British Youth Music Theatre

BYMT is the leading music theatre company for young people aged 11-21. Our principal aim, as an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation, is to provide high-quality training for talented young performers, musicians and theatre technicians. BYMT has a strong relationship with the UK’s largest teaching union, the NASUWT, who are our principal private donor and also with Trinity College London who formally assess our activities. We are also one of the Department for Education’s eight National Youth Music Organisations. BYMT produce innovative and original work in some of the UK’s top venues and festivals with leading industry professionals. The courses are mostly residential and this provides the intensive, focused energy required to travel a long distance in a short time, constantly re-working and developing new material. As well as performance skills, our courses offer significant personal and educational benefits to young people: developing confidence and self-esteem as well as improving communication and team-work whilst working in an intense, professional environment. BYMT works across the UK and Ireland offering opportunities to young people aged 11-21 from any and every background. Our programme bridges the gap between local/regional drama groups and formal training at drama school/conservatoire. Since 2003 we have provided experiential training to over 6,000 young people, many of whom have successfully entered the music industries such as Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith, West End theatre such as Lauren Samuels (Beckham), TV and Film such as Charlotte Ritchie (Fresh Meat & Call the Midwife), Jack Bence (Bad Education), Lucy Griffiths (True Blood) - and many more.