NYMT/BYMT 2026

Fantastic! Well done to him.

Hi Soolin. Congratulations to your DD on her recall.
A recall doesn't guarantee a part in a show. She could get cast, or she could be offered a new musical workshop, or a skills course. However, if the date you have been given really doesn't work for you, you could email NYMT and explain that you have a clash, and they might be able to move your DD to another recall day.

Congratulations to your DD on her recall. Yes, I'm afraid I think it's still possible that your DD might not get cast in a workshop. However, there are plenty of them, so hopefully the chances are reasonable. Hope she has a great time at the recall.

lovely to hear about more recalls today. Well done everyone!

Hi everyone! For some reason I haven’t had any notifications from mumsnet for ages so I’ve missed all the the 2026 chat. Congratulations to everyone with recalls so far and commiserations to those who have missed out. I really appreciate how hard it is! Thankfully, we just heard my DS has recalls for WSS and Everyday, so feeling very relieved and excited

Hi everyone! I was on this thread last year as a newbie, when DD did her first NYMT audition and got a skills course. She did a residential skills course, and then later in the year got invited to a new musical workshop (Wind Song) which I imagine is because someone dropped out and they needed to fill the place.

Congratulations to everyone getting their audition outcomes this year!

She's just auditioned for NYMT this year, and heard today she's invited to a casting workshop just for the new musical workshops (it says at this stage they are consider her for any of them). Does anyone know whether there's a chance that after the casting she wouldn't get a role? From this thread it sounds like that's the case with the shows - you can go to the casting workshop but not get cast in a show. But I wasn't sure if that's the case with the new musical workshops.

Thanks!

Recall for WSS and Everyday. It says group warm up then reading and singing. I’d have thought with WSS especially there would be tough dance round. Maybe more details will follow. WSS the dream show so delighted.

From my DS experience, she will audition and then either be cast in a show, cast in New Musical Workshop or offered a Skills Workshop (this is different to the workshop offered to those who are not offered a callback or who pay to join).

My daughter is quite new to all this but did BYMT last year. This year she has got a casting call for The Ragged Child. Is she definitely in the show or could she still be bumped out at this stage? Sorry if this seems a dumb question.its just she has another audition that day in Glasgow and it’s a long haul so we need to know whether she has to move her other audition.

My DS is part of Platform and they are not having a separate show this year. They are allowed to audition for the main shows, but I suspect most of them won't. They have had and probably will have other opportunities to perform or have one-off workshops, but as I understand it, there are no more shows beyond those already announced.

They did a formal press release of the 2026 season in October though....

There certainly has to be some sort of Gala concert at the very least? Wondering if that is why no formal announcement of Platform/Crescendo type shows for this year .... yet.

theatreweekly.com/national-youth-music-theatre-celebrates-50-years-with-ambitious-2026-season/#:~:text=National%20Youth%20Music%20Theatre%20Celebrates,Mis%C3%A9rables%20in%20the%20West%20End

It was on Chris Cuming's (NYMT Artistic Director) IG story yesterday

Where was this advertised? I didn't see anything on Insta.

Yes I am a bit confused by that too. Unless they mean that the season is all announced to auditionees etc, but they are doing a formal press release with the new artwork?

Sorry picture didn't attach to above post.

Uh wait whut? "exciting projects and shows to announce" as in.... more shows/concerts to be revealed?!?! I thought the programme had already been announced.....

Hi there- congratulations to your daughter. My ds did 2 shows with BYMT however neither were at Easter so didn’t have to have time off. A friends daughter did the Easter course but it worked with her holidays. I would imagine the school could use an educated elsewhere type of code to permit the leave- I know our school did that when my kids did panto and I’m use BYMT will support with a letter for the school if needed.

My ds was 15 the first time he did it back in 2021. He was away for 3 full weeks with no contact as it was Covid times so they were in a cast bubble. Even when we watched the show we could only wave after as they were keeping them all safe. With everything that happened during Covid he’d lost a bit of love for MT- I think the zoom dancing in the kitchen killed him. I’d say those 3 weeks with BYMT totally made him fall in love with it all over again- he had the time of his life, made friends he’s still got now, was so well looked after and so well fed! He did BYMT the year after , has done 3 years at NYMT and is now at drama school. I hope she has a great time.

Mine did NYT, but that was several years ago now and I know the system has changed a lot since then, so I don't know how helpful I could be. He enjoyed it a lot and found it a useful experience ahead of auditions for drama school.

Congratulatione to your DD! We used to have some BYMT parents on this thread but they haven't been about so much recently. I hope they turn up and give you good info, but as far as I know the young people who take part have a wonderful experience. There are also some parents whose young people have done both as a stage performer. @Mcmumager can you help?

I think any NYT questions usually end up on this thread. I would not say that I am hugely experienced but my DD joined NYT last year and did the intake training - I will try and answer any questions that I can!

I have been trying to find an active thread about NYT but have been unsuccessful. I have seen experienced NYMT mums comment about NYT from time to time. Is there anyone on here who wouldn't mind answering some questions if I DM you please? Thank you

My dd aged 13 has just been offered bymt for Easter. First time doing all this. Anyone done the Easter one before? It seems like will require some days before our term ends off school. There will be quite a lot of travel involved for us and she’s never been away for more than a few days. Would welcome some experiences!

Well done to all who have been recalled and hugs to those who were not!! When you think of the numbers auditioning it really is a huge achievement to get recalled!! Great to see so many auditioning this year!

Oh just do it! He'll be really sad if he doesn't try. It's only 6 days or so at Easter and I think if they get a really fun break at residential they come back more willing and motivated to revise! (Just my opinion of course, but there was no way my DS would have spent the entire Easter holiday revising even if I had said he couldn't do NYMT!).