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NYT Awarded Prestigious Grant for Young Artists

Posted 15 Jul 2025

We are honoured to receive the Grant for Young Artists as part of the 2025 Praemium Imperiale Awards. These awards celebrate the power of the arts to build bridges and bring people together.

Thank you to The Japan Art Association and Lord Pattern of Barnes for recognising our work supporting Britain’s best young storytellers for nearly 70 years

Paul Roseby OBE, CEO & Artistic Director of the National Youth Theatre said: ‘We are honoured to receive this prestigious award at a time when the need for Cultural Diplomacy has never been greater. Young people can overcome barriers when sharing stories with one another and give us all hope. That’s why the value of live performance and creative learning at the heart of all education is not a luxury but a human right. Our thanks go to The Japan Art Association and Lord Pattern of Barnes.’

Lord Patten of Barnes said: ‘I am delighted that the Japan Art Association will celebrate our very own National Youth Theatre – who will be celebrating their 70th anniversary next year and who has produced outstanding work as well as provided pivotal support for generations of young actors as they transition into an often precarious profession.’

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Since 1989, the Praemium Imperiale Awards have been given annually in the categories of Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Music and Theatre/Film; covering fields of achievement not represented by the Nobel Prizes. The Laureates are selected from a list submitted by six International Advisors to the Japan Art Association. In order to maintain the Awards' mandate to select candidates who have made a major international impact in their particular field, the International Advisors for the Awards and their committees are committed to looking beyond their own national boundaries for ground-breaking artists to recommend to the Japan Art Association.

Previous British winners include David Hockney, Mona Hatoum, Anish Kapoor, Antony Gormley, Richard Long, Bridget Riley, Norman Foster, Richard Rogers, David Chipperfield, Judi Dench, Anthony Caro and Tony Cragg.

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