Jeremy James Taylor OBE

Direction and Production, and Trustee of TMT

Whilst working as Associate Director at The Young Vic, Jeremy founded the National Youth Music Theatre in 1976 and was its Artistic Director for 28 years. Since stepping down from that role he has continued to direct extensively at schools and colleges all around the world.

As well as being an accomplished and experienced director, with over 200 productions to his name, Jeremy is also a writer and has written or co-written some 20 music theatre pieces for performance by young actors, most of which have been published.

His extensive experience with young performers, many of whom have gone on to become leading names in the world of the arts, has led to an ever-growing demand in the field of casting in the film industry; recent productions have included Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, Sweeney Todd and Son of Rambow.

He is frequently invited to adjudicate at schools and colleges where he also runs Drama and Music Theatre Workshops and Masterclasses. He is also regularly consulted by institutions building new theatre and performance spaces. His latest two shows, for which he also wrote book and lyrics, have been produced in close association with local schools: Cinderella which was written in 2022 for St John’s Primary School in Kingston and Just Wiliam's War which enjoyed its world premier in autumn 2023 at the City of London Freemen’s School in Ashtead.

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