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| Founded | 1956 |
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| Founder | Michael Croft Kenneth Spring |
| Type | Charity and CLG |
| Registration no. | 306075 |
| Headquarters | London, England |
Key people | Paul Roseby (CEO, Artistic Director) |
| Website | nyt |
The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain (NYT) is a youth theatre and charity in London, created with the aim of developing young people's artistic skills via theatrical productions and other creative endeavours.[1] Founded in 1956 as the world's first youth theatre, it has built a reputation for nurturing the early talent of actors such as Daniel Craig, Matthew Marsden, Daniel Day-Lewis, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Colin Firth, Derek Jacobi, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane, Alfred Molina, Helen Mirren, Rosamund Pike, Kate Winslet and Daisy Edgar-Jones. Some former NYT members went on to pursue non-acting careers, such as musicians Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Ed Sheeran.
The NYT holds annual acting auditions and technical theatre interviews around the United Kingdom, receiving an average of over 5,000 applicants. Currently, around 500 places are offered on summer acting and technical courses (costume, lighting and sound, scenery and prop making, and stage management), which offer participants NYT membership upon completion.[2] Members are then eligible to audition for the company's productions, which are staged in London's West End, around the country, and internationally.[3]
NYT members staged the Olympic and Paralympic Team Welcome Ceremonies at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[4] In 2013, the NYT raised their age limit to 25 and introduced a new summer course called Epic Stages to cater for performance and production talent between ages 18–25.[5] In 2014, members staged the Village Ceremonies at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.[6]
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- ^ "'Two weeks that could change your lives': Team GB athletes given carnival welcome to the Olympic Village". Daily Mirror. 24 July 2012. Archived from the original on 16 October 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
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- ^ "National Youth Theatre to perform at Glasgow Commonwealth Games ceremonies : News : The Stage". Archived from the original on 9 January 2014.