News & Information
3 students nominated for the IDTA Musical Theatre Awards 2025
We’re thrilled to announce that three of our talented students have been nominated for the prestigious IDTA Musical Theatre Award 2025! Phoebe, Sophia, and Elsie achieved outstanding marks in their Musical Theatre exam in June and have been nominated by the examiner for their exceptional performances. Congratulations to these stars for this incredible achievement! We’re ... Read more
Matilda The Musical Summer School 2024
We welcomed over 30 enthusiastic students to our three-day Summer School, where they immersed themselves in fun-filled workshops in Street, Musical Theatre, Lyrical, and Jazz. Each day was packed with energy, creativity, and teamwork as the students prepared for an exciting final performance inspired by Matilda the Musical. From singing to dancing, they truly gave it ... Read more
5 students qualify for the NATD Theatrical Scholarships Grand Finals
WHAT AN INCREDIBLE DAY! Our Cashmore dancers completely blew us away at the NATD Theatrical Scholarship Northern Heats! Each category had 30+ dancers in and only 5 dancers qualified for the Grand Finals in each category. We’re delighted to announce that we have 5 dancers heading to the Grand Finals.. And a special mention to ... Read more
2023 Success!
Thank you to everyone who has been part of a fantastic year at CSD. We have countless positive highlights to be proud of: …and so much more! The continued support of students, parents and the wider Cashmore family has been phenomenal and we appreciate each and every one of you. Here’s to 2024, another exciting ... Read more
Show tickets now on sale!
Tickets for our show, ‘Lights, Camera, Action!‘ are now on sale on The Crescent Theatre website! To avoid disappointment and following our sold out performances last year, we would advise to get your tickets as early as possible! The performance dates are as follows: Cashmore School of Dance is proud to present Lights, Camera, Action! ... Read more
CSD becomes member of IDTA!
Cashmore School of Dance is now a member of leading dance qualifications awarding body, IDTA. We are delighted to announce that Miss Lauren has been awarded Associate Member of the Ballet Faculty for IDTA. This Associate membership covers Ballet, Tap, Theatre Craft, Modern Jazz, Gymnastic Dance and Freestyle. Coincidentally, Miss Lauren was nominated for the ... Read more
Show 2023 announcement: Lights, Camera, Action!
We are excited to announce that our next show is… Lights, Camera, Action! Taking place on Sunday 8th and Sunday 15th October 2023 at The Crescent Theatre. More details to follow soon!
Miss Lauren judges Cardiff University Dance Competition for the second year in a row
For the second year running, Miss Lauren was invited to be a judge at Cardiff University Dance Competition this weekend. The competition hosted over 300 dancers from universities all over the UK competing in ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, and street. Miss Lauren was honoured to be asked to judge, and she was so impressed by ... Read more
2022 Success!
In a year where we sadly lost our inspirational founder, Rita Cashmore, we have countless positive moments to be proud of: …and so much more! We know that Miss Cashmore would be so proud of everything we achieved this year. Thank you so much for your continued support throughout 2022 – we are so proud ... Read more
Miss Lauren achieves Distinction in her Level 4 Professional Diploma
We are delighted to share the news that Miss Lauren has achieved Distinction in her Level 4 Professional Diploma in Dance Teaching. The diploma covers the theatrical branch of NATD, including Ballet, Tap, Modern Stage, Contemporary and Musical Theatre. This qualification is in addition to many vocational dance qualifications Lauren has achieved with RAD and ... Read more
Preliminary student, Evelyn, accepted onto Birmingham Royal Ballet Dance Track
We are so proud of our Preliminary student, Evelyn, for being chosen for the Birmingham Royal Ballet Dance Track Programme! The programme endeavours to identify and train young participants showing a potential and talent for ballet. 2800 children were seen from over 40 Birmingham Schools, and only 96 were chosen to join the first year ... Read more
Summer School 2022
Encanto and School of Rock From August 15 – August 17 we ran two super fun Summer Schools that were a huge success! The Summer Schools consisted of fun class workshops in jazz, lyrical and musical theatre from different Disney films and Musicals. At the end of the three days, students then performed in a ... Read more
