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        YMT 2017 Summer Skills are now SOLD OUT! Tickets on sale for our unmissable season of new musical theatre, production highlights include A Teenage Opera, Gulliver's Travels and Tess of the d'Urbervilles.

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            On the 10 year anniversary of Ed Sheeran performing in YMT’s Frankenstein 2007, we posted a series of photos to our...
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            “Beware the Jabberwock my son, the jaws that bite, the claws that catch...” Youth Music Theatre UK is proud to present...
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            Youth Music Theatre UK is especially proud to present the new music "More in Common".  In a world of diversity and the...
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            Julie Atherton: Director After training at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, Julie Atherton is one of the West Ends...
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              2017 Summer Season

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              Keep your eyes peeled for info about our 2017 Summer Season of New Music Theatre!
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                YMT are supported by Arts Council England, the NASUWT and individuals, companies and trusts and foundations.
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                  Auditions

                  2018 National Auditions

                  Our next round of Auditions will take place in January & February 2018 in 24 centres around the UK. Booking will open in September 2017.
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                  Summer Skills 2017

                  Final places now on sale!

                  Our popular summer musical theatre camp is now sold out in London and Hertfordshire. 
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                  Backstage Courses

                  Assistant Stage Managers

                  Applications for our 2018 season will open in September. 
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                  Musical Theatre Club

                  After-School Club

                  Our high-quality musical theatre training sessions for young people every Tuesday in the Venture Center, Notting Hill, London. 
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                  Upcoming YMT Events

                    • 18 Aug 2017 to 20 Aug 2017

                      Jabberwocky (2017)

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                      ‘Beware the Jabberwock my son, the jaws that bite, the claws that catch...’
                      Flora and Jess are two girls separated by more than a century, but a chance meeting across...
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                    • 19 Aug 2017 to 20 Aug 2017

                      DC3: More in Common (2017)

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                      Young people from YMT come together to create an original, bold musical production exploring how in a divided world, music and dance can unite us all. Set against the...
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                    • 21 Aug 2017 to 26 Aug 2017

                      Wiltshire Summer Skills - YouTubers: The Musical (2017)

                      Based on the internet personalities we all know and love, we’ll be playing with how the digital era has placed the freedom and power of storytelling into hands of the people.
                      Summer Skills Courses...
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                    • 26 Aug 2017 to 27 Aug 2017

                      Children of the New Forest (2017)

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                      Against the backdrop of the 1600’s Civil War, Edward and his three siblings are tragically orphaned when their father is killed by Parliamentary soldiers on the hunt...
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                    • 01 Sep 2017 to 03 Sep 2017

                      Tess of the d'Urbervilles (2017)

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                      Free-spirited country girl Tess Durbeyfield knows nothing of the world outside her own village. When she is caught between her wealthy, manipulative, cousin Alec and...
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