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StoryFest 2025 - a hit with audiences and industry

Posted 30 Jul 2025 by Joe Duggan

‘a space where emerging talent was genuinely valued’
A Youngish Perspective on StoryFest

This Saturday StoryFest2025 our summer new writing festival came to a close after three weeks of sell-out performances, stage debuts and industry connections.

StoryFest featured:

  • A total of 10 new work-in-progress plays debuting to live audiences for the first time

  • 200+ young creatives performing, writing, creating work with new technologies or in backstage roles

  • 6 new plays written by current NYT members through our StoryFirst open call

  • 5 industry Q&As from leaders from TV, tech and arts sectors

  • 1 night exploring the future of performance with new technologies

  • 1500+ audience members

  • 140+ new plays submitted by NYT member

‘This play beautifully explores the different aspects of young adulthood.’

A Youngish Perspective on The Flip Side

Check out the full StoryFest line-up

Thank you to our supporters STUDIOCANAL and Urban Myth Films, our principal supporter Arts Council England, and Microsoft who made StoryFuture possible. And thank you to all our supporters, audiences and industry friends who supported a new wave of breakout talent sharing their stories.

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