Panter/Squire and Hytner/Starr Top The Stage 100 List

The Stage Newspaper's annual list, The Stage 100, now in its 16th year, has once again listed the top 100 most influential people in UK theatre.

Theatre's power couple, husband and wife team Howard Panter and Rosemary Squire, Joint Chief Executives and co-founders of Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) have topped the list for the fourth year in a row.

The top ten is completed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Michael Grandage and James Bierman of the Michael Grandage Company, Chichester Festival Theatre's Jonathan Church and Alan Finch, Nimax Theatres' Nica Burns and Max Weitzenhoffer and outgoing Royal Court Artistic Director Dominic Cooke.

The Top 20 include:

1. Howard Panter/Rosemary Squire (Ambassador Theatre Group)
1. Nicholas Hytner / Nick Starr (National Theatre)
3. Ruth Mackenzie (Cultural Olympiad) / Danny Boyle (Olympic Opening Ceremony)
4. Cameron Mackintosh / Nick Allott (Cameron Mackintosh Ltd)
5. Michael Boyd / Vikki Heywood (Royal Shakespeare Company)
6. Andrew Lloyd Webber (Really Useful Group)
7. Michael Grandage / James Bierman (Michael Grandage Company)
8. Nica Burns / Max Weitzenhoffer (Nimax Theatres)
9. Jonathan Church / Alan Finch (Chichester Festival Theatre)
10. Dominic Cooke (Royal Court)
11. Sonia Friedman (Sonia Friedman Productions)
12. Bill Kenwright (Bill Kenwright Ltd)
13. Nick Thomas (Qdos Entertainment)
14. Dominic Dromgoole / Neil Constable (Shakespeare's Globe)
15. David Lan (Young Vic)
16. Tony Hall (Royal Opera House)
17. Julian Bird (SOLT /TMA)
18. Daniel Evans / Dan Bates (Sheffield Theatres)
19. Josie Rourke (Donmar Warehouse)
20. Mark Rylance (actor)