The best UK YouTube Theatre channels – YouTube channels that provide theatre content are an amazing way to keep in touch with your theatrical side when you maybe can’t make it to the theatre every night.

In recent years especially, the accessibility of theatre is more important than ever. These YouTube channels do an incredible job of keeping theatre alive for us in our own homes.

Best UK YouTube Theatre Channels

Amy Lovatt

Amy Lovatt is a British YouTuber with 78.8k subscribers. She produces a broad variety of musical theatre-based content, providing something for any and all musical lovers to enjoy watching. She is most well renowned for her reviews of musical films and TV shows where she gives her opinions on musicals that she has seen. These include her opinions on ‘The Search for Elle Woods’, the most recent adaptation of ‘Cats’ for the screen, musical episodes featured on ‘Riverdale’ and her disappointment with the Netflix adaptation of the musical ‘The Prom’.

Another series that she runs on her YouTube channel which brings her plentiful popularity is ‘Theatre TEA’ where she discusses theatre scandals from across the years, giving evidence that she has found for these scandals and inviting her audience to give their thoughts in the comment sections. She also creates videos about glee, storytimes, unpopular opinions and reviews of Starkid musicals.

Her kind and bubbly personality is infectious, as well as her positive attitude and clear adoration for theatre. Amy’s vlogs of her trips to the theatre make it clear to anyone watching just how much joy theatre can bring to all of our lives and how much it means to her.

Carrie Hope Fletcher

Carrie Hope Fletcher is a young theatre legend.

She has worked for her undisputable success at only twenty-nine years of age, success which began with her YouTube channel which now has over half a million subscribers. Originally named ‘ItsWayPastMyBedTime’, her channel began with her posting covers of songs and songs that she has written herself. Since then, she has become most famous for vlogging her behind-the-scenes experiences starring in multiple musicals.

She has a playlist entitled ‘Cinder Sunday’ where she vlogs her most recent adventure playing Cinderella in Andrew Lloyd Webbers stage adaptation of the classic fairytale. She has also used her YouTube channel to bring people into her world as Veronica in the ‘Heathers’ musical in a series called ‘Veronica Vlogs’.

Carrie’s YouTube channel shares her career and story from small YouTuber to West End star – an inspiring story for her hundreds of thousands of subscribers. Her stunning voice makes these videos all the more captivating for the musical theatre lovers who watch her, making her one of the most popular UK theatre YouTubers.  

National Theatre

The ‘National Theatre’ YouTube channel is an incredible way to keep in touch with the theatre industry. The channel provides endless playlists with information about theatre, your favourite productions, behind-the-scenes stories and so much more. They share trailers, clips and behind-the-scenes footage of numerous shows such as Romeo & Juliet, Under Milk Wood, Dick Whittington, The Deep Blue Sea and so many more.

As well as this, they have lots of more general theatre content and it is organised into handy playlists so that you can find the area that you are interested in and browse the channel, learning extensively. For example, there is a playlist entitled ‘How To’ which includes plentiful educational videos such as ‘How to do a Costume Quick Change’, ‘How to Make a Wig and even how Medea’s dress was made.

One of the most engaging playlists that ‘National Theatre’ offer is called ‘Exploring the Black Plays Archive’ in which they celebrate black plays and why they are important. These videos are relatively bite-sized, however, there are longer episodes available too in their series ‘Life in Stages’. This playlist has various guests sharing their wisdom with the ‘National Theatre’ audience.

Georgie Ashford

Georgie Ashford is a young actress sharing knowledge and advice through her YouTube channel. She has multiple videos about her experiences with drama school auditions, giving tips about perfecting your singing, ‘what NOT to do at an audition’, answering frequently asked questions from her subscribers and even giving a checklist to help aspiring attendees of drama schools to have the smoothest possible audition day.

Much like Carrie Hope Fletcher, Georgie has vlogged her experiences behind the scenes of the shows that she has appeared in. Her sweet personality and insider knowledge makes these videos highly compelling, especially for any aspiring performers out there wanting to learn some extra tricks of the trade. Some of the shows that she has vlogged are Oklahoma (which she has cleverly coined ‘OKLAVLOGMA’) and Cinderella (listed on her channel as ‘VLOGERELLA’).

These fun rewrites of musical titles perfectly capture her bouncy style of vlog, making her an incredibly entertaining watch. She has also made videos with tips and tricks on how to make it into the West End, her favourite musicals and why, maintaining good vocal health and reviewing shows that she has seen – a wonderfully diverse array of content!

Official London Theatre

Official London Theatre’s channel brings you anything and everything you could dream of as a theatre lover on YouTube. They bring you West End Live recordings, interviews with cast and creatives, behind-the-scenes vlogs, opening nights, singalongs – the list goes on! Their West End Live videos are an amazing way to feel the beauty and presence of theatre without necessarily being there – you can experience all of the magic through your computer screen.

They offer recordings of a vast number of shows such as Heathers, Hamilton, Magic Mike, Rock of Ages, The Great Gatsby, Six, Matilda, Pippin, Dear Evan Hanson and that is only to name a few. ‘Official Theatre London’ also post regular ‘Theatre Live Chats’ where they interview some iconic artists like Lucie Jones, Gabrielle Brooks, Kiran Landa, Dave Hearn and so many more.

Their coverage of the Olivier Awards is especially popular, providing videos of the winners of each category and their speeches, making theatre all the more accessible to everyone. The channel is especially great for younger children as they have some brilliant singalongs for any younger viewers to get a taste of theatre from their very own home.

Why not read our feature on The Future of Theatre

Theatre is having to adapt and following the recent Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic it has proven just how important it is for the theatre, performing and visual arts industry to pivot and adopt a new approach.