Propaganda continues at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast until 5 November 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Lenin defined “propaganda” as “the reasoned use of historical and scientific arguments to indoctrinate the educated and enlightened”. Belfast-based composer Conor Mitchell uses the term as the title for his new musical; the plot is set in Berlin 1948 during the 323 days of the infamous Soviet blockade.
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Goblin Market – British Youth Music Theatre
Goblin Market was performed by British Youth Music Theatre at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Great works of literature provide a rich source of inspiration for British Youth Music Theatre shows. BYMT’s 2021 summer season alone presents adaptations of J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan and Michael Morpurgo’s […]
Once Bradley Jaden was in the cast, now BYMT’s Goblin Market makes its return starring a new generation of young talent
Every British Youth Music Theatre production is special but Goblin Market, by composer Conor Mitchell with book and lyrics by Kath Burlinson, is already part of the leading youth company’s history, having last been seen at the George Square Theatre, Edinburgh in 2005. The Edinburgh Festival Guide said back then: “Goblin Market has all the […]
Eleven musicals feature in British Youth Music Theatre’s Summer Season 2021
British Youth Music Theatre (BYMT), the UK’s leading musical theatre company for young people, has announced its 2021 season of summer performances: live in-person productions of 11 musicals presented across the country from 5-29 August 2021. The line-up includes brand new pieces about the earliest known female football team in England and the baby simulators […]
Barrack Room Ballads – Youth Music Theatre UK – National Army Museum
Barrack Room Ballads was performed by Youth Music Theatre UK at the National Army Museum, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It’s an unlikely proposition – a musical version of a set of poems by (deeply unfashionable) Rudyard Kipling performed by 34 teenagers with a seven-piece live band in a tiny space not really […]
The Dark Tower – Youth Music Theatre UK – CLF Arts Cafe, Peckham
The Dark Tower was performed by Youth Music Theatre UK at CLF Arts Café, Bussey Building, Peckham, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ First performed three years ago at Riverside Studios London, composer and librettist Conor Mitchell’s The Dark Tower takes its inspiration from Robert Browning’s 1855 poem ‘Childe Roland to […]
