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About NAYT
"Young people all over the country should have access to quality theatre experiences which is why NAYT is so successful and important. The long term benefits are obvious, the more we engage young people in theatre now the more we invest in the future of our country as a whole."
"With education mostly focusing on results and not process, young people are being deprived the luxury of experiment, failure, and creative self-expression. One organisation that is working hard to redress this imbalance is NAYT. I believe their work is now more vital than ever. I'm proud to be associated with their activities."
NAYT's vision
To ensure every young person has the opportunity as a right to take part in safe, empowering, challenging theatre of excellence.
NAYT's mission
To make a positive difference to young people’s lives by supporting their participation in, and access to, excellent youth theatre. NAYT coordinates a national professional development programme offering leadership, support and setting standards of excellence and inclusion. This is delivered via five strands of work: Information and support services, advocacy, training, participation and partnerships.
NAYT’s principles All young people have a right to participate in high quality, engaging, challenging and meaningful theatre experiences. Young people and those who work with them have the right to work in safe environments. Youth theatre and all of its practitioners have the right to platforms of equal value and importance as other forms of theatre. Youth theatre has the power to influence, inform, challenge and change theatre practice. Youth theatre has the right to the same resources as other forms of theatre. Youth theatre has the right to work with high quality artists and theatre practitioners. Youth theatre is at its best when it provides opportunities for young people to take risks in safe contexts. Youth theatre is vital to the personal, social, political, aesthetic and educational development of young people. The theatre art is a universal expression of human kind and helps young people to find their place and voice in society. Youth theatre practitioners have the right to high quality professional development. Youth theatre recognises young people as artists in their own right. Youth theatre should access a diverse range of cultures, genres, art forms and approaches. Youth theatre should reflect and represent the diversity of all young people taking part.
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