The Young Performers Project will be staging The Prince of Egypt, a sweeping epic of a musical, over the mid-year school holidays in the Playhouse Opera from 10 – 19 July 2026.
Journey through the wonders of Ancient Egypt as Ramses and Moses, two young men raised together as brothers in a kingdom of privilege, find themselves suddenly divided by a secret past. One must rule as Pharaoh, the other must rise up and free his true people; both face a destiny that will change history forever.
The Prince of Egypt is directed by theatrical maestro Roberto Pombo, making his YPP debut, with choreography by Evashnee Pillay, music direction by Des Govender, sound design by Ant Govender, set and prop design by Nicolene Steyn, lighting design by Evan le Roux, and costumes by Kathy Singery.
The cast features 60 senior scholars and 74 junior scholars from 42 different schools.
The Young Performers Project has, for the past 25 years, faithfully staged an annual musical theatre production with a youthful cast (with at least one professional performer) and a professional production team to provide the next generation of theatre practitioners with valuable experience of performing in a professional context. In recent years, to provide maximum experience for the youngsters, and theatre options for audiences, YPP has staged up to three productions a year: over the Easter, July and Christmas holidays. In recent years they have staged The Little Mermaid Jr, Annie, Shrek, Elf the Musical and Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
The musical is a stage adaptation of the 1998 DreamWorks film, featuring music and lyrics by Stephen Shwartz, multi-Grammy winner and the writer of Wicked, Pocahontas and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and orchestral composition by the legendary Hanz Zimmer; book by Philip LaZebnik, and 10 new songs written by Schwartz, together with five of his songs from the DreamWorks Animation film. The production features Schwartz’s Academy Award-winning duet, When You Believe made famous by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey.
Shows:
- Fri 10 – 11am and 2.30pm
- Sat 11 – 11am and 2.30pm
- Sun 12 – 2.30pm
- Tues 14 – 2.30pm
- Wed 15 – 2.30pm
- Thurs 16 – 2.30pm
- Fri 17 – 6.30pm
- Sat 18 – 11am and 2.30pm
- Sun 19 – 2.30pm / final
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