Huge congratulations to our Year 11 student, Alessia, who has successfully gained membership at the highly prestigious National Youth Theatre.

Alessia secured her place through an exceptionally competitive national audition process, with more than 6,000 young people auditioning each year and only 240 places awarded to 14–17-year-olds across the country. Following completion of her acting membership course this summer, Alessia will officially become an acting member of the National Youth Theatre, giving her access to workshops, industry programmes and opportunities to learn from leading professionals through partnerships with organisations including Netflix, the BBC, Sky and TikTok.

Alessia said:”I’m extremely grateful, proud and excited to be a member of the National Youth Theatre! It’s been a dream for so long and a lot of hard work. NYT will offer me so many opportunities and connections. I can’t wait to develop my skills alongside others who are just as passionate about performing! ”

The National Youth Theatre is recognised as Britain’s leading drama company for young people, with alumni including Helen Mirren, Daniel Craig, Rosamund Pike, Colin Firth and Orlando Bloom just to name a few! Four of the six BAFTA nominees for Best Actor this year also began their journey with NYT.

A special thank you goes to Mrs Byng for all of her support and encouragement of Alessia throughout the audition process. Congratulations, Alessia, we are incredibly proud of you!