The National Youth Theatre Formerly known as the National Youth Theatre Company is a not-for-profit organization that runs musical theatre training workshops and musical productions in

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

. It was established in 2005, with the aim of providing opportunities for young people to participate in performing arts training. The company provides training strictly to New Zealand youth, between ages 7 and 21, and each show has multiple casts, enabling more young people to perform on stage.

Programmes and productions

National Youth Theatre Company has put on a number of full-scale musical productions since its opening including: *

Cinderella "Cinderella",; french: link=no, Cendrillon; german: link=no, Aschenputtel) or "The Little Glass Slipper", is a folk tale with thousands of variants throughout the world.Dundes, Alan. Cinderella, a Casebook. Madison, Wis: University of Wisconsi ...

(

Bruce Mason Centre The English language name Bruce arrived in Scotland with the Normans, from the place name Brix, Manche in Normandy, France, meaning "the willowlands". Initially promulgated via the descendants of king Robert the Bruce (1274−1329), it has been ...

Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about ...

, 2005) *

Annie Annie may refer to: People and fictional characters * Annie (given name), a given name and a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Annie (actress) (born 1975), Indian actress * Annie (singer) (born 1977), Norwegian singer The ...

(

, 2005) *

Seussical ''Seussical'' is a musical comedy by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, based on the many children's stories of Dr. Seuss, with most of its plot being based on ''Horton Hears a Who!'', '' Gertrude McFuzz'', and ''Horton Hatches the Egg'' while in ...

(

, 2006) * Disney's

Aladdin Jr. ''Aladdin Jr.'' is a one-act, eleven-scene musical theatre, theatre musical adapted from the 1992 Walt Disney Animation Studios film ''Aladdin (1992 Disney film), Aladdin'' which is an adaptation of the folk tale ''Aladdin''. The production runs be ...

(Centennial Theatre,

, 2006) * Disney's

High School Musical ''High School Musical'' is a 2006 American musical television film directed by Kenny Ortega and written by Peter Barsocchini. The 63rd Disney Channel Original Movie (DCOM) and first installment of the ''High School Musical'' film series, ...

Theatrical Premiere ( Aotea Centre, Auckland, 2007) * Disney's

ENCORE (Civic Theatre, 2007) *

Disney The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October ...

's Alice in Wonderland Jr -

Theatrical Premiere (Dorothy Winstone Centre, Auckland, 2007) * Grease ( Aotea Centre, Auckland, June 2008) *

The Wiz ''The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical "Wonderful Wizard of Oz"'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls (and others) and book by William F. Brown. It is a retelling of L. Frank Baum's children's novel '' The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' ...

( Dorothy Winstone Centre, Auckland, 2008) * Disney's

High School Musical 2 ''High School Musical 2'' is a 2007 American musical television film written by Peter Barsocchini and directed by Kenny Ortega. The 70th Disney Channel Original Movie (DCOM), it is the sequel to ''High School Musical'' (2006) and the second inst ...

(Aotea Centre, Auckland, August 2009) *

Honk! ''Honk!'' is a musical adaptation of the 1843 Hans Christian Andersen story ''The Ugly Duckling'', incorporating a message of tolerance. The book and lyrics are by Anthony Drewe and music is by George Stiles (of the British songwriting duo S ...

(Dorothy Winstone Centre, Auckland, November 2009) *

Peter Pan Peter Pan is a fictional character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie. A free-spirited and mischievous young boy who can fly and never grows up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood having adventures on the mythi ...

(Aotea Centre, Auckland, May 2010) *

(Dorothy Winstone Centre, Auckland, November 2010) *

The Sound of Music ''The Sound of Music'' is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, ''The Story of the Trapp Family Singers''. S ...

(Aotea Centre, Auckland, July 2011) * Disney's

Camp Rock ''Camp Rock'' is a 2008 American musical television film directed by Matthew Diamond from a screenplay by Karin Gist, Regina Hicks, Julie Brown, and Paul Brown. The 73rd Disney Channel Original Movie (DCOM), the film stars Demi Lovato, Joe Jo ...

The Musical -

Theatrical Premiere (Dorothy Winstone Centre, Auckland, December 2011) * Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Aotea Centre, Auckland, July 2012) * Disney's My Son Pinocchio: Geppetto's Musical Tale (Dorothy Winstone Centre, Auckland, December 2012) * Grease (Aotea Centre, Auckland, June 2013) * Disney's

(Dorothy Winstone Centre,

, November 2013) * The Wizard of Oz (Aotea Centre, Auckland, June 2014) * Disney's The Little Mermaid Jr. (Dorothy Winstone Centre, Auckland, November 2014) *

(Aotea Centre, Auckland, July 2015) *

Beauty and the Beast ''Beauty and the Beast'' (french: La Belle et la Bête) is a fairy tale written by French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve and published in 1740 in ''La Jeune Américaine et les contes marins'' (''The Young American and Marine ...

(Aotea Centre, Auckland, December 2015) *

1 & 2 Theatrical Premiere (Civic Theatre Auckland, July 2016) * Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Aotea Centre, Auckland, December 2016) * Oliver! (Aotea Centre, Auckland June 2017) *

(Aotea Centre, Auckland, December 2017) * Cats (Aotea Centre, Auckland, June 2018) *

Shrek the musical ''Shrek The Musical'' is a musical with music by Jeanine Tesori and book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire. It is based on the 2001 DreamWorks Animation film ''Shrek'', along with elements of its sequels: '' Shrek 2'', ''Shrek Forever After'' ...

(2018 November civc) *

(2019 June Aotea Centre Auckland)(2019 June Aotea Centre Auckland) * The Wizard of Oz (2019 November Aotea Centre Auckland) *

Disney's Beauty and the Beast ''Beauty and the Beast'' is a Disney media franchise comprising a film series and additional merchandise. The success of the original 1991 American animated feature, '' Beauty and the Beast'', directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, led to t ...

(June 2021) at the Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, Aotea Centre * Oliver! (July 2022) at the Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, Aotea Centre

Artistic Patrons

Carl Doy Carl William Doy (born 1947) is a British-born New Zealand pianist, composer and arranger. One of New Zealand's most successful musicians, Doy is probably best known for his multi-platinum selling ''Piano By Candlelight'' albums. Life and caree ...

Jason Gunn Jason Gunn (born 26 December 1968) is a New Zealand television and radio personality. He is known for '' The Son of a Gunn Show, What Now, Dancing with the Stars, Wheel of Fortune'', and ''The Rich List'', and also afternoon shows on radio sta ...

References

External links

National Youth Theatre
Youth theatre companies Theatre companies in New Zealand Musical theatre companies 2005 establishments in New Zealand {{musical-theat-stub