Ambassador Theatre Group News

Howard Panter (yes, him again!) for The Ambassador Theatre Group and Bill Kenwright (when he's not running a football team) present Monty Python's Spamalot A new musical lovingly ripped off from Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Sadler's Wells announces its Autumn 2011 Season. The Autumn 2011 Season at Sadler's Wells is now on sale from Monday 23 May 2011 Sadler's Wells Ticket Office: 0844 424 4300 or visit: www.sadlerswells.com

The Ambassador Theatre Group Ltd (ATG), owners of the Palace Theatre and Opera House, has launched Manchester Gets it First - the company's commitment to bringing the biggest new musicals to Manchester before London and other major cities.

Simon Callow will star in BEING SHAKESPEARE at Trafalgar Studios 1, opening on Wednesday 22 June, with previews from 15 June, running until 23 July.

Paulo Szot, who has recently emerged as one of the most exciting voices in opera and who won a Tony for his performance as Emile de Becque in the Lincoln Center Theater (Andre Bishop, Artistic Director, Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer) production of SOUTH PACIFIC, will be recreating the role of the French plantation owner at the Barbican Centre in London, where the production will run for a limited season of 7 weeks only from 15 August to 1 October, with an opening night on 23 August.

Talked about for months and now finally official, Paulo Szot, who has recently emerged as one of the most exciting voices in opera and who won a Tony for his performance as Emile de Becque in the Lincoln Center Theater (Andre Bishop, Artistic Director, Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer) production of SOUTH PACIFIC, will be recreating the role of the French plantation owner at the Barbican Centre in London, where the production will run for a limited season of 7 weeks only from 15 August to 1 October, with an opening night on 23 August.

The Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) today announced the appointment of Nick Potter to the newly created Executive Director role of Managing Director (Venues).

Katori Hall's The Mountaintop will hit Broadway this fall, however, with only one of it's previously announced stars. Samuel L. Jackson will open the play as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in his Broadway debut, however the team is in search of a new Camae, as Halle Berry has departed the piece due to child custody issues.'

The Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) today announced the senior appointment of Adam Speers to a newly created role as Executive Producer.

From 26 April 2011 Natalie Casey will join the west end cast of the Olivier award-wining Legally Blonde The Musical to play ditzy beautician Paulette Buonofonté. She joins Susan McFadden as Elle Woods, Carley Stenson as Margot, Nicola Brazil as Serena, Siobhan Dillon as Vivienne and Peter Davison as Professor Callahan. Natalie Casey takes over the role from Denise Van Outen, whose last performance will be Saturday 23 April. From mid-June Lee Mead will join the west end cast to play Emmett Forrest.

The Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) today announced the appointment of Nick Potter to the newly created Executive Director role of Managing Director (Venues).

From mid-June Lee Mead will join the West End cast of the Olivier award-winning Legally Blonde The Musical to play Emmett Forrest. He joins Susan McFadden as Elle Woods, Carley Stenson as Margot, Nicola Brazil as Serena, Siobhan Dillon as Vivienne and Peter Davison as Professor Callahan.

The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle has announced its winners and special awards for excellence in Los Angeles and Orange County theatre for the year 2010.

The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle has announced its winners and special awards for excellence in Los Angeles and Orange County theatre for the year 2010. Announcements were made at a ceremony held on Monday, March 14 at the Colony Theatre in Burbank.

Tonight, 13 March 2011, as a further 180,000 tickets are released for sale, Legally Blonde The Musical celebrates at the 2011 Lawrence Olivier Awards winning Best New Musical, with Sheridan Smith collecting the Best Actress in a Musical Award for her critically acclaimed performance as Elle Woods and Jill Halfpenny picking up the award for and Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical.

The Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) today announced a new senior role for David Blyth as Property Director commencing on 28 March 2011. This is an Executive Board appointment and David will head up the Property, Health & Safety and Environmental Teams. He will continue to be based at ATG's St. Martin's Lane office.

The 2010 EMMY and BAFTA award-winning BBC family favourite, Shaun the Sheep, will be making its stage debut in a brand-new LIVE production, SHAUN'S BIG SHOW, adapted by the ‘National Children's Dramatist' David Wood, due to perform at Stoke-on-Trent's Regent Theatre from Wednesday 9 to Sunday 13 March 2011.

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaa!! Ahead of his first ever stage show at The Regent Theatre, Shaun the Sheep will be visiting Staffordshire school children and saying hello to some of his friends at Amerton Farm! Shaun's special tour of Staffordshire takes place on Tuesday 1 March.

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaa!! Ahead of his first ever stage show at The Regent Theatre, Shaun the Sheep will be visiting Staffordshire school children and saying hello to some of his friends at Amerton Farm! Shaun's special tour of Staffordshire takes place on Tuesday 1 March.

The 2010 EMMY and BAFTA award-winning BBC family favourite, Shaun the Sheep, will be making its stage debut in a brand-new LIVE production, SHAUN'S BIG SHOW, adapted by the 'National Children's Dramatist' David Wood, due to perform at Stoke-on-Trent's Regent Theatre from Wednesday 9 to Sunday 13 March 2011.