Brecon Festival Ballet

24/07/2026

MWDA's summer show gets a mention on BBC Radio Wales!

Roy Noble OBE, who is Honorary Patron of Brecon Festival Ballet, came to see the MWDA senior school show and then told audiences all about it on his Sunday evening show!

(You can hear Roy talking about the performances here, starting at 1.13.40)

Join Roy for chat, stories, memories and great music on a Sunday evening.

20/07/2026

The Nutcracker 2026 Audition Information!

Brecon Festival Ballet is excited to be returning to Theatr Brycheiniog this December with five performances of Tchaikovsky’s famous Christmas ballet, The Nutcracker. This ballet features professional ballet dancers and a live professional orchestra and has many roles for actors. Performances usually sell out!

The Nutcracker: Audition Information for Adults-
If you would like to take part in 2026, BFB is holding auditions for the adult cast on Sunday 13th September, 4.30-6.00pm, in the Theatr Brycheiniog studio.

The Nutcracker: Audition Information for Choir-
Auditions will be held on Sunday 8th November at 4:30pm, in the Theatr Brycheiniog Studio; always wanted to take part? This could be your year!

The Nutcracker: Audition Information for Children and Parents/Guardians
If you would like to take part in 2026, BFB is holding auditions for young performers in the Theatr Brycheiniog studio on Sunday 6th September, come along and have a go!

There will be five performances of The Nutcracker from Friday 18th to Sunday 20th December 2026

13/07/2026

Another successful showcase weekend for MWDA!

Congratulations to everyone onstage and backstage for your hard work and enthusiasm over the show weekend! You have all done MWDA proud. It was a very ambitious show this year and the whole team rose to the challenge. Diolch yn fawr iawn i bawb!!

Photos

We can’t wait to share more amazing pictures soon, thank you everyone for such kind and supportive comments!

12/07/2026

Good luck to all Mid Wales Dance Academy Senior Students in their Summer Showcase - few tickets still available for 11am today!

Mid Wales Dance Academy Senior School is excited to work with Maestro Music UK on a new ballet being developed by an award-winning composer with Welsh roots − Daryl Griffith (who has not only orchestrated and conducted ballets for Matthew Bourne, but was also former music director at London City Ballet.)  Our version of this well-loved tale will feature our 65 talented dance students dancing with moving projections and a growing beanstalk, designed by Adam Read. Many former MWDA students have gone to become professional dancers; don’t miss your chance to talent-spot the next generation- and see sneak preview excerpts before this ballet’s world premiere here in April 2027!

https://theatrbrycheiniog.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873661881

11/07/2026

Good luck to all the students in MWDA senior school, you have all worked incredibly hard, we can’t wait to see you all on stage and we know your audiences will be delighted!

Still time to book your tickets for Mid Wales Dance Academy school’s version of Jack and the Beanstalk, coming up today and tomorrow the 12th - part of the development process for the BFB professional version in April 2027
Book tickets here: https://theatrbrycheiniog.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873661881

08/07/2026

Spotlight On: Daryl Griffith

Daryl Griffith is an award-winning composer, orchestrator, conductor and musician whose career reflects many aspects and types of music.

He has been acting as musical adviser for BFB since 2023 and is the composer of Jack and the Beanstalk.....
Read more here: https://www.breconfestivalballet.com/who-we-are

Remember to book your tickets for Mid Wales Dance Academy school's version of Jack and the Beanstalk, coming up on July 11th and 12th - part of the development process for the BFB professional version in April 2027
Book tickets here: https://theatrbrycheiniog.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873661881

06/07/2026

We have been super busy!

We were very excited to have composer Daryl Griffith and designer Adam Read at our first rehearsal onstage last night, here are Katy Sinnadurai and Bethan Cooper rehearsing the students of Mid Wales Dance Academy senior school.

Remember to book your tickets for Mid Wales Dance Academy school’s version of Jack and the Beanstalk, coming up on July 11th and 12th - part of the development process for the BFB professional version in April 2027!

05/07/2026

22/06/2026

We are delighted to share that five students from Mid Wales Dance Academy’s senior school have secured places on vocational dance training courses and will head off to full-time training in September.

These five talented MWDA students have also been a part of our BFB’s production of The Nutcracker since they were all very young, it’s been so wonderful to see them grow and develop as dancers. We wish them all the luck, and we look forward to welcoming them back in the future!

Pictured are Sarah-May Gunning (seated right) and Kaylah van Staden (seated left), who will be going to the NPTC dance course; Willa-Rose Callender (left), who is going to The Hammond School; Oscar Kelsey (centre), who is going to Central School of Ballet; and Flora Warry (right), who is going to London Studio Centre.

You can read more here about these wonderful students in this B&R article!

https://www.brecon-radnor.co.uk/news/dance-academy-celebrates-five-students-heading-to-professional-training-917372

17/06/2026

Fancy a sneak peak??

Rachel Giaccone, the creative genius behind so many of our Nutcracker costumes (Rats, Snowflakes, Trepak and many more...) is bringing her vision to Jack and the Beanstalk now! Here she is creating owl costumes for the night time scene in Act 1, on two students from Mid Wales Dance Academy.

Remember to book your tickets for Mid Wales Dance Academy school’s version of Jack and the Beanstalk, coming up on July 11th and 12th - part of the development process for the BFB professional version in April 2027!