Joe Butler-Smith

Joe graduated with a first-class BA (Hons) in Classics from Durham University in 2026.

As an Arts Scholar, Joe’s credits included Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls, Anthony Hope in Sweeney Todd and Warner Huntington III in Legally Blonde. Joe also provided free ballet, tap and jazz classes as part of an initiative to make student theatre more accessible. Joe was baritone, president, choreographer and competition soloist for the University’s a cappella group, Northern Lights, with whom he won five national championships, and earned two podium finishes at the ICCA finals in New York. He was also individually recognised four times nationally, and once internationally, for Outstanding Choreography.  He has been a member of the National Youth Music Theatre since 2021. His most recent credits include Action/Dance Captain in West Side Story in 2026, Emmo in Our House in 2024 and Bill Calhoun/Lucentio in Kiss Me Kate in 2023.