English Touring Theatre

English Touring Theatre (ETT) 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

Awards for English Touring Theatre include:

2012

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

2011

• The Public Reviews 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

• A Mad World My Masters (2015)
• Arcadia (2015)
• (with Sheffield Theatres) Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare (2014). Directed by Jonathan Munby, designed by Colin Richmond.^[8] Toured to: Sheffield Theatres; Grand Theatre, Blackpool; Watford Palace Theatre; Cambridge Arts Theatre; Hall for Cornwall, Truro; Richmond Theatre, Richmond, London; and Theatre Royal, Brighton.^[9]
• The Misanthrope
• The Sacred Flame by W. Somerset Maugham (2012) Directed by Matthew Dunster. Toured to: 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.
• 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.^[10]

References

External links

• ETT homepage