
15:05 – Beethoven in Havana
18:30 – Feeling Good
18:30 – Driven
Monday, May 25, 2026
11:45 – Gershwin
14:00 – What He Wrote (Senior Lyrical Small Group)
16:25 – Fallin’ (Senior Jazz/Modern Small Group)
16:25 – Liquid Spirit
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
11:55 – Walking with Clouds
15:10 – Peter Pan
18:45 – Life On Mars
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
12:55 – Cinderella Waltz
14:15 – Under Pressure
15:35 – Deep Breaths
Thursday, May 28, 2026
12:40 – Walk On By
16:55 – The Speakeasy
16:55 – The Look
Sunday, May 31, 2026
19:10 – Unwritten
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Global Dance Open (World Finals)
14th–19th July 2026, San Sebastian, Spain
All England Dance, National Finals
25 July – 2 August 2026
Winter Garden Theatre
and Congress Theatre Eastbourne
Other Events
Southern Dance Class Awards
Sunday 21 September – Brighton
Sunday 18 January – Grand Finals (Clash)
Performers Of The Future, Brighton 2026
Sunday 18 January, Brighton Dome
Performing: Senior Large Group Open
Making Moves Regional Platform
Sadlers Wells Lilian Bayliss Theatre
Friday 13 February, BDC Youth only
Elite Competitions
Ballet Grand Prix – Semi-Final in London
Dancers enter and take part in a masterclass. If selected to go through to the finals, dancers will prepare a ballet and contemporary solo.
https://www.balletgrandprix.co.uk/home
The Performance Platform
For classical repertoire soloists
https://www.theperformanceplatform.org.uk/