Youth Music Theatre UK 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, directors, writers, composers, choreographers and theatre technicians. YMT is a youth theatre like no other, producing vibrant and innovative works in the UK’s top venues and festivals with leading industry professionals. YMT is the largest commissioner of new musical theatre in the UK. Our courses offer significant personal and educational benefits to young people: developing confidence and self-esteem as well as improving communication and team-work skills whilst working in a professional environment.

YMT’s summer projects are two/three-week residential projects where young people from all over the UK and Ireland work with a professional creative team to develop a musical that is performed in a top UK venue or festival. Casts are chosen from over a thousand talented young people who audition.

Auditions:
YMT is auditioning throughout January and February across the UK and Ireland. Auditions are a three-hour group workshop led by a professional director, musical director and choreographer. This year’s auditions panel includes: Pete Gallagher, Charlotte Conquest, Richard Healey, Rob Dowton, Rachel Birch-Lawson and Vince Manna.

Auditions cities: Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Colchester, Dublin, Edinburgh, Inverness, Leeds, Leicester, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich, Nottingham, Plymouth, Reading, Sheffield, Shrewsbury, Southampton, Stockton, Swansea.

Auditions can be booked online: www.youthmusictheatreuk.org/auditions
or over the phone: 020 8563 7725