National Youth Music Theatre (NYMT) with a wonderful end-of-year celebration.
To end a year of spectacular work, the National Youth Music Theatre (NYMT) has announced they will yet again return for A Christmas Celebration at the iconic Smith Square Hall this December. Leading youth arts organisation NYMT will celebrate their 50th year of providing exceptional opportunities in musical theatre for talented young people aged 10-23. NYMTA Christmas Celebration marks a special moment for the 2024 company of young performers, backstage teams and musicians to come together to pay homage to the incredible work carried out this year.
Audiences will hear songs from this year’s NYMT season including Stephen Sondheim’s timeless classic Into the Woods; an ambitious new folk musical Catastrophe Bay written by Kit Buchan and Jim Barne and Madness’ Our House, that saw members of the company winning a Guinness World Record for most complete costume changes in a lead theatrical role–with 37changes. There will also be teasers from the 2025 season, tasters of new musicals in development and most importantly, some festive Christmas carols!
Just under a thousand performers auditioned to join the NYMT 2024 company. They will all be following in the footsteps of the newly appointed patrons and further NYMT alumni including multi-award-winning household name Idris Elba, Phantom of the Opera’s Joe Griffiths-Brown, Hamilton’s Mike Jibson and Les Misérables’ Rosy Church. The newly appointed patrons for this year included previous alumni-critically acclaimed Matt Lucas, the award-winning Amara Okereke and It’s a Sin’s Callum Scott Howells.
NYMT welcomes everyone to get involved and is committed to making musical theatre and the professional industry more accessible to young people across the country, regardless of location or economic circumstances. With exciting news in the works, NYMT asks the industry to watch this space ahead of some momentous announcements just around the corner.
NYMTA Christmas Celebration: Sunday 8thDecember,4 pm
Sinfonia Smith Square, Smith Square Hall,London,W1P3HA
Running Time 2 hours including an interval
Box Office Tickets are available from £15 - £35
Tickets: Book online - Sinfonia Smith Square
Further Information: Christmas Celebration - Sinfonia Smith Square