Sheeran sang in a local church choir from the age of four, learned to play the guitar during his time at Rishworth School,[14] and began writing songs while at Thomas Mills High School in Framlingham.[15][16] He was accepted at the National Youth Theatre in London as a teenager.[17][18] He is a patron of the Youth Music Theatre UK[19] and of Access to Music, where he studied Artist Development course.[20][21] Sheeran is a second cousin of Northern Irish broadcaster Gordon Burns,[22] who hosted the British game show The Krypton Factor.[9]