This post is about outdoor summer theatre and some of the venues and companies that do it. You could too. Equity now have a 'Charter' for advised pay rates and agreements. Set on a farm in the Cotswolds, Berrybank Park Amphitheatre is a 500 person summer outdoor venue that just goes to show what kinda fun the good people of Stow-on-the-Wold can get up to. Entertainment in all its rural splendour is the name of game, theatre included. Needless to say, it's a receiving venue

The Belgrade Theatre , Coventry: middle of the Midlands meets middle-of-the-road? The Arts Council recently decided to retain The Belgrade as a National Portfolio Organisation. So hopefully it's still there. Courtesy Google Maps Pub Quiz Trivia: The Belgrade got its name after Coventry's Serbian twin city of the same name donated timber with which to build the new theatre, one of the UK's first after enemy bombing during WWII destroyed much of the city. The Belgrade is where

Moving swiftly on, we have "the West End’s smallest commercial receiving house..." Active since 1927, it boasts: "...an eclectic...

With a mantlepiece full of entertainment awards, a CBE, the Theatre Royal, Windsor and The Other Palace to run, Bill Kenwright certainly...

Another success story about a source of financial acumen finding its way into the entertainment industry. You'll be spotting a pattern by...

Next on the list we have The Ambassadors Theatre Group (ATG). It's a receiving and producing operation, the business model including theatre ownership, production management, marketing and ticket operations. ATG has a useful Wikipedia page that tells you about its business history and structure. Founded in 1992 by husband and wife team, Howard Panter and Rosemary Squire, it has pursued an aggressive acquisition policy from the outset. In the late-1980's, after landing a cont

Since its conversion from a derelict building during the early-1980's, The Almeida, in Islington, London, has been a highly respected...

So, where shall we start? Let's take a look at that UK Theatre Association's .pdf list of theatres and production companies on the...

This is the first in a series of posts looking at the UK theatre industry, its venues, production companies, funding and support...