Creatives Course
Dates: 11–15 August 2025
Fee: £500
Location: Patrick Studio, Birmingham Hippodrome (non-residential)
BookStep into the Creative Team’s shoes.
Over the course of the week, you’ll work closely with a professional Director, Choreographer and Musical Director to discover how a musical is brought from page to stage.
You’ll begin by exploring how a director analyses and interprets a script, before stepping into workshops led by a Musical Director and Choreographer to see how those early ideas evolve in the rehearsal room.
In small, collaborative groups, you’ll develop your own creative approach to Tuck Everlasting - the musical being rehearsed that week in Birmingham - and with guidance from a professional theatre designer, you’ll shape your vision into a fully realised concept.
The week culminates in presenting your ideas to your course leader and peers, and gaining firsthand experience of the production process by observing tech and dress rehearsals for NYMT’s Tuck Everlasting, alongside the professional creative team at the Patrick Studio.
Whether you’re a future director, choreographer, designer or dramaturg, this course is your opportunity to build creative confidence, develop practical skills, and see how new work comes to life.
No production can operate without a skilled assistant team!
As well as our courses for your creatives, there is a whole range of different opportunities for those looking to assist the professional creatives on our productions and workshops (Directors, Musical Directors, Choreographers or Designers) aged 16–23.
All our productions and many of our other projects have roles for assistants on our Creative & Production Pathway.
How to apply See the 2025 programmeWork with exceptional theatre directors to learn about production planning, actor direction and artistic vision. You'll be part of the creative process from the start, helping to shape the work in the rehearsal room from the first minute to the last, and assisting with plenty of work outside it.
You will collaborate with professional choreographers to understand movement, staging and dance integration. You will play an important role in understanding blocking, footwork and spacing detail and help the cast with their performance. There may be the opportunity to run warmups, cleaning sessions or a rehearsal.
You will gain insights into musical arrangement, scoring, vocal coaching, conducting and working with performers. You'll work alongside the Musical Director, helping them realise their vision and ensuring the highest quality of work from instrumental musicians (where applicable) and on-stage performers. You may also have the opportunity to perform with a production's pit band.
The Set and Costume Designer plays a pivotal role as part of the core creative team on a production, responsible for creating a world for the show and ensuring the production feels cohesive and original. As an assistant you'll work with the designer and hear about their vision for the show, attending production meetings and planning sessions with the other creatives. During rehearsals you'll suport the Stage Management team with curating and making props before supporting the visuals of the production through the technical rehearsal process. You'll be pivotal in ensuring the highest level of quality across many aspects of a production.
OUR RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS IN 2025
These are our residential productions and workshops in 2025, which are open to young actors, instrumental musicians and members of our Creative & Production Pathway.
View the whole 2025 ProgrammeApplication Process
We invite applications between October and December. You don't at this stage need to have decided which role you are most interested in. Your £25 application fee provides open access to a vibrant online community, where we offer skill building sessions, group mentorship and the chance to observe a production process. Once we receive your application, you’ll receive a Zoom link and an invite to participate in as much as you can!
FEES
NYMT fees vary from course to course, project to project. We work hard to maintain fees at affordable levels. We never want finances to be a barrier. We provide our Young Company Members with a fundraising guide and we offer various bursaries at a range of levels.
