British Youth Music Theatre - BYMT

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British Youth Music Theatre is the leading music theatre company for young people aged 11-21.

BYMT is the UK’s leading music theatre company for young people aged 11-21. Founded in 2003, it quickly established itself as a leading national youth arts organisation, with a presence across the UK and a reputation for innovative work, offering high quality training and development for a thousand 11-21 year olds each year. Now an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation, its principa

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31/12/2024

Our 20th Anniversary season has had its last curtain call, so we thought we’d take a look back at the year - and what a year it’s been! We are so excited for everything that’s to come in 2025🤩

The BYMT team wish you all the best for the coming year and we hope to see lots of you at auditions very soon! 🎭

Photos from British Youth Music Theatre - BYMT's post 30/12/2024

BYMT BTS - December🎄

1. A moment from when our Leeds Team went to the gorgeous Christmas Concert.
2. A throwback to the start of the month setting up for Let It Snow, fab teamwork from Heather and Helena💪🏼
3. Our London Team tackle the Northern Line to make it up to Leeds for our staff Christmas meal - they made it (just)!
4. Festive cheer from our lovely Milly and Rosa🥂
5. Our BYMT team secret santa presents (forever finding a use for our iconic tote bags)
6. Big smiles all round after an exciting 2025 season development meeting with Evie Press, Louise Roberts and Evie Atkins!
7. A sad farewell to our wonderful Production Coordinator Heather Macinnes🥺 Good luck with everything and don’t be a stranger!

Stay tuned for next month…in 2025!

26/12/2024

BYMT’s Boxing Day Sale is back! 💥

Book your place on one of our audition workshops taking place all across the UK and Ireland in January and February with a festive discount!

Use the code SLEIGH20 at checkout to GET 20% OFF and receive a FREE BYMT T-SHIRT on the day of your audition. 🤩

Great news for young musicians - this discount code also applies to our Musician Audition Workshop too! 🥁

Find an audition city near you and book your place: https://britishyouthmusictheatre.org/take-part/auditions

24/12/2024

Thank you to everyone who has made BYMT’s 20th Anniversary such a fantastic year of new musicals, creative celebrations and joyful friendships! 🎭

Those of you who joined us at ‘Let it Snow!’ this year will recall this wonderfully festive performance of ‘Peacefully Falls the Snow’ by our young people from 2024 BYMT productions and camps, written and composed by Amir Shoenfeld.

The BYMT team wish you all a restful break and we look forward to creating more brilliant new music theatre with you in 2025, giving voice to the stories that our young people want to tell the world 🌟

20/12/2024

Comment below which When We Strike character you think is singing! 🧐

Photos from British Youth Music Theatre - BYMT's post 11/12/2024

Wrapping up our 20th Anniversary Year with our very own BYMT Wrapped💫

(And if you haven't got a tote bag yet, why not?🤭)

Photos from British Youth Music Theatre - BYMT's post 03/12/2024

Thank you to everyone who helped us sing out our 20th Anniversary year this past Sunday at Let It Snow 2024❄️

We couldn't put on the shows we do without our wonderful core BYMT team, our fabulous creatives from each project, our generous pastoral team and of course, our talented casts of young people.

This was our best Let It Snow to date, and we are excited to continue commissioning new musicals and working with extraordinary individuals year on year.

Next up... our 2025 season...🤩

01/12/2024

🌟 Announcing the 2024 NMTA Award Winner! 🎭

Congratulations to Eden Tredwell, who we revealed as this year’s New Music Theatre Award winner during our ‘Let It Snow!’ event at Shoreditch Town Hall this evening. Eden’s musical - a delightful mix of Norse mythology, Loki, and old-school comedy - will be developed in 2025 ahead of a London premiere in our summer season. 🎶

Eden says: "Youth theatre is very close to my heart, and I have long admired BYMT for their commitment to new musicals. This show combines mythology, mayhem, and old-school musical comedy—I can't wait!"

We’re so excited to see this incredible show come to life!

21/11/2024

EDIT: This giveaway is now closed

Win your chance to sing out our 20th year with us at Let it Snow!🤩

We’re giving away two tickets for our end of season production Let it Snow to one of our wonderful followers!

Let it Snow details:
📆 Sunday 1st December
📍 Shoreditch Town Hall
⏰ 6pm

All you have to do to enter this exciting giveaway is like this post AND comment who you’d take with you as your plus one, one comment equals one entry. If you already have your tickets why not enter and be in with a chance to get some more and spread the festive joy!

This giveaway is running on Facebook and Instagram until Monday 25th November at 10am. There will be one winner randomly selected and announced via our stories. Please note the winner will be contacted via this account only and any other accounts posing as BYMT on Facebook are not part of our organisation.

What are waiting for? Get those entries in now! 👯‍♂️

[This giveaway is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Facebook]

19/11/2024

We're celebrating National Lottery Good Causes today, as this year marks 30 years since the first ever Lotto draw! Players of the National Lottery have helped to fund many amazing projects over the years and we've been able to continue our work producing incredible new musicals with casts of talented young performers🎉


Arts Council England

15/11/2024

🌟 Our incredible summer camps are now on sale 🌟

Designed for young people looking to explore their potential and develop their confidence in acting, singing, movement, writing and instrumental playing abilities, our camps are the perfect summer destination for all musical theatre lovers.

Open to 11-17 year olds who will spend a week with top theatre professionals creating a brand new show.

There is no audition to be a part of our camps but booking is first come, first served so book now below to avoid missing out!

https://britishyouthmusictheatre.org/take-part/courses

12/11/2024

🌟 Kickstart Your Career in Theatre! 🌟

We are hiring a Production Assistant for 2025! This role is an amazing entry-point for those keen to work in theatre production, offering hands-on experience across departments and opportunities to develop key skills. Apply by 12pm on 2nd December 2024.

Find out more: https://britishyouthmusictheatre.org/were-hiring-production-assistant

06/11/2024

Audition online for our 2025 season🎭

After a wonderful first day of online auditions this past weekend, we are excited to welcome everyone to our next ones! There are still spaces available to audition with us on Saturday 16th November from 2pm-5pm.

What to expect:
Our auditions are creative group workshops led by professional theatre practitioners and are friendly spaces where we explore acting, singing, movement and team working skills. All disciplines are taken equally into consideration when casting our shows, so give everything a really good go!

What happens next?
Successful auditionees will join our two week residential courses during the Easter or Summer holidays, where you’ll work with a professional artistic team to create a brand new piece of musical theatre that will be performed in a professional theatre at the end of the project.

Book your slot now via the link below🤩

https://britishyouthmusictheatre.org/take-part/auditions

01/11/2024

Today we are delighted to announce the locations for our 2025 National Audition Tour.

➡ In-Person Auditions will take place in sixteen cities across the UK and Northern Ireland in January and February 2025, and are available to book now: britishyouthmusictheatre.org/take-part/auditions 🔗

Every year hundreds of young people 11-21 year olds perform in fully staged musicals created by West End writers and directors, on the professional stages of venues such as Southwark Playhouse, Lyric Theatre Belfast, and Birmingham Hippodrome with BYMT.

For your chance to take part in the next Easter and Summer seasons of shows all you have to do is come and audition and show us what you can do. Sing, dance, act, play a musical instrument!

PLUS there is still time to book on to our Online Auditions (Nov) and Musician Workshop Audition (Feb) 🎶

Book your audition now at the link below.
https://britishyouthmusictheatre.org/take-part/auditions

25/10/2024

Are you a talented musician aged 11-21? Do you play ANY instrument to a grade 7 standard and above? Want to experience playing in a pit-band or on-stage band?

Join BYMT’s brand new bespoke musican workshop in February 2025!

We’re inviting musicians to join us for a three hour workshop ran by an industry leading Musical Director alongsisde the BYMT team. This will give us the chance to see your skill level and for you to ask us any questions you might have about BYMT and our productions.

For more information on this and our other audition options, follow the link below.

https://britishyouthmusictheatre.org/auditions/musician-audition

21/10/2024

Our Online Auditon 1 on 2nd Novemeber is now sold out!!

Tickets still availble for the following dates dates:
Sun 10 Nov 2024: Online
Sat 16 Nov 2024: Online

Book your online audition now at the link in our bio 👉

16/10/2024

A wonderful quote from composer Amir Shoenfeld about his work on When We Strike with BYMT this Summer Season.

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BYMT (Formerly Youth Music Theatre UK) is the UK’s leading music theatre company for young people aged 11-21. Founded in 2003, it quickly established itself as a leading national youth arts organisation, with a presence across the UK and a reputation for innovative work, offering high quality training and development for a thousand 11-21 year olds each year. Now an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation, its principal purpose is to offer talented young people a bridge between school or local music theatre and formal training at drama school. Its full range of work extends from working with young people (some with no previous experience) in socially disadvantaged areas to short courses at postgraduate level for those starting professional careers.

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A Look Back at 2024
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