The National Youth Theatre Formerly known as the National Youth Theatre Company is a not-for-profit organisation that runs musical theatre training workshops and musical productions in New Zealand. [1] It was established in 2005, with the aim of providing opportunities for young people to participate in performing arts training. [2] The company provides training strictly to New Zealand youth, between ages 7 and 21, and each show has multiple casts, enabling more young people to perform on stage. [2] [3]
National Youth Theatre Company has put on a number of full-scale musical productions since its opening including: