NYMT Celebrates 50 Years
NYMT celebrates 50 years with a new season showcasing the next generation of musical theatre talent,
The National Youth Music Theatre (NYMT) has announced its 50th anniversary season, unveiling an ambitious line-up of projects that celebrate half a century of nurturing the next generation of musical theatre talent. From mainstage musicals to masterclasses and residential skills courses, NYMT continues to serve as a creative launchpad where young people across the country can dream big - and deliver.
With alumni shaping the UK’s entertainment landscape, including Idris Elba, Joe Griffiths-Brown (The Phantom of the Opera), Mike Jibson (Hamilton) and Rosy Church (Les Misérables), this milestone season honours all that this remarkable charity has achieved and continues to do.
As part of the upcoming season, NYMT returns to the Birmingham Hippodrome, reinforcing its commitment to nurturing exceptional young talent while celebrating the vibrant future of musical theatre. A major highlight will be a bold new production of the timeless classic West Side Story, performed by a 70-strong young company and co-produced with The Stephen Sondheim Society.
Other highlights include Every Day, a new musical based on the novel by David Levithan, written by Martha Geelan and Nick Barstow in association with DEM Productions. Also part of the anniversary season will be Just So, written by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe.
For five decades, the National Youth Music Theatre has been at the forefront of musical theatre training and performance, nurturing generations of performers, creatives and technicians. NYMT offers outstanding opportunities for young artists to develop their craft alongside world-class creative teams.
In addition to its mainstage productions, NYMT will also present a series of New Musical Workshops, showcasing original works by emerging and established writers. These include School Play (music by Mat Pritchard, book and lyrics by Tom Williams), Lifelines by Hayley Canham, The Ballad of Raggedy Alice by Robert Messik and Roy Raby, Unbound by Matthew Harvey, and The Unstoppable Letty Pegg by Helen Arney and James Hughes. In these groundbreaking productions, talent from across the UK, aged between 10 and 23, will come together to showcase their skills.