National Youth Theatre at the Athletes’ Village

This week I was at the Athletes' Village where I was photographing the Team Welcome Ceremonies.

The National Youth Theatre were performing the Team Welcome Ceremonies. Every country competing was welcomed into the village with a half hour show - each one was a mixture of performance and ceremony. Every country exchanged gifts with the Mayor of the Village; had their national anthem played and had their flag raised. At the beginning and the end the actors sang, danced, recited poetry and acted - and as you can see from the pictures it was an energetic and flamboyant event.

One of the Team Welcome Ceremonies I covered was the arrival of Team GB. Lots of politicians and athletes had come to support Team GB. I grabbed a shot of boxer Aamir Khan with Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and some of the NYT actors.

HRH Princess Anne, Dame Kelly Holmes and actor Adrian Lester, formerly an NYT member, were in attendance. Please click on the thumbnails to see larger images.

Team GB were out in force. Andy Murray and the tennis team were in attendance, as were Nicola Adams and many of the boxers.

An actor leaps from the stage watched by the athletes from Team GB.