Youth Music Theatre UK

JOIN OUR FRIENDLY AND DEDICATED TEAM OF PASTORAL STAFF THIS SUMMER! 

We are looking for caring, organised people aged over 21 to join our team of Pastoral Staff and work at our residential musical theatre courses throughout the summer. This is a great opportunity to work in a creative and exciting environment, while making a difference to our young performers' experience. The Pastoral Team’s first priority is always to the young people. As a member of the Pastoral Team you will be a key person to whom the young people look for guidance, protection, clarification and support. If you can be available for at least 1 week of the summer (19 July - 31 August 2021) and have the skills to guide, inform and act in loco parentis to our young people, then please get in touch! We accept applications for Pastoral Staff on a rolling basis but are looking to fill positions for summer 2021 as soon as possible.

Are you the perfect candidate? Please read the relevant Job Description below and complete the APPLICATION FORM. Please send your completed application to our Welfare Manager, Alison Woodward at alisonwoodward@bymt.org

Pastoral Team Member: JOB DESCRIPTION 

Pastoral Team Manager: JOB DESCRIPTION 

We can’t wait to work with you this summer!

We are looking for a dynamic Creative Communities Manager to join our friendly team in South East London. This is a new role created to lead our Access to the Arts initiative: a fully-funded pathway to improve access to theatre arts for underrepresented groups, from initial engagement through to professional-level experience.

It is a fantastic opportunity for someone with experience in music or drama education, youth work or the charitable sector to make the role their own and bring fresh ideas to the project and the organisation. They will develop partnerships with schools, colleges & community organisations across the UK, in areas of social & economic deprivation and/or working with specialist groups (at risk, disabled, Black, Asian or minority ethnic, etc.). They will work with partners to deliver engagement activities and projects to inspire interest, recruit talent and make creative careers more accessible for young people.

RECRUITMENT

• Please read the JOB DESCRIPTION
• Potential applicants should complete the APPLICATION FORM and email it to theoffice@bymt.org by 12pm on Friday 9 July 2021.
• Please inform us if you have any other access needs or requirements.
• Interviews week commencing Monday 12 July 2021.
• Starting date: Monday 2 August or earlier if possible

Mercury Musical Developments (MMD) and Musical Theatre Network (MTN) have been awarded funding from the Cameron Mackintosh Foundation to support five placements as part of The Cameron Mackintosh Resident Composer Scheme over 2018-2022. We are delighted to announce the next placement will be hosted by British Youth Music Theatre (BYMT).

Through this scheme, professional musical theatre composers are paired with a company and given the opportunity to be involved in a range of work which could include composing assignments on the host company’s projects, setting text to music or working on development of their own musical theatre material. Recent venues have included the Royal Shakespeare Company; Dundee Rep; Lyric Hammersmith; Curve; and Leeds Playhouse.

The placement could begin in December 2021 but note that BYMT’s primary season is July/August 2022 and applicants should be free to commit throughout that period. The successful recipient receives a fee calculated to cover 6 months of a composer’s time, but this would be spread across a longer intermittent period to include key dates in BYMT’s timetable including July/August. The exact timetable and the projects to be worked on will be agreed in consultation between the composer and BYMT’s artistic planning teams. The opportunity is open to any applicant resident in the UK. It’s expected the successful applicant will attend BYMT offices in London on a regular basis. BYMT activities, however, take place across the UK and the successful candidate will need to travel to those sites/venues, staying over at BYMT accommodation where necessary.

‘As a company committed to creating new music theatre, we see this residency as an integral part of our programme for 2022 and look forward to meeting the applicants and discussing the range of opportunities that we can extend to the successful candidate. Making new work is at the heart of BYMT’s ethos. That’s what we love and what this post will become part of.’ Jon Bromwich, Executive Producer of BYMT

‘This is such an important opportunity for a composer to be embedded in the life of an organisation and develop their own craft whilst learning so much from those around them. We are delighted to be collaborating with BYMT to make this an exciting and challenging residency and grateful to The Cameron Mackintosh Foundation for supporting developing artists.’ Emily Gray, Executive Director, MMD

BYMT, MMD & MTN are passionate about diversifying voices in new musical theatre writing and broadening the art form. This placement would particularly suit a musical theatre composer interested in writing challenging work for young people, allowing them to benefit from a unique range of bespoke opportunities which may include:

Composing an original score for a devised/semi-devised musical theatre production at a UK venue. This will be a residential course outside London, summer 2022.

• Shadowing a composer/MD on a new musical in development, Easter 2022
• Observing and then leading young people’s online auditions, Jan-June 2022
• Being the MD for BYMT’s Christmas concert of Let It Snow 2021
• Shadowing and then running Discover Musical Theatre: school audition and careers days, Jan – Jun 2022
• Shadowing a composer/MD on Summer Camp 2022
• Acting as composer/MD for a second Summer Camp 2022
• R&D space / residency time at BYMT’s home at Mountview in Peckham, Southeast London, to develop your own work.
• Working with BYMT’s vocal coaching team delivering Masterclasses for pre-conservatoire students

The successful recipient will receive an all-inclusive fee of £11,000, plus £500 towards travel expenses, thanks to the generous support of The Cameron Mackintosh Foundation.

Eligibility

To be eligible to apply, you will need to be a musical theatre composer who has already had some work professionally produced (which can include paid work for a drama college or other training institute). By musical theatre, we mean anything where music and song drive narrative. You must be resident in the UK. We are looking for a clear on-going commitment to working in musical theatre. We encourage applicants from the broadest diversity of backgrounds, cultural heritages and identities.

Timetable

All applications must be received by midnight on 9th July 2021. If you have been shortlisted we will aim to let you know by 30th August. At this stage we expect interviews to take place during late October in London.

Please note the above is subject to change, but we will keep you updated at all times.

If you have any questions about your application, you can email martin@mercurymusicals.com or he can be reached on 020 7395 5461.

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This is a new role, created to provide additional support to our production department. The Production Assistant will particularly support the Associate Producer and Admissions Manager in their work, to ensure the delivery of BYMT’s main artistic programme, including up to 15 new theatre productions and residential skills courses.

We are looking for someone who is helpful and keen to learn. Someone who wants to work in production – theatre, music, tv, film. People who are creative in some way, with good communication skills and an eye for detail, would do well in this role.

The right candidate could go on to a job in the theatre industry or transfer the experience to other roles in production, such as in tv, film or music. We are looking for candidates with a genuine interest in young people and helping them to fulfil their potential.

Duration: 6 months
Hours: 25 hrs
Salary: London Living Wage

Please note, this is a Kickstart opportunity. Applicants must be aged between 16-24, currently unemployed and claiming Universal Credit. 

RECRUITMENT PROCESS

• Please read the JOB DESCRIPTION
• Potential applicants should complete the APPLICATION FORM and email it to theoffice@bymt.org by 12pm on Friday 11 June 2021.
• Please inform us if you have any other access needs or requirements.
• Interviews week commencing Monday 14 June 2021.
• Starting date: Monday 5 July 2021 or earlier if possible

Each year, BYMT makes a number of training places available for recent graduates or those in their second or third year of higher education wishing to gain work experience on music theatre projects working with young people. These take the form of assistant roles on our 2 and 3 week projects across the summer.

• The deadline for applications is Thursday 10 June 2021.
• Click here for more information about this role.

“BYMT has been a great platform for me to learn, take risks, and sometimes make mistakes and generally find my own way into becoming an MD.” Sam Sommerfeld, Musical Director and former Creative Trainee

Each year, BYMT makes a number of training places available for recent graduates or those in their second or third year of higher education wishing to gain work experience on music theatre projects working with young people. These take the form of assistant roles on our 2 and 3 week projects across the summer.

• The deadline for applications is Thursday 10 June 2021.
• Click here for more information about this role.

A new and exciting opportunity in a small, busy and friendly office team for anyone who is interested in working with databases and wants to get some experience.

British Youth Music Theatre, the leading musical theatre company for young people in the UK is looking for an organised, engaging and determined person to help us with our precious database which plays an essential role in our company’s work. Volunteering for one or more days per week, from our office in Peckham, hours can be flexible depending on availability. The tasks will include data entry, keeping the database up to date, organising data, researching contacts and any other work with our database. You will gain experience of working with new systems in a fast-paced office environment for a leading performing arts organisation.

Gain experience with administration and database working, as well as being a part of a friendly and creative team, with occasional tea-drinking and biscuit-eating.

If you are interested in this position, please send your CV to tatianatimoshina@bymt.org, Tatiana Timoshina, BYMT's Marketing Manager.

If you would like to gain some unpaid work experience or volunteer in the BYMT office, whether you’re at school, college, university, considering a career change or wanting to do some charity work in later life, we may be able to offer you a suitable placement. Applications for these unpaid positions are accepted on a rolling basis throughout the year. It's important to note that, while BYMT Productions take place in various major theatres across the UK, you would be volunteering for administrative work in our London office. See below for some examples. If you are interested in creative work experience on one of our productions as an introduction to working within the industry, see the Creative Trainee Scheme. Short-Term, Full-Time Work Experience Suitable usually for Young People (16-17) who are interesting in taking on some Work Experience as part of their Secondary School or College studies, short-term volunteers will typically volunteer full-time for up to a fortnight. Duties will usually include general administration and occasional research. Medium Term, Full-Time Volunteers Lasting perhaps one to three months, these posts are suitable for somebody recently graduated from Secondary School, College or University, or somebody later in life looking to make a major contribution of their time and skill to BYMT. These volunteers will provide vital support to one of our departments. Previously, roles have included Database Assistant, Administrative Assistant, Production Assistant, and Fundraising Assistant, although we will cater the work to the applicants interests and our current needs. We will reimburse travel expenses within the Greater London area and provide copious quantities of tea/coffee and chocolate biscuits! Long Term, Part-Time Volunteers Perhaps involving one or two days a week for several months or more, these posts are often taken by adults with an interest in providing their spare time and skills to BYMT around their other commitments. We will usually provide a focused project, depending on our current needs and your interests. Past part-time volunteers have helped to support our Finance, Database, Fundraising, and Marketing Teams. We will reimburse travel expenses within the Greater London area and provide copious quantities of tea/coffee and chocolate biscuits! If you would like to discuss our volunteering or work experience opportunities, please call us on 02085637725 or email mail@bymt.org. To apply, please send a CV with covering letter, explaining your volunteering interests and availability, to mail@bymt.org.

Each year, BYMT makes a number of training places available for recent graduates or those in their second or third year of higher education wishing to gain work experience on music theatre projects working with young people. These take the form of assistant roles on our 2 and 3 week projects across the summer and are principally for Assistant Musical Directors, Assistant/Associate Designers and Deputy Stage Manager. Visit the Creative Trainee Scheme page for further information.

“BYMT has been a great platform for me to learn, take risks, and sometimes make mistakes and generally find my own way into becoming an MD.” Sam Sommerfeld, Musical Director and former Creative Trainee

Although a great deal of the company's work is devised, we will look at book/librettos and listen to CDs of new work where possible. If you wish to submit material, please send it to the office marked 'Script' and we will put it in a queue to be read. Please note that this may take a substantial amount of time, particularly over the summer months.