celebrating 15 years on the stage ‘Creating, exploring, growing, performing, life-changing.’ Howard Goodall CBE ‘I cannot express how incredible my BYMT experience has been. It has given me a lot more self-belief and drive to reach for my goal. I have developed not only with skill but as a person too and I cannot wait for the future.’ Emily 17 | BYMT participant welcome

The educationalist Sir Ken Robinson To quote the ever playful Kurt Vonnegut, recounts a story about a primary ‘ Practice an art – not to get money school teacher who asks a pupil and fame, but to find out what’s what she’s drawing. inside you, to make your soul grow.‘

‘ A picture of God,’ she replies. A summer spent with BYMT – with ‘That’s interesting, because no second to none pastoral care, in the one knows what God looks like’ company of professional creators, ‘Well, they will in a minute,’ in a room full of like-minded peers – says the girl. provides memories to last a lifetime.

This anecdote exemplifies how children’s I guarantee that every participant will instinctive creativity has no limits. continue to reap the benefits of those But how do we nurture the qualities experiences, deep into their adult lives. inherent in that child’s answer through adolescence and into adulthood? Zoë Wanamaker CBE | Actress

Walking into any BYMT rehearsal room, you’ll see the question being tackled with unbridled energy. Young people working with creative practitioners who are not only at the top of their professional game but also, crucially, seeking to challenge, provoke and nurture curiosity in young people.

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We are proud to celebrate our 15th more international students and artists Birthday with a rebrand, a new head and find ways of encouraging the office location and a renewed sense exchange of ideas and experiences. of purpose for the next fifteen years. We hope too that the title ‘British’ offers After much deliberation, consultation a more aspirational description for young and research we have changed the people, their parents and their teachers. company name to British Youth Music Theatre which we hope reflects the Finally, we move to a world-class new commitment that the company has had centre for theatre training at Mountview to British music, composers, writers and in Peckham, London, with some of the creative talent. British theatre is world finest rehearsal and performance facilities renowned and forms a major part of the in the UK. Please do come and visit us in UK’s creative industries. So changing our new home, especially to see our first our name to British directly expresses production there in August – the women’s the core of our work. boxing musical Fight Like A Girl.

It will also further our aim of increasing It’s an exciting time for all of us and we international recruitment onto our look forward to you joining us on the summer courses and our aspiration to next fifteen years of our journey. create international collaborations and Jon Bromwich tours. We are part of Europe, culturally Executive Producer and intellectually, and also of a wider international community of artists and theatre makers; so in the future we hope we can extend a welcome to

05 2019 SEASON

Goblin Market Fight Like A Girl Paperboy London venue Mountview Theatre London Lyric Theatre Belfast Book and lyrics by Kath Burlinson Book and lyrics by Nick Stimson Book and lyrics by Andrew Doyle Music by Conor Mitchell Music by James Atherton Music by Duke Special

A chamber opera of high energy physical A gritty musical set against the backdrop A heart-warming, coming-of-age, new theatre and complex musical harmonies of the remarkable rise of women’s boxing. musical drama that bubbles with humour; based on Christina Rossetti’s famous Drawing upon real-life accounts from set against the gritty backdrop of 1970s tale. With music by renowned composer young female boxers, this contemporary Belfast on the Upper Shankill Road. Conor Mitchell, this enchanting drama challenges long-held gender Based on the much-loved memoir by Irish production charts the story of two sisters stereotypes and questions identity in the writer and peace builder Tony Macaulay, who are ‘tempted’ by goblin merchant 21st century. See the dynamic physicality and adapted for musical stage, with men. Unmissable, tempting, controversial, of boxing brought to life and discover music from platinum-selling Belfast artist seductive… can you hear the Goblin call? what happens when you’re faced with Duke Special and writing by stand-up fighting more than just your opponent. comedian Andrew Doyle. TAKE PART TAKE ‘West End transfer shouldn’t be out of the question for Paperboy’ 2019 SEASON Irish News on Paperboy, 2018

Dance Connection 5 New Musical Theatre Award peter pan Victoria Theatre Woking Wolsey Theatre Ipswich Theatre Royal Margate New commissioned production in memory Book and lyrics Nick Stimson of director Vernon Mound 1965 - 2012 Music by Jimmy Jewel

Our Dance Connection series of This brand new musical production has A delightfully modern one act version new productions has successfully been developed and produced through of J.M. Barrie‘s classic Peter Pan with fused advanced contemporary BYMT’s New Music Theatre Award, a pop/rock score. Embark on a journey dance with complex choral work, which aims to support high-quality, to Neverland with the boy who never often addressing challenging and emerging writers and composers and grew up, his trusty side-kick Tinkerbell, contemporary subject matter. identify the writing talent of the future. his unlikely partners Great White Panther and the Red Indians, and the cunning, cowardly Captain Hook and his motley crew of pirates.

07 ACTOR AUDITIONS

FOR 11 - 21 YEAR OLDS Every year, in January and February, we TRINITY COLLEGE LONDON see up to 1,500 young people to join our core company and make new shows. ALL PRODUCTIONS ASSESSED BY TRINITY COLLEGE AT GRADE 8 Young people audition as a group STUDENTS RECEIVE CERTIFICATES but also sing solo – either their choice from our list or a song we teach them. CONTRIBUTING TO UCAS Participants learn a short but complex ‘Trinity has assessed BYMT’s movement piece together. They will work for over ten years. We deliver a short audition speech which they need to learn in advance. applaud the opportunities the company has given to so We look for a wide range of skills including exceptional dancers, top singers many young people and the and actors with energy, commitment and consistently high standards authenticity. If they box, do martial arts, achieved in performance.’ play instruments, eat fire or are world- John Gardyne | class athletes, all the better! Head of Performing Arts. The process of putting together a new musical is a fantastic experience. We work with a large number of highly talented and specialised professionals every year to deliver this. It’s a joy to see it happen. TAKE PART TAKE ACTOR AUDITIONS MUSICIAN AUDITIONS

Each year we offer opportunities to WEST-END TUTORS talented young musicians aged 11 - 21, BE PART OF THE CREATIVE PROCESS who play any instrument to at least WORK RESIDENTIALLY WITH THE grade 7 standard, to play in a pit-band, ACTORS AND BACKSTAGE TEAMS on-stage band or as an actor-musician. PLAY IN PROFESSIONAL THEATRES The BYMT Musician Pool is a collection ACQUIRE INDUSTRY CONTACTS of musicians who have successfully CREATE A MEMORY FOR LIFE auditioned, via video or workshop, having performed at the required ‘This project was highly standard. Once you have successfully educational – the young people joined the BYMT Musician Pool, as asked a lot of fascinating requirements develop for each of the questions in terms to the topics summer productions, you will be invited we were discussing. It was also to join a specific BYMT company. If you accept, you’ll be placed on a residential musically challenging learning project, between 1 and 2 weeks long, so many different genres – to create a brand new piece of music which they learned with ease’ theatre. The selection process is not Assistant Musical Director | based on geography, so you may not WILD, 2018 be placed on the course closest to where you live – you may be working in London, Aberdeen, Plymouth, Belfast or somewhere else!

09 EASTER & SUMMER CAMPS

MUSICAL THEATRE CAMPS No auditions, FOR 11 - 17 YEAR OLDS no experience Fun-filled 6-day summer activity holidays providing necessary intense, creative training for anyone aged 11-17 looking Make a new show to explore their potential in 6 days and develop their acting, singing and dancing abilities. Join the experts No auditions or experience necessary. the most intense ‘ It gave me the creativity you confidence to can imagine believe in myself and my abilities’ Annabel | BYMT participant

TRINITY COLLEGE CERTIFICATE AT GRADE 6 TAKE PART TAKE EASTER & SUMMER CAMPS BOOT CAMPS

No auditions, A 6-DAY INTENSIVE Learn about COURSE FOR no experience 17 - 21 YEAR OLDS audition technique necessary Take your theatre skills Prepare for to the next level with our Make a new show 60 hour course offering Drama School in 6 days specialist training and intensive learning, Engage your Join the experts particularly beneficial professional for those interested talents the most intense in applying for drama school or conservatoire. creativity you Free your mind ‘I have had the best time can imagine in my musical theatre for performance career with everyone Forget everything involved in the project including the cast, you have ever creative team, pastoral learned before team and the backstage crew. Thank you for Learn about theatre making the best summer the BYMT way I have had for a while.’ Michal | BYMT participant

11 TAKE PART Deputy Stage managers assistant choreographers assistant designers directors/composers Assistant musical INTO PAID WORK: 20+ TOTAKE THEIRFIRSTSTEP AND CAREERCHANGERS,AGED UNDERGRADUATES, GRADUATES OPPORTUNITIES FORRECENT CREATIVESCHEME TRAINEE

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INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ARE Additionally, we have ambitions to WELCOME ON ALL OUR COURSES work overseas with students and have AND EVERY YEAR WE HAVE A run courses in Spain. We welcome GROWING COHORT BOTH FROM approaches from overseas collaborators EUROPE AND FURTHER AFIELD. with a view to touring, co-production and running new courses. In the last three years we have taken students from Australia, Belgium, Cyprus, France, Egypt, New Zealand, Nigeria, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and the United States onto our Summer Camps and Boot Camp. Overseas students are also encouraged to audition for the company, mostly in London, and have been successful in recent years. We do require a working knowledge of English but it is also true that many students use BYMT courses to improve their spoken and written English. We can advise prospective students on the level required.

13 WORLD-CLASS TRAINING

Experience the Power of intensive training Remember these moments Find the real you as a performer Stay friends forever

‘It was such a professional performance unlike anything I have ever done before and this opportunity has enabled me to build such amazing life-long friendships.’ Arthur 16 | BYMT Participant CREATIVES WORLD-CLASS TRAINING industry professionals

Kath Burlinson Steven Dexter Victoria Evaristo David Hewson Director Director Director Composer Associate Director of BYMT from West End premieres of Honk; Trained at the Guildhall School of Composer, musical director and actor- 2004 - 2008 and founder of the La Cava (Victoria Palace); Maddie Music and Drama. Has led classes at musician. Musical Director of the award- Authentic Artist Workshop and (The Lyric); Loserville (Garrick); Mulan Italia Conti Academy and Royal Central winning actor-musician theatre company Collective. For BYMT, Goblin Market; (Singapore); Loserville; Out There; School of Speech and Drama. For BYMT, Dumbwise. Teaches extensively on the The Silver Bough and Missing Mel. Salsa Sisters; and Paperboy (BYMT). director for Musical Theatre Boot Camp. Actor-Musician course at Mountview.

ellie jones anjali mehra clare prenton nick stimson Director Choreographer Writer/Director Writer/Director Community and Education Director Trained at Central School of Ballet. 2019 marks 20 years in the theatre Playwright and theatre director. at The Orange Tree Theatre, Associate Credits include, Dick Whittington industry for Clare who directs and Associate Director of The Theatre Royal, Director at Sheffield and Artistic Director (Watford Palace Theatre); Two Sides writes script, book, libretto and lyrics for Plymouth. He has worked on countless at Southwark Playhouse. For BYMT, (Cornetto Cinema); This Heaven theatre, musical theatre, opera inside BYMT productions, Unforgotten; According to Brian Haw; Vanishing Point, (Finborough theatre) and First Ladies and open air. For BYMT, The Watchers Frankenstein; Peter Pan; A Winter's Miss Interpreted and Dirty Stop Outs. (BYMT). and Ghosts of the Past. Tale and Fight Like a Girl. 15 OUR COMPOSERS

James Atherton Nicola chang Charlotte harding

James has worked with the Royal Nicola graduated from Hong Kong Charlotte is a composer and saxophonist. Opera House, English National Opera, universities as a classically-trained She studied composition at the royal Glyndebourne, Opera North, The New percussionist and has since built a college of music. Charlotte has written Vic Stoke-on-Trent, Lion Television, reputation as composer and sound works for a wide variety of leading Channel 4, ITV1, BBC1, BBC2, BBC 4 and designer in the UK. She is also a ensembles and soloists, receiving Film 4. He is based in Manchester, is a current cast member of Stomp! performances at prestigious venues such director of Oldham Youth Workshop and as Cadogan hall, St Martin-in-the-fields, a prolific composer for theatres across Sadler’s Wells, Kings Place, St George’s the North West and Midlands. Hall Liverpool and the National Portrait Gallery. Recent commissions include The Indicator Line for dance company Balletboyz; Kraftwerk Re:werk, for the British Paraorchestra; and Convo at the

CREATIVES Royal Albert Hall (premiere in March 2019). OUR COMPOSERS

Jimmy Jewell Conor Mitchell Duke Special

Jimmy has visited five continents Internationally acclaimed, award-winning Platinum-selling singer-songwriter on theatre, rock and concert stages composer, librettist and theatre-maker, (Songs from the Deep Forest) and as a conductor, composer, performer Mitchell’s wide-ranging credits include; performer, Special has composed music and producer. Jimmy runs artist The Dummy Tree for The National for a huge variety of projects including management agency Jewell, Wright Theatre; Merry Christmas Betty Ford for Deborah Warner’s critically acclaimed Ltd., and production house Jimmy the Lyric Theatre Belfast; and Mathilde Mother Courage and her Children Jewell Ltd. Jimmy was made an Associate commissioned by LAMDA, amongst many (Brecht) at The National Theatre, and of the Royal Academy of Music in 2015 others. For BYMT, Conor has written and a series of commissioned songs for for his ‘outstanding contribution to composed The Time of Our Freedom, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the UK music industry’. Barrack Room Ballads and Goblin Market, New York. For BYMT, Gulliver's Travels part of BYMT’s 2019 season. and Paperboy which will be part of the 2019 season.

17 ALUMNI

Our alumni reach out into all areas of the creative industries - with over 3,000 more Bronté Barbé Luke Bayer Ceri bedingfield Mary-Jean Caldwell Actress - Shrek Actor - Everybody’s Casting Agent - Actress - Les Misérables in other industries Talking About Jamie Dixie Chassay Casting UK Tour and professions

James Carroll ryan heenan Rhiann Jeffrey Luke McCall Agent - NorthBank Actor - Billionaire Boy Associate Director - Actor - Phantom of the Talent Management Prime Cut Productions Opera

Baker Mukasa Lauren Samuels Tara Wilcox Olivia Winterflood Actor - Tina Actress - Bend It Like Lead Singer - Actress - Kinky Boots Beckham The Wandering Hearts CREATIVES ALUMNI

Our alumni reach out into all areas of the creative industries - with over 3,000 more in other industries and professions

charlotte ritchie Sam smith Ed Sheeran Actress - Fresh Meat, OSCAR winning BRIT award-winning Call the Midwife singer-songwriter singer/songwriter

19 OUR PRINCIPAL SUPPORTERS

ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND NASUWT

We are delighted to maintain our BYMT has a long-standing affiliation place in the National Portfolio, a fresh, with the NASUWT, the UK’s largest ambitious and wide-ranging group of teachers’ union. BYMT have been 831 organisations bringing new energy generously supported by the NASUWT to the arts and cultural sector. as principle sponsors for twelve years; this support enables the creative and In particular, as the focus moves beyond personal development of thousands of London, we have been pleased to bring young people through the medium of our UK-wide programme to the Portfolio music theatre. This enduring partnership – each year we audition as far north as includes the support of BYMT access Inverness and to the west in Belfast and funds including the Bursary Fund and Derry. Young people join us from every Supported Places; funding for core costs corner of the UK to help us create New enabling us to deliver our programmes; British Music Theatre. contributes to accommodation for staff training schemes; provision of a trustee on the BYMT board and marketing to the 285,000 teachers who are the union’s principal members. SECURING FUTUTRE THE You make it Possible

Producing new work nationally is a huge for current university students and undertaking, and the generosity of trusts recent graduates, providing a vital and foundations, corporate sponsors and first career step. individual donors makes it possible for us COMMISSIONING to carry out our ground-breaking work On average each production in new music theatre. costs over £78,000 to produce, Each year our activity costs £1.2 million, and support is needed towards and annually we need to raise funds for: the cost of the next generation of writers and composers. THE BURSARY FUND This ensures young people from all We would like to thank our many backgrounds can access unique arts Funders and Friends; your support opportunities and training, as we strongly is vital to our continued existence believe that financial circumstances and to the stars of the future. should not be a barrier to arts education. SUPPORTED PLACES Heavily subsidised places on our Summer ‘My proudest moment was at Camps ensure young people from the end, when I realised I fitted organisations such as Young Carers have access to creative experiences to build in with this amazing family.’ confidence, social and team-work skills. Nuala 11 | BYMT participant

CREATIVE TRAINEE SCHEME For further information, please see our BYMT is committed to providing website or contact our Development opportunities for emerging artists, Team on 020 8563 7725 and offers practical work experience

21 STAFF & GOVERNANCE

STAFF PATRONS BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Jon Bromwich James Bourne Chair Phil Siddle Executive Producer Singer-Songwriter Royce Bell National Office, NASUWT

Tim Sandford Jean Diamond Sara Bingham Aniela Shuckburgh Deputy Chief Executive Theatrical Agent European Head of Equities Fern Stoner Nina McDonagh Peter Duncan Operational Rick & Control, Finance Director, Marketing Manager Actor Deutsche Bank Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Alison Woodward Ed Sheeran MBE Jonathan Church Rebecca Treanor Singer-Songwriter Jonathan Church Really Useful Group Welfare Manager Productions Ltd Zoë Wanamaker CBE David Warburton FRSA Kate Millington Actress Olenka Drapan MP for Somerton and Frome Development Officer John Whittingdale OBE Employee Engagement, Hannah Kipling Company Secretary MP Sainsbury’s Programme Administrator Keith Arrowsmith Anthony Fisher (Young People/Parents) Counter Culture LLP Managing Director, Jenny Wilkinson Global Strategy Ltd Child Protection Consultant Associate Producer Jimmy Jewell Zoe Hilton Clare Russell Jewell Wright Ltd Head of Safeguarding, Finance Officer Child Exploitation and Laura Palmer Online Protection Centre, Eugenie Bacher Courtauld Institute Metropolitan Police Marketing Assistant Alastair Roberts Chief Operating Officer, SECURING FUTUTRE THE Hawkins/Brown Architects STAFF & GOVERNANCE licensing

THIS YEAR WILL SEE THE LAUNCH The catalogue will develop during 2019 OF OUR NEW LICENSING AND to incorporate more of our works, both PUBLISHING DEPARTMENT. commissioned and those derived from improvisation and devising. Over the past 15 years we have created 96 new works of music theatre, We estimate that our back catalogue a formidable repertoire which offers contains almost 1,000 songs. We plan amateur and community groups a huge to celebrate the 15th Anniversary of resource both for complete shows and the company with the release of a also for solo songs. new series of Songbooks for Musical Theatre, offering individuals and groups Licensing commences with two a wonderful learning experience and productions commissioned from numerous opportunities for audition composer Jimmy Jewell and and graded exam material. writer Nick Stimson:

PETER PAN The classic re-envisioned as a bitter sweet musical with some stunning tunes and great roles for a cast of 30+. FRANKENSTEIN In which the monster is reimagined as Mary Shelley’s husband the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and the production is set in and amongst a freak show in Geneva.

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