The National Youth Theatre has some exceptionally exciting plans afoot.

Firstly, their West End Season will include the world premiere of Sherlock star and Twitter hero Louise Brealey’s play Pope Joan, about a legendary woman who, apparently, achieved papal status back in the 10th century.

There will also be Tory Boyz, by James Graham. Yes, the same James Graham whose play This House is currently enjoying huge National Theatre acclaim.

The season will also include Michael Lesslie’s Prince of Denmark and an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, written by the brilliant Lolita Chakrabarti.

The NYT REP company will also be back in action and with a brand new cast. Following the success of last year’s scheme, 15 young performers aged 18-25, selected through an IdeasTap brief for their talent and potential, will train with NYT for eight months, completely free.

So, who’s this new patron, I hear you ask? None other than the IdeasTap favourite and masterclass mentor Hugh Bonneville. To see how NYT changed Hugh’s life, check out his video interview here on IdeasMag.

NYT will also be making a performance at Latitude Festival, with a dark retelling of Red Riding Hood. Following which, there will be a premiere at Bristol Old Vic of Gbolahan Obisesan’s new adaptation of the Stephen Kelman novel, Pigeon English, before it transfers to Underbelly Cowgate: Big Belly for the Edinburgh Festival. 

As if that weren’t enough to be getting on with, there will also be the third installment of the NYT environmental trilogy. Following the epic S’warm and Slick, comes FLOOD, filmed in Bristol and screened in London.

And finally, NYT will stage two news plays about young people and their career choices by NYT alumni Karla Crome and IdeasTap star Luke Barnes.

So congratulations to everyone involved and good luck!

To find out more about the NYT Season 2013, visit the website.

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