MTN is a membership organisation with a mission to bring people and resources together to improve infrastructure and opportunities for new musical theatre in the UK. Our membership is a national network of venues, producers, colleges, directors, organisations and individuals involved in developing or staging new musicals. In partnership with our members, MTN works to strengthen and diversify the new musical theatre sector nationwide, and so support development of the artform. MTN works with, and on behalf of, its members to: Advocate for increased support of new British musical theatre – greater investment in terms of money and time, more productions and growing audiences Facilitate improved communication, more connections and closer collaboration within a diverse, UK-wide musical theatre community Encourage best practice in staging new musical theatre and nurturing the artform’s development