Reality TV romance adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing comes to West End

National Youth Theatre REP will present a new adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing at Duke of York’s Theatre.

Revised by Grime artist, poet and playwright Debris Steveson (Poet in da Corner, Royal Court), the much-loved Shakespeare comedy set to the backdrop of a reality TV romance runs 7 – 10 February in the West End with tickets on sale now.

Josie Daxter (NYT alumna), who has worked extensively with The PappyShow and Complicite, playfully directs this modern-day love story as they go behind the cameras into a loved-up world of gossip, matchmaking and manipulation.

Some of Britain’s best young talent will be taking over the West End with 1000 £10 tickets on sale for this 10th anniversary NYT REP Company production.

Alongside the production, on Friday 10 February, National Youth Theatre and some of Britain’s leading voices will be hosting the world-first all-night West End youth takeover at the Duke of York.

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In this 10th year the NYT REP company led by NYT Associate Director Anna Niland will be made up of: Hannah Zoé Ankrah, Tomás Azocar-Nevin, Eleanor Booth, Chloe Cooper, Daniel Cawley, Jack D’Arcy, Jez Davess-Humphrey, Jessica Enemokwu, Isolde Fenton, Kira Golightly, Thuliswa Magwaza, Dalumuzi Moyo, Olivia Ng, Jasmine Ricketts, Nathaly Sabino and Jerome Scott. Each year NYT REP members are mentored by industry professional including casting directors, producers and performers. This year they will be mentored by Isabel Adomakoh Young, Amy Ball, Rikki Beadle-Blair, Johnny Capps, Steffan Donnelly, Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Lucianne McEvoy, Ray Fearon, Kane Husbands, Bryony Jarvis-Taylor, Kate Kennedy, Lauren Lyle, Ruth O’Dowd, Amanda Wilkin and Ashley Zhangazha.

Following Much Ado About Nothing, National Youth Theatre REP Company’s 10th season will continue with Bola Agbaje’s Olivier Award-winning remarkable debut GONE TOO FAR! at Theatre Royal Stratford East (24 March – 1 April 2023) and a new version of Bakkhai by Anne Carson and directed by Maisie Newman at NYT’s Workshop Theatre in North London (2 – 6 May 2023).

For more information, visit nyt.org.uk