The Ambassador Theatre Group News

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.

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.

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

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.

Just as with the BWW:UK awards, Legally Blonde and Love Never Dies led the way at the Whatsonstage awards this weekend.

Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) is the successful bidder of a new five year management contract for Churchill Theatre Bromley, beginning in April 2011. Having successfully operated Churchill Theatre Bromley since 2000, ATG will continue to help Churchill Theatre Bromley grow both as a theatre, and as a major business in Bromley and the South East.

AudienceView Ticketing, a leading provider of ticketing services to international organizations, announced today that it has been selected by Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) as its ticketing technology provider.

New entries into the top 20 are: Cultural Olympiad supremo Ruth Mackenzie, Young Vic artistic director David Lan, Barbican Centre director of programming Louise Jeffreys and Legally Blonde star Sheridan Smith.

Howard Panter for The Ambassador Theatre Group and Bill Kenwright present Monty Python's Spamalot- A new musical lovingly ripped off from Monty Python and the Holy Grail By Eric Idle and John Du Prez

Offstage Choices at the Piccadilly Theatre Monday 8 November 2010

Philip Seymour Hoffman returns to Sydney Theatre Company to direct Wayne Blair and Brendan Cowell as two warring brothers going head-to-head in a showdown of wild west proportions. Sam Shepard's iconic True West is at Wharf 1 from 27 October, opening on 2 November at 8.00pm.

Offstage Choices at the Piccadilly Theatre Monday 8 November 2010

Organised Chaos Productions presents 'The Benefit of Time', written by Terri-Ann Brumby, directed by Chloe Lang and starring Suzanne Roche and Hamish Sturgeon. This laugh out loud drama explores the potential of regression therapy on a mundane patient in the hands of a celebrity seeking hypnotherapist.

Last week in front of a packed Birmingham Town Hall, Dudson Limited and The Regent Theatre in Stoke-on-Trent won the Jaguar Land Rover Arts and Business Sustained Partnership Award, in association with Rolls-Royce plc. The award is awarded to an established, on-going partnership that continues to set standards in creative arts-business collaborations.

Tonight the Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) celebrated the opening of their 39th venue in the UK, the Aylesbury Waterside Theatre, with a star studded night.

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.