Rosemary Squire News

On Tuesday 12 October the Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG), will celebrate the opening of their 39th venue in the UK with a glittering opening night gala of the brand new Aylesbury Waterside Theatre.

THEATRE ROYAL BRIGHTON (TRB) has been named Most Welcoming Theatre at today's TMA Theatre and Management Awards.

According to Deadline.com, Ambassador Theatre Group, Britain's largest theatre chain, is in negotiations with American regional theaters to create a 'Hollywood-style network.'

The Ambassador Theatre Group Ltd (ATG) has been shortlisted in this year's ‘Ones to Recognise' feature which is published as part of The Sunday Times PricewaterhouseCoopers Profit Track 100 Ones to Recognise.

Husband and wife Howard Panter and Rosemary Squire, the joint chief executives of Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) have been named as the most influential people in UK Theatre, as published by The Stage today.

As previously reported, the Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) confirmed on Tuesday that it had completed the purchase of Live Nation's UK Theatres (excluding their one third share of The Dominion Theatre). The acquisition is the most significant development in ATG's 17 year history.

Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) today confirmed that it had completed the purchase of Live Nation's UK Theatres (excluding their one third share of The Dominion Theatre). The acquisition is the most significant development in ATG's 17 year history.

Howard Panter, the dynamic UK co-founder of the Ambassador Theater Group, the producing company and owner of 23 London theatre venues, is setting his sights on Broadway in a VERY big way reports Variety. The trade paper reports that he has created an ambitious list of new projects targeting for Broadway -- including a handful of productions and in very exciting news, a possible new theater space.

According to a recent article in Variety: 'theater attendance in the British capital hit a record high in 2007, rising 10.3% to 13.6 million and generating ticket sales of £469,729,135 ($926.3 million). In a bumper year for tuners, attendanceat musicals rose by 19% to 8,937,754. Despite that competition, plays also rose by a more modest 1% to 2,951,805. However, the figure for amalgamated totals for opera, dance, music and other performance pieces was down by 8% to 1,741,251. This is obviously excellent news for the industry, for all those who work in it, and for the U.K. economy,' said Solt prexy Rosemary Squire.

London had a record-breaking theatrical year in 2006.

The UK theatre website The Stage has named David Ian and Andrew Lloyd Webber as tied for #1 in its annual list of the 100 most influential people in British theatre today

Sunday in the Park with George looks for further life after the Chocolate Factory, Christopher Eccleston's West End return is cancelled and David Ian tops the annual Stage 100 list