NYMT/BYMT 2026

@CakeAndABathwhere in the country are you? Have books to donate if you are having a book sale
May also have some good quality clothing items if interested.

DS held a second hand book sale at his weekly theatre school, at pick- up time (with their blessing of course). Other parents were very kind in buying children's books for younger siblings, and adult books basically just to support. He made about £200 and we decluttered our house temporarily!

I wondered if anyone could share ways their dc has successfully raised money to take part? We’ve brainstormed and come up with the usual cake sale/washing cars/odd jobs for family so more ideas would be really useful. Ds excited to be in a show but I’m now a bit nervous about the cost. We wouldn’t qualify to apply for funding.

Ah thank you! I will email them 😊

We didn't receive that email either, so I emailed them yesterday

Yes we didn't receive anything from Rolecall either and I emailed them late yesterday, but obviously haven't heard back yet

Hi - your daughter should have received an email from Rolecall with a link to accept her place. My DD's came through shortly after the original email. Worth checking with them if it hasn't come through.

Yes, my DD did the NMW Windsong last year and they performed I think three or four short extracts from that to parents at the end. Maybe lasting about 25 mins.

My ds did the Lightning Boy workshop. We went down for the presentation, which was about an hour shared with the skills workshop that was on the same week. We saw everything they had worked on. It was lovely.

Thank you! That's so helpful to know!

Definitely an extract of the piece is performed to parents etc at the end of the week when they come to pick up.

Hi. Thanks for all the info we've gleaned from this thread! This is our first time navigating the NYMT process. Child has been offered the new musical workshop School Play. Just wondered whether anyone knew whether new musicals get performed to parents or anything at the end of the week? (Thinking through what leave we need to book etc)

Hi folks, that's for all the info and friendly supportive chat. It has been helpful to follow quietly. Our daughter (is that dd???) is amazed to be offered a NMW.. they said a casting email will follow so we are now waiting on that. Any knowledge how long this takes? Congratulations everyone for all our kids putting themselves out there and I hope those who are disappointed this time are feeling alright and ready for the next opportunity today. Xx

I have great respect for local grouos and some out on phelnomensl shows. But this is a national opportunity.

it’s like the difference between playing for a local football team or being picked first the England squad. Or competing in county athletics as opposed to the British championships.

@doesanybodyhaveamap this is really helpful thankyou. The local group are also a fantastic opportunity and trying to deliver a similar level of support for the local yp' by bringing in a west end MD and lots of training but obviously it is not NYMT. They are being understanding of my dd's offer from NYMT as they know what it means.
@redgee thanks for you reply, I hadn't considered that about future years, good advice. It is really hard to know what to advise her to do. I have emailed NYMT to see what her options might be too. will have to sleep on it. lesson learnt though! thanks @Truetoself

Is nymt and bymt both considered similar and both difficult to get into to? This is our first year auditioning and we opted out of nymt (it clashed with show rehearsals) and did bymt instead. Getting offered a production in this summer. My daughter has also been back and forward with deciding to go as she has a summer clash too. But I think bymt is worth it.

@NCMO2G no experience but we are the same age and same aspirations, and we were ready to prioritise NYMT because we feel it would be more valuable. We have prior commitments at Easter that had we had to choose, we would have done NYMT (but we didn't get recalled so life was easier as we could choose a Skills Workshop without conflict.)

There’s also no guarantees of getting an NYMT show or NMW in future years, which I would be factoring in to my decision making. Will the local opportunity be there again (or something similar) next year?

congrats to your YP, it is a wonderful position to be in!

Depends what the clash is with? My DD didn’t come on our ski holiday last year as it clashed with her recall audition ….

Sorry - long post alert! - my dd has been offered Everyday which she is over the moon about. This would be her first NYMT year. However she now has a clash which was unexpected ( partly because she didn't imagine in her wildest dreams she would be offered the show). She unfortunately can't do both. Has anyone got any older more experienced yp's who could advise on if it would be madness to turn down an NYMT show and ask for a skills course instead? my dd is 14 ( nearly 15) and wants to apply to drama school at 17/18 is having done a nymt show seen as a good thing for drama school applications etc? I can see from this group that she would have an amazing experience doing Everyday and be surrounded by fantastically talented yp"s and learn so much - but my dd is very much torn and doesn't want to let people down locally either. thanks in advance for any advice!

I wonder how many of the fame cast are recast in WSS this year?

I feel in my (limited) experience of performing arts it’s not necessarily talent that will get you a particular role. There is no doubt there are loads of talented DCs around. It’s if the casting director can see you play the role better than anyone else they have seen.

After all these DC’s are performers. In theory, they should be able to play any role. There isn’t much to choose between the talent of cast members. But I guess you need to be convincing in the audition.

For ensemble, I think you do need to be able to dance.

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