News
The Stage - Theatre Top 100 Announced
|
Theatre industry newspaper The Stage has announced it's annual top 100 guide to the most influential people in British theatre. The Ambassador Theatre Group, headed by husband and wife team Howard Panter and Rosemary Squire, top the list for the second year in succession. Meanwhile, for the first time in the list's 15 year history, neither Cameron Mackintosh or Andrew Lloyd Webber are placed in the top two, with three men from the subsidised theatre sector - Dominic Cooke, Michael Grandage and Nicholas Hytner - sharing joint second place. Sir Cameron and Sir Andrew slip to fifth and sixth place respectively. |
|
ATG Represents "A New World Order for Theatre" |
|
 |
The Ambassador Theatre Group operates more theatres in London and the regions than any other organisation. Alistair Smith, the deputy editor of The Stage, reflected on the decision to place them at the top of the list: "This represents a new world order for the theatre industry. No longer is it led by two powerful and personally wealthy individuals (Cameron Mackintosh & Andrew Lloyd Webber) but by a |
Legally Blonde Star Breaks the Top 20! |
|
|
|
New entries in this year's top 20 include Sheridan Smith, the out-going star of Legally Blonde at the Savoy Theatre. Smith, who was recently nominated for 'Best Actress in a Musical' in the Whatsonstage Awards, joins Mark Rylance as only the second performer in the top 20! Other performers who make the overall list include All My Sons stars David Suchet and Zoe Wannamaker and Deathtrap actor Simon Russell Beale. A number of newer faces are also named, with Benedict Cumberbatch and Love Never Dies actor Ramin Karimloo making it into the top 100. |
The Top 20 Most Influential People in Theatre |
|
|
|
1. Howard Panter/Rosemary Squire (ATG) 2= Dominic Cooke (Royal Court, London) 2= Michael Grandage (Donmar Warehouse) 2= Nicholas Hytner (National Theatre) 5. Cameron Mackintosh (Producer) 6. Andrew Lloyd Webber (Producer) 7. Nica Burns / Max Weitzenhoffer (Nimax) 8. Michael Boyd (Royal Shakespeare Company) 9. Bill Kenwright (Producer) 10. Kevin Spacey / Sally Greene (The Old Vic) 11. Nick Thomas (Qdos) 12. Sonia Friedman (Producer) 13. David Babani (Menier Chocolate Factory) 14. Ruth Mackenzie (Cultural Olympiad) 15. Mark Rylance (Actor) 16. Jonathan Church (Chichester Festival Theatre) 17. Louise Jeffreys (Barbican Centre) 18. Rupert Goold (Director) 19. David Lan (Young Vic Theatre) 20. Sheridan Smith (Actress) |
- Find a theatre bargain in our UK Tickets January Sale! |
|
Post Your Comments
Please log in to submit your comments.
