Letters To My Younger Future Self, a one night only performance celebrating 70 years of the world’s first youth theatre, the National Youth Theatre features an array of creatives representing seven decades of stand-out talent under the direction of CEO and Artistic Director Paul Roseby OBE and Director Josie Daxter.
Alumni and supporters will share hilarious stories, dark secrets and sage advice alongside the brightest talent from a new generation of storytellers include India Amarteifio (Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story), Fehinti Balogun (Down Cemetery Road), Jessica Henwick (Game of Thrones), Rob Rinder (Judge Rinder), Sarah Solemani (Bridget Jones’s Baby), Takunda Muzondiwa (Roundhouse Poetry Slam winner 2026) and Jack Thorne (Adolescence). Letters penned by legends of stage and screen include Dame Judi Dench (Skyfall) and Lashana Lynch (No Time To Die) with further appearances and letters by British stars of stage and screen to be announced soon.
Letters to My Younger Future Self is supported by Netflix, who since 2023 have partnered with National Youth Theatre to create over 4,000 free opportunities to inspire the next generation of behind-the-scenes talent into creative careers.
60% of Britain’s biggest screen stars started on stage and the NYT is renowned globally for being a creative home for many of the best. Its illustrious alumni include performers from Daniel Craig, Helen Mirren and Adeel Akhtar, to Andrea Riseborough, Matt Smith, Regé‑Jean Page and Susan Wokoma. Dramatists who got an early break with the leading youth arts charity include Jack Thorne, James Graham, Miriam Battye, Lennie James and Sarah Solemani. Not to mention comedians Tom Allen and Joel Dommett and musicians Ed Sheeran and Sophie Ellis-Bextor.
Dramaturgy by Krishna Istha and Sophie Ellerby, Video Design by Will Duke, Lighting Design by Prema Mehta, Sound Design by Nicola Chang and Movement Director by Matthew Wells. The show will be powered on stage, behind the scenes and on screen by young talent nurtured through Netflix and National Youth Theatre’s IGNITE Your Creativity programme.
Tickets for the performance are on sale now, visit https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/letters-to-my-younger-future-self/