My Brother's a Genius is returning to the National Youth Theatre!
Created and Written by Debris Stevenson
Directed by Eleanor Manners
19 - 21 March 2026
NYT Workshop Theatre
Tickets: From £15
Pay What You Decide tickets available
Poetry, grime and dance unite in Debris Stevenson’s explosive new play about learning to fall, fail and find our own ways to fly.
Daisy and Luke are twins navigating life in a high-rise estate, where ambition and self-doubt collide. Both twins have labels thrust upon them: Daisy the “idiot” and Luke the “genius”. But will their bond and shared dream of flying launch them up together or crash them apart?
In a co-production with Sheffield Theatres, Theatre Centre, My Brother’s a Genius will hit stages and schools in 2026 in a new full touring production.
The show will be developed with young people across 2025, through Theatre Centre’s Future Makers process, in collaboration with NYT.
Originally commissioned by National Youth Theatre and shared with audiences at work-in-progress performances starring NYT members at our new writing festival StoryFest and at Stanley Arts in 2024, the show will open in Sheffield in January 2026.
Accessible Performances
All performances of My Brother's A Genius are Relaxed. This means we take a relaxed approach to movement and noise in the audience. Latecomers are admitted, and you are free to leave the performance space and come back in at any time. Ear defenders and ear plugs will be available for audiences. A Chill Out space will be available for the audience to use if they need to take a break from the performance. The Chill Out space will be available before and during the performance.
The performance on Friday 20 March at 2pm will be Sensory Adapted. This is an extension of a Relaxed Performance, and means some aspects of the sound and lighting design have been modified. The house lights will remain on low during the performance. At the start of the show, the actors will introduce themselves and the characters they are playing.
The performance on Saturday 21st March at 2pm will be Captioned in English.
Show Visual Guide
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Read about our work in progress performance at StoryFest 2024
The development of My Brother’s a Genius has been generously supported by Creative Crawley and Stanley Arts London.
