Spirit Young Performers Company

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Spirit Young Performers Company
Location
London

United Kingdom
Coordinates51°31′37″N 0°06′29″W / 51.5270°N 0.1080°W / 51.5270; -0.1080Coordinates: 51°31′37″N 0°06′29″W / 51.5270°N 0.1080°W / 51.5270; -0.1080
Information
TypePerforming arts school
Established2013 (2013)
FounderSophie Boyce

Spirit Young Performers Company is a performing arts school based in London, notable for producing original musical numbers and releasing them online to YouTube to millions of online viewers. New performance videos are uploaded every week. The company was created in 2013 by Sophie Boyce and uses multi-camera crews to showcase its students performing.[1]

Among the students at Spirit Young Performers Company are young cast members from West End's Matilda the Musical, Billy Elliot the Musical, School of Rock (musical) and Les Misérables. The company has produced work with Olivier-Award-Winners Cleo Demetriou,[2] Sophia Kiely[3] and Kerry Ingram,[4] as well as other notable young performers and child stars such as Lara Wollington, Adrianna Bertola, Sezen Djouma, Kerry Ingram and Chloe Hawthorn. Students have also gone on to work in films and Netflix Series.[5]

Notable public performances by Spirit YPC include supporting Andrea Bocelli as his children's choir at the O2 Arena, performing Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious from Mary Poppins on the ITV television show Keep it in the Family in 2015,[6] performing a medley from Bring It On the Musical at West End Live in Trafalgar Square,[7] and appearing in 'Magic at the Musicals' at the Royal Albert Hall, which was also broadcast on Magic Radio.[8] Other performances include the Royal National Theatre Gala, the Hackney Empire,[9] and the Main Stage at MOVE IT.

In 2019, Spirit contributed to the London School Strike for Climate with a live performance of their original song #Emergency, written by Sophie Boyce and Fred Feeney.[10]

Performances by Spirit YPC have been publicly recognised by West End and Broadway social media channels, including those of Everybody's Talking About Jamie, Waitress (musical) and Come From Away.[11] In 2020, Spirit's Hamilton Medley was aired on Disney Plus as part of their Hamilton (musical) special.

References[]

  1. ^ "Drama School Earns Rave Reviews on YouTube". The Telegraph. 21 February 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Made of Paper". YouTube. 8 April 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  3. ^ "New Musical Announcement". Instagram. 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26.
  4. ^ "Shine". YouTube. 23 February 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  5. ^ "Turn Up Charlie, Netflix". Archived from the original on 2021-12-26.
  6. ^ "ITV Press Release". ITV. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  7. ^ "West End Live". YouTube. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  8. ^ @magicfm (7 May 2017). "The amazing kids of @SpiritYPC are up next on #MagicAtTheMusicals performing Food Glorious Food!