English Touring Theatre

English Touring Theatre is a major touring theatre company based in London, England. ETT is the only touring company subsidised to produce work for larger theatres in England.^[1]

History

English Touring Theatre was founded in 1993 by Stephen Unwin.^[2] In 2008, the directorship of the company was taken over by Rachel Tackley, making ETT the first producer-led touring theatre company in the UK.^[3]

Awards

Recent awards for English Touring Theatre include:

2012

• Theatre Awards UK Best Touring Production - for Anne Boleyn^[4]

2011

• ThePublicReviews Best of 2011 Award (joint) - for Tartuffe^[5]
• The Stage 100 Awards - Best Producer^[6]
• Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland Best New Play - for The Three Musketeers and the Princess of Spain^[7]
• Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland Best Ensemble - for The Three Musketeers and the Princess of Spain^[7]

Productions

• The Misanthrope
• The Sacred Flame by W. Somerset Maugham (Autumn 2012) - Touring from September 2012 to the following venues: Rose Theatre, Kingston, Northern Stage, Newcastle upon Tyne, Oxford Playhouse, New Wolsey Theatre, Liverpool Playhouse, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Theatre Royal, Brighton, The Nuffield Theatre Southampton, and Cambridge Arts Theatre. Directed by Matthew Dunster
• The Real Thing (play) (2012)
• Anne Boleyn (2012)
• Tartuffe (2011)
• Hundreds and Thousands (2011)
• Eden End (2011)
• Little Baby Jesus (2011)
• Great Expectations (2011)
• The Three Musketeers and the Princess of Spain (2010)
• Lovesong (2010)
• Marine Parade (2010)
• Canary (2010)
• Rum and Coca Cola (2010)
• The Hypochondriac (2009)
• Been So Long (2009)
• The Grapes of Wrath (2009)
• Where There's a Will (2009)
• Entertaining Mr Sloane (2009)
• Far From the Madding Crowd (2008)
• Hello and Goodbye (2008)
• Uncle Vanya (2007)
• The Changeling (2007)
• Someone Else's Shoes (2007)
• French Without Tears (2007)
• Mother Courage and Her Children (2006)
• The Old Country (2006)
• Hamlet (2005)
• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (2005)
• Twelfth Night (2004)
• Honeymoon Suite (2004)
• Romeo and Juliet (2003)
• Anton Chekhov (2003)
• John Gabriel Borkman (2003)
• The Boy Who Fell into a Book (2002)
• King Lear (2002)
• Ghosts (2002)
• The York Realist (2001)
• The Caretaker (2001)
• Fool for Love (2001)
• The Cherry Orchard (2000)
• The Master Builder (1999)
• Don Juan (1999)
• Hushabye Mountain (1999)
• The Taming of the Shrew (1998)
• A Difficult Age (1998)
• Shellfish (1998)
• Measure for Measure (1997)
• The Seagull (1997)
• Design for Living (1997)
• Henry IV Parts I and II (1996)
• The School for Scandal (1996)
• Hedda Gabler (1996)
• Rupert Street Lonely Hearts Club (1995)
• Macbeth (1995)
• The Importance of Being Earnest (1995)
• The School for Wives (1995)
• No Man's Land (1994)
• As You Like It (1994)
• The Beaux' Stratagem (1994)
• A Doll's House (1994)
• A Taste of Honey (1993)
• Hamlet (1993)
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (1993)

Digital Theatre

ETT was one of the organisations which collaborated in the launch of Digital Theatre, a project of recording and distributing theatre performance digitally. The first performance filmed and released was 'Far From the Madding Crowd'.^[8]

References

External links

• ETT homepage