The London-based National Youth Theatre or NYT is the United Kingdom's leading organisation for young people in the field of theatre. It runs acting auditions, workshops, drama courses and actual theatre productions. The organisation is based in North London. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Serge Sudeikins poster for the Bat Theatre (1922). ... A workshop is a room or building which provides both the area and tools (or machinery) that may be required for the manufacture or repair of manufactured goods. ... For other uses, see Drama (disambiguation). ...

The National Youth Theatre was founded in 1956 by Michael Croft and was the UK's first Youth Theatre going on to grow into one of Europes premier youth arts organisations. The NYT gives young people (13 to 21) the opportunity for creative participation through theatre arts. All young people from across the UK, regardless of background, situation or status, are welcome to apply and the theatre receives roughly 4,500 applicants a year.

The NYT is a hotbed of young creative talent, and many of the best known names in the entertainment industry started out with the company, including Sir Ben Kingsley, Sir Derek Jacobi, Dame Helen Mirren, Kate Adie, Daniel Craig, Timothy Dalton, Daniel Day-Lewis, Matthew Marsden, Julian Glover, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Alec Newman, Jessica Stevenson, Michael Kitchen, Gina McKee, Diana Quick, Timothy Spall, David Suchet, Douglas Hodge, Liza Tarbuck, Jamie Theakston, Alex Kingston, Simon Ward, Clive Mantle, Paula Wilcox, Michael York, Orlando Bloom, Rosamund Pike, Beth Winslet, Charlotte Reather,Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Matt Lucas, Catherine Tate, Max Minghella and David Walliams. Sir Ben Kingsley (born Krishna Pandit Bhanji on December 31, 1943) is an English actor of Indian (Gujarati) and Russian-Jewish descent. ... Sir Derek George Jacobi (born October 22, 1938) is a British actor, knighted in 1994 for his services to the theatre. ... Dame Helen Mirren (born Ilyena Lydia Mironoff on July 26, 1945) is an English stage, television and movie actor. ... Kate Adie (born September 19, 1945) is a British journalist. ... Daniel Wroughton Craig[1] (born 2 March 1968[2]) is a BAFTA-nominated English actor best known as the sixth actor to portray secret agent James Bond in the official film series from EON Productions. ... Timothy Peter Dalton (born March 21, 1946[1]) is an English actor of stage and screen, best known for portraying James Bond in The Living Daylights (1987) and Licence to Kill (1989) and in his roles in Shakespearean related films and plays. ... Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957) is an Academy-Award winning and Golden Globe-award nominated actor. ... Matthew Marsden (born March 3, 1973) is an English actor and singer. ... Julian Wyatt Glover (born March 27, 1935) is an English actor. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Alec Newman is a Scottish stage,television, and film actor. ... Jessica Stevenson is an English actress and writer, most renowned as one of the creators of the sitcom Spaced. ... Michael Kitchen (born October 31, 1948 in Leicester) is an English actor. ... Gina McKee (born 14 April 1961) is an English actress, known for her starring roles in the TV dramas Our Friends in the North (1996) and The Lost Prince (2003) for the BBC and the ITV version of The Forsyte Saga (2002-03). ... Diana Quick (born on 23 November 1947 in London, England) is an English actress, best known for her role as Julia in Brideshead Revisited. ... Timothy Leonard Spall OBE (born February 27, 1957) is an English BAFTA award-nominated film, stage and television actor. ... David Suchet OBE (born May 2, 1946) is an English actor best known for his television portrayal of Agatha Christies Hercule Poirot in the television series Agatha Christies Poirot. ... Douglas Hodge (born 1960 in Plymouth, Devon, England, UK) is a British television actor. ... Liza Tarbuck (born 21 November 1964, Liverpool, Lancashire,Uk) is an English actress and television presenter, and daughter of Jimmy Tarbuck. ... James Jamie Theakston (born 21 December 1970 in Ditchling, East Sussex) is a popular British television and radio presenter and producer. ... Alexandra Kingston (born March 11, 1963, in Epsom, Surrey) is an English actress best known for her role as Elizabeth Corday on the NBC medical drama ER. // Kingston grew up in Epsom, on the outskirts of London, the eldest of three daughters of a butcher and his German wife. ... Simon Ward (born London, October 19, 1941) is an English actor. ... Clive Mantle (born in Barnet, London) was a chorister in St. ... Wilcox with her Man About The House co-star Richard OSullivan Paula Wilcox (born 13 December 1949 in Manchester) is an English actress. ... For the American hockey player, see Mike York. ... Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom[1] (born 13 January 1977) is an English actor. ... Rosamund Pike (born 27 January 1979) is an English actress, best known for her portrayals of Bond villainess Miranda Frost in Die Another Day and Jane Bennet in Pride and Prejudice. ... Beth Winslet (born in May 1978) is an English actress. ... Charlotte Reather (born June 10, 1979) is an English comedy writer and actress. ... Sophie Michelle Ellis-Bextor (born 10 April 1979) is a multi-platinum selling English pop singer and songwriter. ... Matthew Richard Lucas (born March 5, 1974) is an English comedy actor. ... This article is about the actress. ... Minghella in Bee Season, 2005 Max Minghella (born January 1, 1985) is an English actor. ... For other persons named David Williams, see David Williams (disambiguation). ...

Equally The NYT has produced some of the finest stage managers, lighting designers, technicians and sound engineers. As well as running acting workshops and courses each summer it runs courses in stage management, lighting & sound, set construction and design and costume. Once members have completed their course they are eligible to take part and contribute to NYT productions from lighting designing to assistant stage managing. Stage management is a sub-discipline of stagecraft. ... This article is about lighting design in theater. ... Audio engineering is the branch of engineering dealing with the production of sound through mechanical means. ...

2006 was the National Youth Theatre's 50th anniversary year. To celebrate a number of events were held at the Royal Court, Brierley Hill, The Soho Theatre, The Hackney Empire, The Lowry (Manchester) & in Trafalgar Square. Also on the 26th of May the NYT started a successful world record attempt (for the longest continuous reading) where they read every single play they had performed since 1956. It successfully finished on Sunday 4th June. Many of the original cast members from the first production, Henry V, were reunited to read Henry to start the record off.

On the 10th September 2006 the National Youth Theatre celebrated its 50th anniversary in Trafalgar Square, London. This was one of the youth theatre's most ambitious events: 2000 of its current members were involved in the show entitled 'God Save The Teen'.Kamal Hussain opened the show quoting it was " The koolest thing he has done with the National Youth Theatre." Picture here; [[1]] Trafalgar Square viewed from the northeast corner. ...

In 2007, NYT, launched their 'Generation ID Season', which aims to deal with the important issue of youth identity and looks to open up discussion on what it means to be young in this age, through a variety of theatrical, multi-media, film and site-specific performances.

External links

• Official NYT website

Prime Resident (NYT Show) Wiki Page Prime Resident is a play by Stella Duffy, performed as part of the National Youth Theatre of Great Britains Summer Sextet marking the company 50th anniversary. ...