British Youth Music Theatre’s 2023 season revealed

The UK’s leading new musical theatre company for young people 11-21 years old has announced their 2023 season of Easter & Summer performances.

Following prior popularity, Angry Salmon, a fin-tastic new show set in an underwater world of both farmed and wild fish returns for a second year, led by writers Jordan Clarke & Ali James. Other season highlights include the first creation of a grime musical, written by the pioneering Thabo Stuck, with music producers including Dark Star; telling a historical story of a successful women’s football team with Our Girls Our Game; a dystopian future retelling of Hansel and Gretel by NMTA Award Winner Lewis Cornay; an exploration of a dance led piece with an integrated company of disabled and non-disabled young people led by Candoco artists; and for the first time, Romeo and Juliet will be played, and sung, by six female and non-binary young people, set in an English seaside town.

Chief Executive and Creative Director, Emily Gray, said: “We are delighted to announce this 2023 season, with wonderful venue partners including Birmingham Hippodrome, who are passionate about new musicals, and our first ever show at Dundee Rep. When we asked our Young Company Panel what should be in the new season, they suggested epic stories and challenging themes being taken through the unique BYMT collaborative process. We have brought together fantastic teams of professional creatives to work alongside our diverse 2023 Company and bring these music theatre ideas, from historical happenings to future imaginings, to life across the UK.”

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