We hold open auditions every year for children and young people to take part in our Wakefield Youth Music Theatre shows and our Pantomime chorus. By joining our Performance Academy, you will also have a chance to perform on our stage.

Our annual pantomime is the biggest event of the year at Theatre Royal Wakefield. 2025’s production of Jack and the Beanstalk played to more than 27,500 audience members. The chorus, made up of local young people, plays a crucial role in making the show spectacular. The schedule is tough and requires commitment and discipline, but it is also a brilliant opportunity to perform alongside and work with a professional cast and crew.

Beauty And The Beast - 24 November 2026 - 3 January 2027

Chorus auditions will take place on Sunday 6 September 2026 at Theatre Royal Wakefield

These auditions are for the children in our three chorus teams. Auditionees should be aged 9-15 (must still be 15 by the final show)

We are looking for boys and girls who are great dancers and singers and have stage presence.

Until our audition registration form is available you can email Janine Johnson to register your interest. janine.johnson@theatreroyalwakefield.co.uk

Our Wakefield Youth Music Theatre shows are high-quality, popular musical theatre productions with a full youth cast made up of local children and young people who take part in two weeks of intensive performance training with us. They are amateur productions performed on a professional stage at Theatre Royal Wakefield for ten performances to audiences of over 4,000 people. The age range for our Youth Musicals change from year to year dependant on the production.

Auditions for our 2026 Wakefield Youth Music Theatre production have now taken place and casting is underway.

We are excited to reveal that our Youth Musical for 2026 will be the smash hit show The Band.