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In memoriam Jeremy Walker

In memoriam Jeremy Walker

The Telegraph has a fine obituaty of the National Youth Music Theatre director, who died of cancer in November at the age of 67.

The National Youth Music Theatre, which counts among its alumni Idris Elba, Lily James, Matt Lucas, Connie Fisher, Stephen Graham, Tom Hollander, Jude Law and Sheridan Smith, was recovering from severe financial instability when Walker joined it in 2006. Over the next 17 years his industriousness proved pivotal in restoring the organisation to excellence.

Never happier than when deploying his energies in the promotion of others, he helped to mould the creative personalities of thousands of young performers in workshops and award-winning productions…

Read on here.

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