Breakout talent. Bold new stories.
StoryFest is a new writing festival from the National Youth Theatre, sponsored by STUDIOCANAL and Urban Myth Films
Returning this July, StoryFest 2025 features 10 new plays and 100+ of Britain’s best young creatives. Bold new plays from breakout voices and new plays picked from the best of National Youth Theatre’s national network of young creative talent will fill the charity’s RIBA award-winning Workshop Theatre.
Featuring a teen coming of age comic-drama on skates, a comedy about the 2025 Birmingham bin strikes and the limits to female solidarity, a commission in response to last year’s UK riots co-produced by Compass Collective, the future of storytelling with AI new technologies, and sex and privilege at Oxford.
StoryFest 2025 is sponsored by STUDIOCANAL and Urban Myth Films.
We would also like to thank Microsoft for their support of StoryFuture; our principal supporters Arts Council England as well as all of NYT's Centre Stage Supporters, Investors in Talent and Friends.
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Bin Girl
By Lauren O’Rourke
Directed by Matt Harrison
Wednesday 23rd & Thursday 24th July, 7pm
F*cking White Boys
By Gracie Oddie-James
Directed by Jessica Enemokwu
Thursday 10th - Saturday 12th July, 7pm
The Flip Side
By Shireen Mula
Directed by Eleanor Henderson
A National Youth Theatre and Compass Collective co-production
Wednesday 16th– Thursday 17th July, 7pm
Captioned performance Thurs 17 July
THUNDER THIGHS
By Krishna Istha
Directed by Nancy Zamit
Monday 21st – Tues 22nd July, 7pm
StoryFuture
Curated by James Northcote
Exploring the future of Storytelling
Friday 25th July, 7pm
Download pre-show information for StoryFest 2025
This information will be updated throughout the rehearsal period.
Pay What You Decide
To make StoryFest accessible, Pay What You Decide tickets are allocated for all performances.
The recommended price is £8 for performances of F*cking White Boys, The Flip Side, THUNDER THIGHS and Bin Girl, and £5 for StoryFirst performances.
A minimum price of £3 applies to help cover the cost of processing bookings and to deter no-shows, meaning other people aren’t able to access sold-out performances.
If you’re able to pay the recommended price or above for your ticket you’ll help us keep ticket prices low for future performances.
If you are unable to pay £3 for your ticket please contact our friendly box office team on boxoffice@nyt.org.uk and they will be happy to assist you.