
Cherries Musical Theatre featuring the Next Stepz Academies
Cherries Musical Theatre featuring the Next Stepz Academies

We are mother and daughter duo Sarah Bishop and Kim Blount. Sarah brings her wealth of knowledge and experience as a theatre producer, director, writer and love of being on stage as well as qualifications in childcare to the Cherries duo.
Kimberley received a distinction in music performance from Leeds college of music, is a talented musician, choreographer and also loves to tread the boards.
Sarah and Kim are also part of the production team at By The Play Theatre productions and this gave Sarah the platform to write and produce her own musical, Somewhere which is climbing the ladder quickly becoming a popular new family friendly fairy-tale.
You will find either Sarah or Kim leading all of the Cherries and Next Stepz sessions with the assistance of some very lovely and talented DBS registered students.
Our ethos is to give all children and young adults in our classes the opportunity to explore the performing arts with the biggest emphasis on fun. We pride ourselves on being friendly, accessible, affordable and tailor make all our shows and showcases to suit each individual child.
We are at the top of the game with policies, safe-guarding and all licensing requirements.
Our weekly classes rehearse towards 2 staged shows at outside venues each year. In 2025 and 2026 these venues are Yeadon Town Hall Theatre and Woodhouse Grove School Theatre.
We are proud to offer Cherries children's musical theatre classes in the community and in a local School. Cherries classes are for children aged 4-11 years.
We also offer our highly acclaimed Next Stepz Academy, teaching drama and musical theatre to young people aged 8-18, and we also offer highly acclaimed and very popular school
holiday full day workshops.
You might see us in the community on stage at local events or performing for charity fundraisers.
In addition to this, we also produce a number of licensed shows each year at Yeadon Town Hall Theatre. Entry into these productions is done by audition and details are released on our social media. Please keep a look out for all the exciting plans we have for 2026.
Yeadon Town Hall Theatre
Join us in February 2026 for the return of our magical and original production 'Once Upon a Time'. Once Upon a Time took to the stage in Dec...
Yeadon Town Hall Theatre
The first class in the week is our Monday night class in Yeadon.
5.30pm to 6.30pm
Yeadon Constitutional Club
For budding musical theatre lovers 4-10 years
This is a fabulous class with friendly children keen to explore the performing arts and take to the stage to show their families and friends everything they have been learning.
How proud we are to run 3 classes each week at Horsforth Newlaithes School. They are currently almost all fully subscribed with a waiting list for the Tuesday. We have been at this fabulous School for 17 years!
Tuesdays (From yr 1)
Wednesdays (From REC)
Thursdays (From REC)
Please email us in the first instance to enquire about a place
Our Next Stepz academy offers a step up in teaching and welcomes students from 8 to 18 years.
We have 3 fabulous Next Stepz Academy classes in the week.
They are as follows:
Wednesday at Guiseley Theatre
5.15pm - 6.15pm
10-18 years
Thursday at Yeadon Con Club
6pm - 7pm
8-14 years
Thursday at Yeadon Con Club
7.05pm - 8.05pm
12-18 years
Cherries holiday workshops have a stunning reputation for being welcoming, inclusive and producing fantastic work.
We offer a range of workshops across the year with an extensive program in the summer.
We kindly add that children and young people in attendance must have an interest in musical theatre as this is a performing arts activity group not a childcare setting. Thank you 😊
There ain't no workshop like a Cherries workshop (*Said somebody once and we really agree with them)
. It's all rather Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious wouldn't you say?
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Monday 27th and Tuesday 28th October
Guiseley Theatre
Descendants is back! We promised we would repeat this workshop because it was fully booked in a flash last time. So if you're 'Rotten to the Core' and would like to be 'Chillin Like a Villain' this October then BOOK NOW to secure your place !
All our early bird places have been booked and we have limited spaces available. Remember, its 'Good to be bad'...
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Wednesday 29th October
Guiseley Theatre
The Jukebox Musical day is back! Join us for a one day workshop in the October Half Term to explore some fabulous musicals such as MJ Musical, &Juliet, Mamma-Mia and more.
There isn't a show with this workshop but we will video record some of the highlights.
One Day - 9.30am to 4.30pm
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Please use this option to make a booking for Horsforth Newlaithes Tuesday Cherries class Autumn term 2 covering November and December 2025.
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Please use this option to make a booking for Horsforth Newlaithes Tuesday Cherries class Autumn term 2 covering November and December 2025 for 2 siblings.
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Please use this option to make a booking for Horsforth Newlaithes Wednesday or Thursday Cherries class Autumn term 2 covering November and December 2025.
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Please use this option to make a booking for Horsforth Newlaithes Wednesday or Thursday Cherries class Autumn term 2 covering November and December 2025 for 2 siblings