National Youth Music Theatre announced its 50th anniversary summer season in Birmingham, including a large-scale production of WEST SIDE STORY at Birmingham Hippodrome, new musicals, and workshops following a record year of over 1,300 auditions.
The London premiere staged concert of Joey Contreras' In Pieces has added a fourth and final performance at The Other Palace on Tuesday 31 March at 11am due to demand with all tickets throughout the house priced at £35.
Joey Contreras' new musical In Pieces, will make its London premiere this spring, with an exclusive one night only concert at The Other Palace on Monday 30 March.
Will Jackson and Elinor Peregrin have been announced as the winners of this year’s New Music Theatre Award (NMTA) to develop their musical theatre show Sea Change for production in 2026.
British Youth Music Theatre has announced its annual seasonal celebration, Let It Snow, will take place in December at Woolwich Works — marking BYMT’s first event at the venue.
The Original 2023 UK Cast Recording is available now for the musical stage adaptation of THE BOOK THIEF, based on of best-selling novel by Markus Zusak. Listen to the album here!
The premise of The Shark is Broken is deceptively simple; three men in a boat, waiting and talking. We meet the cast of a new film in 1974 when Bruce the mechanical shark, necessary for the whole shoot, is indeed broken. Robert Shaw, Roy Scheider, and Richard Dreyfuss would go on to star in the iconic 1975 film Jaws which sparked a lifelong fear of the ocean for many.
The new British musical JANE will premiere with public workshop performances that offer a first look of Act 1 at The Other Palace Studio. Learn more here!
This year, Crossroads Live, one of the largest producers of commercial theatre worldwide, presented over 800 weeks of theatre (almost double last year's number) with 39 standalone productions, in addition to 23 pantomimes.
Eden Tredwell has been announced as the winner of the New Music Theatre Award (NMTA) at BYMT's end of year Let It Snow! event at Shoreditch Town Hall on Sunday 1 December.
Casting has been announced for the UK and Ireland tour of The Shark Is Broken, the behind- the-scenes West End and Broadway hit comedy about the making of the movie Jaws.
All new photos have been released from Babies, a new British coming-of-age musical at The Other Palace until 14 July 2024. Check out the photos here!
Real life is looming right after the end of Year 11. Entrusted with a robotic newborn, a group of students need to survive a week in their new roles as parents while their GCSEs get closer and closer. The school is trying to teach them responsibility and warn off any unwanted pregnancies - but the teens already have too much on their plates. The new arrivals, though only plastic infant simulators, blow up their routines: lies are uncovered, relationships shatter, and friendships blossom. The complicated inner lives of modern teenagers are dissected in a jolly musical romp that’s surprisingly touching underneath all the fun and games.
When I started composing the score, I really wanted to find a musical language with which to establish the world of these nine teenage characters.
New photos and video have been released today for Babies, a new British coming-of-age musical which will play a strictly limited 6-week season at The Other Palace from 31 May – 14 July 2024.
Babies, a new British coming-of-age musical, will play a strictly limited 6-week season at The Other Palace from 31 May – 14 July 2024. Learn more about the show here!
Babies, a brand-new British coming-of-age musical written by Jack Godfrey (42 Balloons, This Is A Love Story) and directed by Martha Geelan (who makes her debut as a musical book writer) is currently premiering at The Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue. The final staged concert performances will take place tonight, November 12. Check out photos from the concert here!
It’s a particularly interesting moment in time for new musical theatre writing, and more specifically, British new musical theatre writing. The future for musical theatre writing is bright’ Producer James Lane discusses developing new British musicals and the exciting new show Babies?
Crossroads Live and theatre development company Indigo Productions have revealed the casting for Babies, a brand-new British coming-of-age musical written by Jack Godfrey (42 Balloons, This Is A Love Story) and directed by Martha Geelan (who makes her debut as a musical book writer).
Applications are now open for British Youth Music Theatre's 2024 New Music Theatre Award.
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