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| Abbreviation | NYMT |
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| Formation | 1976 |
| Type | Arts and education charity |
| Headquarters | London |
Region served | United Kingdom |
Founder | Jeremy James Taylor OBE |
President | Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh |
Patrons | Jason Robert Brown, Tom Chambers, Idris Elba, Howard Goodall, Michael Jibson, Toby Jones, Jude Law, Sheridan Smith |
CEO | Adrian Packer CBE |
| Website | www.nymt.org.uk |
Formerly called | Children's Music Theatre |
The National Youth Music Theatre (NYMT) is an arts organisation in the United Kingdom providing pre-professional education and musical theatre stage experience for young people. Based in London, it is constituted as a private limited company (originally named Children's Music Theatre Limited) and as a registered charity. NYMT was founded in 1976 by director and playwright Jeremy James Taylor. Since its inception, it has produced more than fifty productions at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, premièred thirty new musical theatre works, toured several times outside the United Kingdom, and had runs in the West End and on Broadway.
Among the many alumni of the National Youth Music Theatre who have gone on to careers in the performing arts are actors Idris Elba and Jude Law, both of whom are also patrons of the organisation, along with Jonny Lee Miller, Sheridan Smith, Connie Fisher, and Matt Lucas.[1] Alumni have also included directors such as Jo Davies, and songwriters such as Tara Mcdonald.
- ^ "Meet the Team". NYMT. Retrieved 16 March 2023.