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The Department of Culture, under the umbrella of the Ministry of Education, Sports and Creative
industries, announces the staging of the 2026 National Secondary Schools Theatre Festival. <\/p>

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The highly anticipated national event from 13th<\/sup> \u2013 18th<\/sup> April, 2026, will bring together the creative brilliance of Antigua and Barbuda\u2019s youth, who will represent ten (10) secondary schools in the dance component and six (6) secondary schools in the drama component of the festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year\u2019s event promises to be a vibrant showcase of storytelling, movement, culture and innovation as students take to the stage to demonstrate artistic excellence, youth expression, discipline, collaboration and cultural pride.<\/p>

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As the Government of Antigua and Barbuda continues to expand opportunities through the creative industries sector, organizers are confident that events such as the National Secondary Schools Theatre Festival will serve as a launching pad for future actors, playwrights. Choreographers, directors, educators and cultural ambassadors.<\/p>

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Members of the general public are encouraged to support the festival by attending all of the activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further details regarding venue, performance schedules and ticketing will be announced in the coming weeks.<\/p>

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The Department of Culture, under the umbrella of the Ministry of Education, Sports and Creativeindustries, announces the staging of the 2026 National Secondary Schools Theatre Festival.  The highly anticipated national event from 13th \u2013 18th April, 2026, will bring together the creative brilliance of Antigua and Barbuda\u2019s youth, who will represent ten (10) secondary schools in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":268486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-268485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nDepartment of Culture Announces Return of National Secondary Schools Theatre Festival - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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