At British Youth Music Theatre (BYMT) we love to give opportunities to those who are wanting to pursue a career within the musical theatre industry the chance to complete some work experience with us.

We offer those in sixth form, college or university the opportunity to complete one full working week (five days) of work experience with us working within a role suited to their interests. You must be aged 18 or over at the time when you will be completing your work experience with us, but are welcome to apply before. Please note the five days cannot be spread over multiple weeks. 

We also offer those who are post education or those who are wanting some experience volunteering within an arts charity, the opportunity to volunteer with us on a longer basis. Please note we are looking for people who would be able to work one day week with us, for a minimum of six months. 

Applications for these positions are accepted on a rolling basis throughout the year. Please note these are unpaid positions. 

We can offer administrative work experience with either our marketing department (based in our Leeds Office) or within the roles focusing on our young company (based in our London Office).

If you are interested in working with us in this capacity, please complete the Google form attached here, so we can consider the suitable work experience, or volunteer role, for you. We are unable to accept an email of a CV alone as a way of registering interest.

There is the potential to cover some travel expenses, however this would be discussed on a case-by-case basis once your position has been agreed on.

Please note if you are looking for experience within a production role, we are unable to offer this as a work experience role and instead each year hire a Production Assistant to help programme and run our season. This is a paid role and works on a fixed-term contract, from January to December each year. If you are interested in creative work experience on one of our productions not as a Production Assistant please see the Creative Work Placements as there may be a role that interests you there. The application for Production Assistant for our 2025 season has now closed. Applications for Production Assistant for our 2026 season will open in November 2025.

If you would like to discuss our volunteering or work experience opportunities, or have any further questions please email us at mail@bymt.org or call us on 0113 320 1018.