British Youth Musical Theatre presents Technical Difficulties at Hull Truck Theatre

British Youth Musical Theatre is delighted to announce its upcoming production of the comedy Technical Difficulties (Friday 7 – Saturday 8 August), hitting the stage at Hull Truck Theatre.

British Youth Musical Theatre comes to Hull Truck Theatre for the first time in the company’s history to present the premiere of Technical Difficulties, a comedy set during a high school’s own musical production. Packed with high-energy songs and unpredictable twists, this brand-new show quickly turns into a whodunnit mystery. As the drama escalates both on stage and off, the cracks begin to reveal what’s really going on.

Technical Difficulties brings together 38 young performers from across the country and is written by Joe Venable and Samuel Macdonald. Joe’s (writer and co-lyricist) credits include Jingle Street, Rishi Sunak’s Doing a Musical and, On Your Bike, winner of Musical Theatre Review’s Best Musical at the Edinburgh Fringe. Samuel (composer and co-lyricist) is co-founder of new Scottish musical company Matchstick Productions, with writing credits including Magnificat, shortlisted for The David MacLennan Award. Directed by Steve Elias, the creative team includes Choreographer DK Fash, and Designer Holly Coulson.  

Joe Venable and Samuel Macdonald said:

“No-one knows better than teenagers how it feels for the entire world to be collapsing around you, and we’re excited to create something really funny that also explores the tricky business of growing up and working out who you are. We’re massively grateful to Hull Truck Theatre for providing us with the right-shaped stage to make all kinds of technical difficulties happen: get ready for misplaced explosives, countless costume disasters and a race against time to find the saboteur.”

Technical Difficulties plays at Hull Truck Theatre Friday 7 – Saturday 8 August. Tickets are available here.