Matt Smith with the NYT's Artistic Director Paul Roseby and the cast of the Olympic and Paralympic Team Welcome Ceremonies. Photo: Rajan Zaveri
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Cut and pasted from The Telegraph:
Matt Smith, Doctor Who star and ex member of the National Youth Theatre, is to become a patron of the charity
The Doctor Who actor trained with the National Youth Theatre as a teenager and this week visited rehearsals to surprise the 140-strong NYT cast as they put the final touches to their Olympic and Paralympic Team Welcome Ceremonies.
Smith joined the National Youth Theatre in 2002 and won critical acclaim for his performances as Thomas Beckett in their production of Murder in the Cathedral at London’s Southwark Cathedral and Basoon in The Master and Margarita at the Lyric Hammersmith.
On becoming a Patron, Smith said:
“I think from my experience the thing about the NYT is that you learn through practice. It completely transformed my life. No understatement. I’m proud to be part of it still and proud to be the organisation’s newest Patron, as I care very deeply about it.”
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