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        We are proud to announce our exciting new Easter project: Catfish! The Musical. Our Summer Skills courses are also now on sale. Book NOW!

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            Congratulations, Sean! We are incredibly proud of our Marketing Officer, Sean Brooks, who last night won Intern of the...
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            Buddy The Buddy Holly Story
            ***** (5 Stars) Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent - Monday 3 March, 2014 This upbeat, energetic and thoroughly...
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            Brassed Off
            ***** (5 Stars) Theatre Royal, York - Tuesday 18 February, 2014 Based on the screenplay by Mark Herman, Brassed Off...
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            YMT Auditions 2014
            January and February saw YMT's largest-ever national auditions tour where we auditioned over 1,300 incredibly...
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                  Catfish! The Musical Auditions

                  YMT's Easter project

                  Audition NOW for Catfish! The Musical - YMT's exciting new Easter project. 
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                  Musician Auditions

                  Auditions in April

                  There are more chances to audition in April for your  chance to learn from UK’s top theatre composers and musical directors.
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                  Skills Courses

                  Book your Skills course!

                  If you’re aged 11-21 and love acting, singing and dancing, our residential Skills Courses offer fantastic opportunities for your to do just that!
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                  Creative Trainee Scheme and DSMs

                  We are looking for Assistant Musical Directors, Assistant/Associate Designers and Deputy Stage Managers.
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                  Upcoming YMT Events

                    • 22 Mar 2014

                      Catfish! The Musical


                      Online you can be anyone...
                      Catfish! The Musical is an exciting new show, devised by the company, about WHY people lie and the allure of becoming a catfish. Funny and heartbreaking, it looks at the...
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                    • 26 Apr 2014

                      Catfish! The Musical


                      Online you can be anyone...
                      You meet someone.
                      They’re hot. And funny. And they just seem to get you.
                      This could be IT. You talk all the time and it feels like you may have met the ONE.
                      It gets to...
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                    • 22 Jul 2014 to 27 Jul 2014

                      Two Girls of Verona - Wolverhampton, West Midlands

                      Valentina and Priya have been best friends since they were four. Now they are leaving school and Valentina is off on a GAP year to Goa, leaving Priya behind. But when Priya decides to join her best...
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                    • 23 Jul 2014

                      Macbeth

                      Macbeth and drum and bass aren’t words you would usually use together. Well, with the direction of the accomplished Stuart Harvey, we have created a truly thought-provoking musical version of this...
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                    • 28 Jul 2014 to 02 Aug 2014

                      Gulliver's Travels - Hemel Hempstead, Herts

                      Unknown lands and fantasy worlds await voyagers on this unique YMT Summer Skills course.
                      Adopting a contemporary take on this most classic of satirical tales, this project is a journey through...
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                    • 28 Jul 2014 to 02 Aug 2014

                      Skills Course - Edinburgh

                      Our Edinburgh Skills Course is taking place in Fettes College, Edinburgh, rumoured to be the inspiration of J.K.Rowling's Hogwarts. YMT's Skills Courses are for young people aged 11-21 who are keen...
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                    • 28 Jul 2014 to 02 Aug 2014

                      Truly Weird, a Grimm Tale - Belfast

                      Of course, we all know those famous Grimm's fairy tales like Cinderella and Rapunzel, but mostly we've read the Disney versions. The real Grimm tales are much darker and more frightening - some so...
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                    • 31 Jul 2014 to 01 Aug 2014

                      Harvest Fire

                      Harvest Fire is a bold, exciting new work created by director Lewis Barfoot as part of the Aberdeen International Youth Festival.
                      Our inspiration comes from two annual festivals: The Burning Man...
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