Blackbird Creative Arts & Key Stage Door

20/06/2026

It’s nearly time for our end of year variety show! We can’t wait! This week we’ve been super busy practicing our songs, dance routines, trying on costumes and building sets! Busy,busy 🥰 Darlington Hippodrome

16/05/2026

Honestly we are so lucky. Thank you for partnering with us and thank you for being so friendly and lush and letting us borrow you for a photo op!

16/05/2026

Can you guess what they're being?

04/05/2026

We cannot thank Banks Community Fund and Point North enough for this donation that funded so much high quality music equipment. We are so lucky!!

30/04/2026

So exciting to go on backstage tour with Julian and from learning all about their current show What a brilliant experience for our pupils. We are lucky enough to have as our regular dance teacher so pupils loved that he had his own special hanger 😂🥰

26/04/2026

Our wonderful music teachers are at it again releasing another amazing single that's been played on the radio this weekend! Give them a like and a follow! We 🖤 it!!

Our brand new single, "You Gave Up On Us", is out today on Spotify/iTunes/Bandcamp
Produced by David Neil Crabtree (of North Riding!), & mixed/mastered by Wayne Proctor.
Thanks to Moonbase Creative for the artwork & Art of Noise for capturing this photo of us
We will be sharing our official music video today at midday - YouTube link is in the comments below
Thanks to everyone who has pre saved & listened X

21/04/2026

We are so very grateful to Banks Community Fund for this! Our students are going to benefit so much 🖤

🎶 A boost for creativity in Darlington…

Blackbird Creative Arts & Key Stage Door is helping young people reconnect with education through its Key Stage Door programme – offering dance, music and performance sessions for those struggling in mainstream school.

The programme has been able to invest in new instruments and equipment, giving students even more opportunities to learn, express themselves and build confidence.

The initiative is already making a real difference – helping young people feel more capable, creative and valued, while supporting their journey back into education.