NYMT / BYMT 2021

Ds does love The Other Palace though having attended Falsettos and Be More Chill there. But it's a LONG way from home and support would need to be put in place.

I agree that Hunchback sounds fantastic, and I am sure it will generate a lot of interest. But as a parent whose child has been lucky enough to do NYMT several times, I would say that if your child is lucky enough to be given a place in any show, I wouldn't discount it just because it's not the one you initially had in mind. If they take the place, I can almost guarantee they will love it and it will be an amazing show and a wonderful experience. The two shows that are not Hunchback have gorgeous scores and fantastic creatives, and your child would be performing at The Other Palace (and buying their snacks in Boots alongside the cast of Hamilton!) It's a very, very special experience.

Sorry about my typing!

It can't be too much longer. We know there are workshops this saturday and we know that people who submitted later in Feb haven't heard anything yet. Maybe those they want to recall from that group will be given a workshop on 13/14 macrh and we might hear soon after that? If they can do 160 applicants in a weekend I'm hoping there weren't so many last-minute applicants that things are delayed still further! They are also probably aware that BYMT will send out their results late March/early April and won't want to lose really good applicants who've applied to both to that, so my feeling is they will send out news about who is recalled for what by late March even if they can't actually do the recalls this month.

Me too! I think it’s exacerbated by the lack of excitement in our lives right now!
It doesn’t help that Last Minute Larry didn’t submit until last week so we’re still waiting to hear if he’s even got a recall.
I feel for all of those who’ve already had their workshops and have to wait for the stragglers

A little bit but feel better knowing we hear either way. Would be worse if we didn’t hear if we hadn’t got in. Wouldn’t know when to stop checking!

@DalekFan
Sounds about right! 😆
@minimits thanks for the heads up to getting him to check. He’s not heard but actually does seem to be checking regularly now. In fact he came to tell me he has his Covid test slot for college before I’d even noticed!

My DD (14) chose her song and monologue but did run them past me. Not sure what she’d have done if I said I thought they were not the right ones to do (ignore me probably!) 😂.

DS chose a (miserable) monologue which suited his age and interests (teenager in Nazi Germany). The National Theatre Connections books are great as they are written for youth performances and it has a range of monologues-if they like the monologue they can then get the whole play so they know the context. He won't be told song wise-he sings what he loves!

I had no involvement in the monologue. There is a book of suggested monologues for auditions which is probably worth looking out for but DS doesn’t like to pick anything he considers might be predictable. I don’t think it would be an issue at all. His was from a random play he’d studied.

Songs are always a nightmare. He has a firm idea that he won’t be swayed on and then changes his mind at the last minute!
He had actually been working on Out There with his singing teacher before the shows were announced. He obviously couldn’t use that which is a shame

We definitely used to overthink the choice of song. My advice now to anyone is to pick the song you feel most comfortable singing. NYMT won't judge you for doing Disney/ALW and they won't put you in a show just you because you pick Sondheim. They just want to see and hear you do your best. When it comes to final recall they get the auditionees singing music from the specified show anyway so the first rounds are just about showing what they can do.Last year my DS' voice was starting to break (it went properly the night before final recall, which is another story...) and he had a tiny range so he went for Chim Chim Cheree. He was worried it was too babyish and too simple, but the fact was he could hit the notes and it's a song you can perform. It did the trick and they even told him it was a wise choice given his limitations.

@Biscuitsneeded sounds like my DD!!

Mine chose his song himself - I didn't even know it. He was stuck for a monologue so asked my advice and then disregarded it anyway!

My dd and I chose the monologue together and she chose the song with her singing teacher. She really liked both and that came across, particularly in the song

@doesanybodyhaveamap My DD has just turned 13.

I'm not sure I'd be that much help to be honest. She chooses stuff I don't really know.

Out of interest as it's our first time applying. How did your DC's choose their song and monologue? Also did you have any input or did they choose totally themselves?

My DD chose hers totally alone although she ran them past her singing teacher.

@Triflefan If invites have gone out for Saturday it may be that another set are about to go out for Sunday - I'd advise your DS to keep checking now! This first recall the script is generic, but I'm sure for the final recall if we get there they will send stuff in advance that is specific to the particular show.

@Biscuitsneeded
I didn’t see your most recent post, sorry. I really hope he does 😬
That’s good to know. I’ll not hassle him for a few days then as it sounds unlikely he’ll hear for a while
If they are both cast again, it’ll be funny if it’s the same show again!
Last time the recall material was specific to the shows they were being considered for. Is that the same this time?

@minimits re self taping, that’s exactly what my son was doing. His singing teacher told him to set a 45 minute timer and walk away!

Thank you all for your good wishes. Will let you know how it goes.