The National Operatic & Dramatic Association (NODA)

NODA History and Aims

Noda was founded in 1899, only 11 years before Coventry Musical Theatre Society (CMTS) and is the main representative body for amateur theatre in the UK. It has a membership of some 2,500 amateur/community theatre groups and 3,000 individual entthusiasts throughout the UK, staging musicals, operas, plays, concerts and pantomines in a wide variety of performing venues, ranging from the country's leading professional theatres to village halls, Members have access to a wide range of benefits.

NODA is divided into 11 national regions, CMTS being part of the West Midlands region. Each region is headed by a Region Councillor who sits on the Council (the ruling body of the Association ) supported by a network of Regional Representatives and other volunteers. These volunteeers are the vital link to the grass roots of the Association, the amateur theatre companies themselves.

The Patron of the Association is Lord Lloyd Webber.

NODA aims to:

• give a shared voiceto the amateur sector
• help amateur societies and individuals achieve the highest standards of best practice and performance
• provide leadership and advice to enable the amateur theatre sector to tackle the challenges and opportunities of the twenty first century.

Coventry Musical Theatre Society

CMTS has been estalished 100 years since 1910 and has been a member of NODA ever since. CMTS is proud to be part of the NODA family circle and have a well established association to look after its concerns and interests.

CMTS has been nominated for NODA 'Best Regional Production Award' four times in the past six years, winning four times for The Scarlet Pimpernel (2006), The Witches of Eastwick (2008), Copacabana (2009) and Disney's Beauty and the Beast (2010) The other nominations were Me and My Girl (2003) and Aspects of Life (2007).