London Children's Ballet to Stage Revival of ANNE OF GREEN GABLES This July

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Performances will run Thursday 2 - Sunday 5 July 2026.

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From Thursday 2 - Sunday 5 July 2026, London Children's Ballet will perform a revival of its popular narrative ballet, Anne of Green Gables. A well known Canadian story, written in 1908 by Lucy Maud Montgomery , audiences love this charming story of a lively, imaginative 11 year old orphan who lives on Canada's Prince Edward Island. Adopted by an elderly brother and sister, Anne gets herself into endless scrapes but eventually wins over the community with her endearing, fearless character and passionate nature. With a cast of 54 talented young dancers aged 9 - 16, this classic children's story is brought to life after months of rehearsals.

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This year's revival of Anne of Green Gables is led by Co-Artistic Director Jenna Lee. She was also the choreographer of LCB's original 2022 production, so this revival is in good hands. The original production was produced by Ruth Brill, who shares the Artistic Director role with Jenna. Jenna trained at the Royal Ballet School and performed as a Soloist with ENB. She completed her formal studies with a Masters in Choreography at Kent University, since when she has choreographed three times for LCB (Snow White 2015, Little Lord Fauntleroy 2016 & Anne of Green Gables 2022), plus many theatre, TV and dance college productions.

Composer Gus Nicholson trained at King's College London and the Royal Academy of Music. Anne of Green Gables marked his debut in composition for ballet, but this season he has added two new sections for angels and the bluebird. "I am used to writing music that closely accompanies visuals, such as for a short film or animation, so the visual element in writing a ballet feels quite familiar."

The production designer Elin Steele, a fluent Welsh speaker, was a finalist for the prestigious 2019 Linbury Prize for Stage Design. She has worked on such diverse productions as Matthew Bourne 's Romeo & Juliet, Scottish Ballet's Dextera and the Spice Girls Tour 2019. Associate designer this season is Juliette Georges. Plus lead rehearsal directors Amy Daniels, Nicky Henshall and James Bamford are tasked with bringing Lee's choreography to life.

London Children's Ballet is a performance company that inspires the pursuit of excellence and changes lives through dance. A leader in creating original narrative work and introducing new audiences to ballet, LCB creates a new West End ballet each year performed by talented dancers aged 9-16. Outreach work takes ballet into schools, care homes and special needs centres in and around London.

Founded by Lucille Briance in 1994, LCB is a charity that aims to inspire children from all backgrounds through dance, planting the seed of a long lasting passion that will enrich their lives. With her retirement after 25 years at the helm, ex-English National Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet dancer Ruth Brill joined as Co-Artistic Director. Each year, a favourite children’s story is developed with an original scenario full of humour, drama and excitement to engage a family audience. LCB then commissions an emerging composer to write a full-length narrative score and a choreographer to set the ballet, also working with up-and-coming costume and set designers. LCB then stages this stunning new ballet performed over a week-long run to sell-out audiences in the West End’s Peacock Theatre.

LCB is a company made up of highly talented young dancers aged 9-14 (boys 9-16). Up to 50 children join the company through annual competitive auditions of over 600 applicants, held each October/November. The following 6-month rehearsal and performance experience is free of charge, which not only makes LCB unique but also means there is no barrier to talent – LCB dancers come from every economic, social and ethnic background, united by their passion for ballet. LCB does not only select children who are technically gifted; audition judges look for children who have that special appeal that makes a dancer beautiful to watch regardless of whether or not they have a perfect ballet body.

LCB dancers rehearse on Sunday afternoons from January to June, with an intensive period of daily rehearsals over the Easter holidays and May half term. In total, they receive over 100 hours of free, specialist ballet tuition and performance experience. London Children’s Ballet fundraises year-round to ensure that it is able to offer its unique opportunity to young dancers regardless of their circumstances.

Demand for places has remained so high that a second branch of the company, LCB Tour, was created in 2004 to increase the number of children able to participate and to broaden the outreach the organisation is able to achieve. Three times a year, 45 additional LCB touring company dancers perform in residential homes, hospices, day centres and Special Educational Needs schools with a 30-minute tailored performance, taking ballet out into the community and ensuring an enriching experience for all involved. LCB also runs thriving programmes in the community throughout the year, touching the lives of over 3,000 disadvantaged children and elderly people with workshops and inspirational performances.

LCB alumni dancers include Anna Rose O'Sullivan, Principal with the Royal Ballet; James Streeter, First Soloist with English National Ballet; and Charlotte Edmonds, now a choreographer. LCB’s working associates include choreographers Cathy Marston, Ruth Brill and Irek Mukhamedov , and composers Artem Vasiliev and Ben Foskett.

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_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/London-Childrens-Ballet-Will-Perform-ANNE-OF-GREEN-GABLES-in-July-20260527)._