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Nottingham Playhouse Annual Review Introductions
Strength in Numbers
Once more Nottingham Playhouse has
welcomed audiences to a superb range
of performances both inside our theatre
spaces and elsewhere in the city, county
and country. Mass Bolero, Nottingham’s
tribute to Torvill and Dean, involved over
800 local people and was filmed in locations
all over the city, becoming an internet
hit. We also staged compelling dramas,
which looked at the relationship between
the individual and the sweep of history.
Local writer Andy Barrett brought Tony
Benn to life and put his 50 year career into
perspective in Tony’s Last Tape; Mermaid
offered an insight into the struggles young
women face in order to fit in, and Time
and the Conways showed how the downfall
of the family was not due only to the
circumstance of the 1930s depression but
to their own fragilities. Posh invited us not
to look at the past, but to think about the
future by exposing the student antics of
those who may in time be regarded as the
‘ruling class’ and have a decisive say in how
we live our lives. This work and much more
not mentioned here, always produced to the
highest standards, has over the past year
offered us the opportunity to take time out
of our everyday lives and join with other
members of the audience to have our senses
refreshed and our expectations challenged.
We are fortunate to have such a dedicated
and talented executive team in Stephanie
Sirr and Giles Croft, who together with the
Playhouse team continue to bring us such a
wide range of extraordinary theatre.
Helen Flach,
Chair of the Board of Trustees
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This has been a tremendous year for
Nottingham Playhouse. With the hard
work of our dedicated team and some
incredibly fruitful partnerships we’ve
created 14 productions, 330 participation
opportunities and toured to 46 cities,
towns and villages. Our aim remains not
just to make work of the highest artistic
quality but to then ensure that our work
has the greatest possible impact on our
many communities.
Mass Bolero marked our first major foray into
large-scale digital work and our pantomime
was the most successful ever.
We were able to launch Golden Age and Little
Playhouse and to stage 9 world premieres,
3 of which were by Nottingham writers.
A successful environmental upgrade in 2015
has dramatically cut our energy consumption
and improved our Green credentials. We are
enormously grateful for the financial support
of Arts Council England, Nottingham City
Council and Sir Harry Djanogly in delivering
this upgrade.
Finally, as a charity, we need to ensure that
we have financial success. Every penny
we earn or raise is reinvested in making
creative opportunities for the people we
serve. Last year over 3,000 donations
were received and our Backstage Pass
scheme finished the year with a healthy
950 members. Thank you so very much to
everybody who continues to invest in and
to support Nottingham Playhouse.
Stephanie Sirr and Giles Croft
Chief Executive and Artistic Director
Nottingham Playhouse Annual Review Introductions
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Nottingham Playhouse Annual Review The Year in Figures
The year in figures
15%
of the work
presented was
international
£1:£84
Return on investment
from local authority
subsidy in local economy
| 15%
2014
| 4%
15
2002
03
Percentage of local
authority funding
compared to turnover
Over
£13m
Annual Economic
Impact of Nottingham Playhouse
More than
20,000
Young People
attending
the Playhouse
Inclusive Playhouse
63%
of all tickets were sold
at concessionary rates
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| 450
2014
| 483
15
2002
03
Actor weeks
336
events with, by
and for children and
young people
| 41%:59%
2014
| 67%:33%
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2002
03
Earned income vs Subsidy
Nottingham Playhouse Annual Review The Year in Figures
12,462
people experienced
the Playhouse panto
for the first time
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Specifically culturally
diverse events
World Premieres
£1.7m
Investment in Capital
Refurbishment
9
129,250
Attended
1,002
Tick
to teachets issued FR E
E
ers ac
school gcompanying
roups
32 31
Creatives worked on
Nottingham Playhouse
productions
£13.70
Average price paid
for a ticket
122
Babes in Arms attended
Nottingham Playhouse
productions
Actors employed in
Nottingham Playhouse
productions
£10.46
788
Subsidy per head
from Arts Council
England
Events at
Nottingham Playhouse
£1.30
Subsidy per head
from Nottingham
City Council
67%
Earned income
vs subsidy
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Nottingham Playhouse Annual Review Awards & Nominations
Awards & Nominations
2014
2014
2015
Best New Play
Nomination for 1984
Best Director for
Duncan Macmillan
and Robert Icke
for 1984
Best Regional
Production
Nomination for
The Kite Runner
2015
Nottingham Playhouse
highly commended
for Design Through
Innovation
2015
Nottingham Post
Environmental Award
for Environmental
Development
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Nottingham Playhouse Annual Review Press Quotes
Don’t just take our word
for it...
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‘Heartbreakingly beautiful’
The Times - Mermaid
HHHHH
‘Revelatory
and hugely entertaining’
What’s On Live - Propaganda Swing
HHHHH
‘WONDERFUL’
Impact Magazine - Time and the Conways
HHHH
‘Visually stunning and
brilliantly executed’
The Stage - Arcadia
HHHH
‘Warm, sweet and
consistently funny’
The Observer - Tony’s Last Tape
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Nottingham Playhouse Annual Review Press Quotes
Don’t just take our word
for it...
HHHH
‘Stunning and refreshing’
Platform Magazine - How to Breathe
HHHH
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The Mail - The Kite Runner
The Telegraph - The Kite Runner
‘Mesmerising’
‘Goes down
a storm’
The Guardian - Forever Young
‘Not to be
missed’
Nottingham Post Propaganda Swing
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‘A HIT’
Nottingham Playhouse Annual Review Press Quotes
HHHH
‘Outstanding in every respect’
The Stage - Posh
HHHH
‘A feast’
The Guardian - Posh
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‘Enchanting’
The Public Reviews - Arcadia
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Nottingham Playhouse Annual Review Nottingham Playhouse Productions
Nottingham Playhouse
Productions
world
premiere
THE SECOND
MINUTE
21 May – 1 June 2014
Marking 100 years after the
start of WWI, this piece is
based upon letters taken
from the archive of the
Sherwood Foresters, woven
together into a spell-binding
new play.
The Kite Runner
A UK productions presentation
of the Nottingham Playhouse
Theatre Company and
Liverpool Everyman And
Playhouse Production
29 August –
6 September 2014
The return of Nottingham
Playhouse’s smash-hit
stage adaptation of the
worldwide bestselling
novel. A haunting tale
of friendship spanning
cultures and continents,
following one man’s journey
to confront his past and find
redemption.
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European
premiere
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Time and
the Conways
12 September –
27 September 2014
J.B. Priestley’s searing
drama exploring
complacency, class
arrogance, our social and
political history between the
World Wars and the knockon effects of a family’s
mistakes beneath the
surface of a seemingly
happy family story.
world
premiere
Propaganda
Swing
A co-production with the
Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
3 October –
18 October 2014
The extraordinary true
story of ‘Charlie and his
Orchestra’, an enthralling
new play revealing the
characters behind the 1930s
Faustian pact between some
of the greatest German jazz
musicians of the day and the
Nazi party.
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Nottingham Playhouse
Productions
Arcadia
31 October –
15 November 2014
The exuberantly funny and
enormously touching serious
comedy about sex, science
and landscape gardening
from Sir Tom Stoppard.
Sleeping Beauty
28 November 2014 –
17 January 2015
world
premiere
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Featuring everything you
have come to love about
Nottingham Playhouse
pantomimes such as
dazzling costumes,
stunning sets, mischievous
fun and thrilling musical
numbers that will excite
the whole family.
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world
premiere
Wigglegiggle
A co-production with Re:Play Theatre
10 December 2014 – 3 January 2015
An energetic, wigglesome, gigglesome
mash-up of word and rhythms and nifty
noises designed to engage young children’s
imaginations and to enchant their
eyes and ears.
Forever Young
A co-production with
Oldham Coliseum Theatre
29 January – 7 February 2015
The return of the smash-hit musical
comedy set in Nottingham Playhouse
Home for Aging Thespians. A devastating,
moving and hilarious look at getting on
and letting it all hang out as a group
of aged panto performers are
determined to prove it’s
not all behind
them.
Wave
11 February –
14 February 2015
23 March –
27 March 2015
world
premiere
Inspired by Shakespeare’s
The Tempest, and performed
for small audiences in a
purpose-built theatre,
a vibrant multi-sensory
play for young people with
profound and multiple
learning difficulties
and autism.
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Nottingham Playhouse
Productions
Posh
A co-production with
Salisbury Playhouse
regional
premiere
13 February –
28 February 2015
The regional premiere of the
darkly comic and disgracefully
entertaining play inspired by
the real‑life Bullingdon Club.
A razor‑sharp portrayal of
what Boris Johnson himself
described as superhuman
arrogance, toffishness and
twittishness.
Click here to watch
the trailer
How to Breathe
17 February –
21 February 2015
Nottingham based BBC
Writersroom writer Mufaro
Makubika’s new play about
belonging and one man’s
choice between fight or flight
on the eve of his deployment
to Afghanistan.
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world
premiere
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Tony’s Last Tape
world
premiere
25 February –
28 February 2015
The powerful new play
inspired by the diaries of
Tony Benn, one of the most
inspirational politicians
of all time, exploring the
quandary of knowing it’s
time to give up, but not
quite knowing how.
world
premiere
Mermaid
A co-production with
Shared Experience
9 March –
21 March 2015
The coming-of-age fairy
tale re-imagined for a
contemporary audience in
this stunning co-production
with Shared Experience.
Click here to watch
the trailer
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world
premiere
BOLERO
31 May & 1 June 2014
A co-production with ODA Theatre (Pristina)
and Sarajevo War Theatre
Part-history, part-play, a unique production
bringing together different stories, from
Torvill and Dean’s historic Olympic Win to
an assassin raising a gun in 1914, all linked
by one word - Bolero.
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21 May – 1 June 2014
Nottingham’s cross-cultural, city wide arts
festival celebrating the very best European
theatre, art, dance, film and music over 10
days across a wide range of Nottingham
venues. Inspired by ‘Europe Then and Now’,
incorporating work from world premieres
to niche pop-ups, the festival takes the
opportunity to highlight the wealth of
creativity within Nottingham and gives
our regionally based artists the same
profile as those from overseas.
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Nottingham Playhouse Annual Review Collaborations & Associate Companies
COLLABORATIONS
& ASSOCIATE COMPANIES
We are proud to be part of
city with so many creative
individuals and companies,
and over the course of the
year we have worked with a
great many on a wide range
of projects. Sometimes it is
in partnership, sometimes
it’s in association and
occasionally it’s simply in
tandem. These projects
have taken place both at
the Playhouse and across
other locations throughout
Nottingham, many in
unusual and unexpected
places. Thanks to: Bromley
House Library, The Chase
Centre, Lakeside Arts
Centre, Nottingham
Contemporary, Hatch,
New Art Exchange,
NottDance, Dance4,
Mouthy Poets, Primary,
Cultural Vibrations,
Blackdrop, Sheep Soup,
2Magpies Theatre,
Stonebridge City Farm,
Bartons, and many more.
ntu design prize
Every year, The Nottingham
Playhouse Design Prize is
awarded to a Nottingham
Trent University BA (Hons)
Theatre Design student,
after they are tasked with
creating a speculative set
design for a particular
production. Working
alongside our Associate
Director Fiona Buffini,
students are given support
and guidance from the
Playhouse in creating their
final models. In September
2014, Rachael Jacks was
awarded the prize after
impressing with her design
for Touched, by Nottingham
writer Stephen Lowe. Jacks
took up a work placement at
Nottingham Playhouse in
2015, where she redesigned
the set for a new co-produced
and touring production of
Forever Young, and then went
on to design Tony’s Last Tape,
which went on to complete
at successful run at the
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
after sold out performances
at the Playhouse.
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Nottingham Playhouse Annual Review Made in Nottingham
Made in nottingham
In making our main stage work this year we’ve used:
30m Back Projection Screen
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Clear
PVC
Dancefloor
Nottingham Playhouse Annual Review Made in Nottingham
1,165m Steel
canvas cloths
Over
of fabric
Team fuelled by over
3 by 1 timber
8,000
balloons for the
Playhouse Panto
15,000
teabags
Whether it’s
fabric for costumes
or timber for sets, at
the end of the day
everything that can
be recycled or re-used
is, whether by the
Playhouse or by local
community groups
or schools.
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Nottingham Playhouse Annual Review Flying the Flag for Nottingham
Flying the flag for
nottingham
Nottingham Playhouse productions have toured
to 46 cities, towns and villages across the UK:
Birmingham
The Kite Runner
Braunston-inRutland
The Second Minute
Cambridge
1984*
Cardiff
Mermaid
Chilwell
The Second Minute
Chipping Norton
The Second Minute
Coalville
The Second Minute
Corsham
Wave
Coventry
Propaganda Swing
Derby
The Second Minute
Doncaster
Forever Young
Edinburgh
The Kite Runner,
Mermaid
Ellesmere Port
The Second Minute
Exeter
1984*
Fleetwood
The Second Minute
Glasgow
1984*
Goostrey
The Second Minute
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Great Milton
The Second Minute
Gretton
The Second Minute
Haddenham
The Second Minute
Harworth
The Second Minute
Holmes Chapel
The Second Minute
Hull
Wave
Ipswich
Wave
Leeds
The Kite Runner,
Mermaid
Liverpool
The Kite Runner
Malvern
The Kite Runner
Mold
Mermaid
Newmarket
The Second Minute
North Hykeham
The Second Minute
Oldham
Forever Young
Oxford
The Kite Runner,
Mermaid
Plumbley
The Second Minute
Plymouth
1984*, Wave
Richmond
Mermaid
Salisbury
The Kite Runner, Posh
Samlesbury
The Second Minute
Shrewsbury
The Kite Runner
Skegness
The Second Minute
Southampton
1984*, Mermaid
Southend-on-Sea
The Second Minute
Tarvin
The Second Minute
Thoresby
The Second Minute
Thrumpton
The Second Minute
York
The Kite Runner, 1984*
Warwick
Forever Young
Watford
Mermaid
*1984 and Gob Squad’s
Kitchen were produced
at Nottingham
Playhouse prior to
the 2014/15 financial
year, but continue to
tour nationally and
internationally during
this time period.
Nottingham Playhouse Annual Review Flying the Flag for Nottingham
Lublin
Gob Squad’s
Kitchen*
Tuzla
Zenica
Sarajevo
Mostar
Bolero
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Nottingham Playhouse Annual Review Visiting Work
Visiting work
Drama
Egusi Soup
by Janice Okoh
The Way I Wear my Hair
by Rachael Young
Power Games
by Altered Skin
Bird by Laura Lomas
Pretty/Ugly
by Louise Orwin
Holy & Horny
by Tonya Joy Bolton
Mrs Green
by Sheep Soup
Mugs Arrows
by Eddie Elks
Raising Lazarus
by Kat Francois
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Dance
Richard Alston Dance
Company
Hercules: A Dance
Cabaret
Fabulous Beast Dance
Theatre
U.Dance 2014
Ballet Black
The Five & the Prophecy
of Prana
Phoenix Dance Theatre
Episodes 15
Ultima Vez
Gabriele Reuter
& Mattef Kuhlmey
Sophie’s Academy of
Performing Arts
Sandra Taylor School
of Dance
BalletBoyz – The Talent
Nicole Beutler
Tracy Quaife Theatre
Dance School
Comedy
Festival of
the Spoken Nerd
Grumpy Old Women
Austentatious: An
Improvised Novel
Hardeep Singh Kohli
Back in the Day
Rachel Parris
Chris Ramsey
Jason Byrne
Al Murray
John Shuttleworth
One Man Breaking Bad
Andy Parsons
Count Arthur Strong
Ellie Taylor
Henning When
Jasper Carrott
Dave Gorman
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Music
Chris Wood
Monique Henry
Blessing Magore
David Thomas
Broughton
Kemet’s Got It
The Elvis Years
Steeleye Span
Swinging at the
Cotton Club
ELO Experience
The Baulkham Hills
African Ladies Troupe
Talks
and Spoken Word
Alan Johnson
Blofeld & Baxter
Jo Nesbo
Caitlin Moran
Paul Merton
Cassandra Clare
& Holly Black
Ned Boulting
Ruby Wax
Say Sum Thin 7 & 8
FAMILY FRIENDLY
Science Museum Live
Tour of the Universe
Signor Baffo
The Three Billy
Goats Gruff
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Nottingham Playhouse Annual Review Participation
Participation
Enabled Upstart
Bulwell Youth Theatre
A work experience
programme for students
aged 15 – 20 with physical
and learning disabilities.
Our first satellite group
in a disadvantaged area of
our city.
Club Encore
A friendly theatre club for
over 50s wanting to engage
with theatre more closely.
Little Playhouse
(Ages 2 – 4)
Weekly sessions for children
and their parents/carers,
stimulating the senses
using art, messy play, music,
movement, storytelling
and sensory play.
Bigger Little Playhouse
(Ages 5 – 8)
Children explore their
world using drama games
and exercises.
Young Playwrights
A course for young,
local playwrights.
In House
A theatre group for people
who have experienced
homelessness.
Golden Age
Weekly groups offering a
range of arts activities to
people over 60.
1,487
Critics Circle
under 18s took part in
our youth activities at
Nottingham Playhouse
and in schools
Young people produce
their own reviews of
Playhouse productions
after attending workshops
and press nights .
Introduction to Directing
“Rachel has become part of the fabric of the building
throughout the course of her placement and has had the
chance to learn from every department in our busy, producing
theatre. We’ve all appreciated her insights and all feel a sense of
ownership of her development, as we’ve had the chance to form
a longer-term relationship with her through the scheme.”
Fiona Buffini, Associate Director on Trainee Director Rachel Ross’s
three month placement funded by RTYDS. Assisted on four shows.
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Events
Theatre Project
in Oaks Care Home,
St Ann’s
As part of the IMAGINE
consortium – bringing
high quality arts to
older people.
With the Regional Theatre Young Directors Scheme
(RTYDS) for eight young, local directors.
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Different
participation
groups to join
Adults participated in
creative activities at
Nottingham Playhouse
All of this, as well
as our three regular
Youth Theatres based
at the Playhouse.
Nottingham Playhouse Annual Review Participation Productions
Participation Productions
The film of of
Mass Bolero has over
Over
800
63,000
people
participated
views on YouTube
to date
Mass Bolero
Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolour
Dreamcoat
All Quiet On
The Western Front
White Feathers
Frankenstein
Equus
Paradise
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Nottingham Playhouse Annual Review Participation – Mass Bolero
Participation – MASS BOLERO
A major participation project, commissioned by Nottingham Playhouse
in partnership with Dance4, Confetti Media Group and Notts TV.
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Filming
Locations
February 2014 saw the 30th
anniversary of Nottingham
duo Torvil and Dean’s
Olympic success in Sarajevo
with their performance of
Bolero. To mark this event,
Nottingham Playhouse
announced a unique project
that would allow the people
of Nottingham to pay tribute
to two of their finest.
Community groups,
schools, sports venues and
individuals recreated the
world-famous Bolero ice
dance which was filmed and
received its world premiere
at neat14. It was directed
by Nottingham Playhouse
Associate Director Fiona
Buffini, choreographed by
Jeanefer Jean-Charles, and
filmed and edited by the
Confetti Media Group for
broadcast on Notts TV.
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PARTICIPANTS
Dance 4 Staff
East Midlands Cheerleading
Academy
Bulwell Riverside Librarians
Nottingham City Transport
bus drivers
Nottinghamshire Fire
Service
Ruby’s Mum
Heathfield Primary School
Nottingham Sea Cadets
Nottingham Playhouse staff
Wollaton Hall Museum
volunteers
Rocket Scenery staff
Independent Street
Carnival Troupe
Nottingham Rugby Club
Nottingham City Homes staff
Loxley House,
City Council staff
Cancer Researchers,
John van Geest Centre
University of
Nottingham staff
Nottingham
Gymnastics Club
Brinsley Over 60s
Dance group
Oakfield School
Nottinghamshire Police
Nottingham Academy
Nottingham City
Hospital staff Hellfire Harlots Roller
Derby Team
Click here to watch the
film of Mass Bolero
Photo of Torvil and Dean:
Nottingham Post
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A playhouse for nottingham
Partnerships
with other
organisations
& groups
Nottingham Playhouse
is a key member of the
organising committee
for Refugee Week in
Nottingham. We work with
accessibility charity ‘Scene
and Sound’ on improving
access at the Playhouse,
having recently completed
an access audit.
Pay what you can
600
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Over 30 primary and
secondary teachers have
helped us shape our schools
packages by attending our
Teachers Forums.
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Over 600 people have
accessed our Pay What
You Can performances at
Nottingham Playhouse.
Productions written or
directed by Nottinghambased creatives.
Free programmes
Pre and Postshow events
200
Over 200 students have
signed up for their Playhouse
student card, giving
them special access to the
Playhouse and lower
ticket prices.
LOCAL TALENT
140
Free programmes offered
to everyone attending a
Nottingham Playhouse
production.
Production
Locations
Students have attended
specially arranged post-show
talks with creatives.
30
People from Age UK
attended a post-show
discussion for Forever
Young.
Our productions have
gone beyond the walls of
the Playhouse and out into
venues across the city,
including Bartons in Beeston,
The Chase Neighbourhood
Centre, New Art Exchange
and Stonebridge City Farm.
600
People have attended a
pre‑show or post-show talk
at Nottingham Playhouse.
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Nottingham Playhouse Annual Review Accessible Playhouse
accessible playhouse
“Think of it as buying
a theatre ticket for a
friend you haven’t
met yet.”
2005
tickets used
in 2014-2015,
given to groups
including:
Nottingham
Testimonials from some of our 50:50 audience members:
& Nottinghamshire
Refugee Forum
“A wonderful play, please thank the Playhouse”
(Egyptian Asylum Seeker)
Age UK
Mencap Nottingham
“On behalf of all the service users at POW
I want to say a massive thank you to the
St Ann’s Children Centre
Nottingham Playhouse who enabled
Chronic
Pain Group
individuals with complex needs to
Framework (Homelessness)
experience something other than the
chaos of their daily lives.”
British Red Cross
Daniela Scotece, CEO of POW
Women’s Aid Integrated Services
“The people we work with lead
Homestart (supporting deprived
chaotic lives, the majority will
children and families)
never have been to the theatre
Chayah Development Project
before and simply wouldn’t
Young
Carers Federation
think of it. 50:50 tickets
enable us to engage with
British Red Cross
them on a new level.”
Services for Empowerment & Advocacy,
Tim Boynton,
Foxhall Lodge
Criminal Justice
POW Nottingham
Intervention Team
CJIT – Criminal Justice Intervention Team
Integritas Advocacy Ltd
The BACA Project
Refugee Futures
Barnardo’s Butterfly Project
Dementia Friends
50:50 tickets are distributed to a wide variety of
beneficiaries. From disadvantaged young people and groups
supporting people with substance misuse issues to homeless
hostels for families and charities supporting the elderly,
they make a tangible difference to local people.
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ENABLED UPSTART
Wave
15 young people with
physical and learning
disabilities took part in
our specially adapted,
week-long work experience
programme.
“What I really appreciated
the most were the high
standards you set for the
young people. The young
people were challenged,
given a real sense of inclusion
and most importantly their
parents and teachers could
see what they were really
capable of. I really believe
they have all learned
valuable skills from this.”
Inspired by Shakespeare’s
The Tempest, Wave explored
the relationship between a
parent and their offspring
as they reach adulthood and
leave home. It was written
for an audience of young
people with profound and
multiple learning disabilities
(PMLD) and autism, along
with their companions.
Lucy Fisher, Project
Co-ordinator, Barnardo’s
ACCESSIBLE
PERFORMANCES
Nottingham Playhouse is
here for everyone – and we’ve
worked hard to ensure that
everyone feels welcome. Our
Relaxed Performances form
part of that commitment.
Relaxed performances
mean young or old can enjoy
theatre in an environment
where they can come and go
if needed, where there are
no loud bangs or surprises
and where the welcome
is especially warm and
considerate. We continue
to offer performances that
are BSL interpreted, Audio
Described or use Stage
Text. We offer discounts to
audiences who are registered
disabled and free tickets
to those accompanying
someone with an additional
need. We raise funds to offer
tickets through 50:50 to all
sectors of the community and
our new Pay What You Can
performances ensure that no
one need feel excluded from
the Nottingham Playhouse
experience.
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Nottingham Playhouse Annual Review A Greener Playhouse
A greener playhouse
Overall
In 2010 Nottingham Playhouse
undertook a major study of its
energy efficiency.
The study included:
1 An analysis of the current energy demands and issues
regarding thermal comfort.
2 Review of the building fabric and building services
3 Review of heating controls and potential BMS options
4 Analysis of low carbon ventilation systems
5 Feasibility of low and zero carbon technologies
Implementing changes in 2014 and 2015 we have now
reduced our energy use by over 23% AND created three new
participation spaces.
Funded by donations from theatre goers, from philanthropist
Sir Harry Djanogy and major grants from Arts Council
England and Nottingham City Council the scheme will save
between £50,000 and £80,000 per annum.
1 type of old theatre lantern used 39 kw/h, whereas its
replacement uses just 24 kw/h. That one change alone equals
21,000 kw/h per annum or around £1,800 a year.
23%
reduction in
energy use
35%
Reduction in
gas consumption
Example stage lantern replacement
Saving
21,000kw/h
per annum
or £1,800
a year
Old Lantern
39kw/h
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Replacement
24kw/h
19%
Reduction in electricity
consumption
Nottingham Playhouse Annual Review Digital Playhouse
digital playhouse
505,157
Number of visits
to the Nottingham
Playhouse website
214,258
Number of views for Nottingham
Playhouse’s Mass Bolero
Increase in Twitter
followers in 2014-15
Increase in Facebook
likes in 2014-15
Number of views for
Nottingham Playhouse
trailers
Joined Instagram
March 2015
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Nottingham Playhouse Annual Review Our Partners
Our partners
Nottingham Playhouse is very proud to work with a range of enlightened
local businesses, whose support for the theatre is incredibly important.
We would like to extend our sincere thanks to:
NOTTINGHAM
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Board Members
THE BOARD
OF TRUSTEES
David Belbin
Tim Challans
Helen Flach (Chair)
Harvey Goodman
Cllr Brian Grocock
Cllr Thulani Molife
Caroline Shutter
Paul Southby
Michelle Vacciana
Photo: David Baird
THE WIDER BOARD
Cllr Cat Arnold
Andy Barrett
Fred Brooke
Sue Clarke
Sue Cullen
Sue Dewey OBE
Jonathan English
Rastarella Falade
Mark Fletcher
Roger Harcourt
Suma Harding
Cllr Stan Heptinstall
Tom Huggon
Chris Hughes
David Hunt
Cressida Laywood
Howard Morris
Bernadette O’Driscoll
Cllr Michael Payne
Prof. John Pike OBE
Cllr Chris Pratt
Cllr Melvyn Shepherd
Annemarie Shillito
Karen Standard
Mich Stevenson OBE
David Stewart OBE
Cllr Michael Storey
Helen Tarver
David Tilly
Simon White
Tony Wills
Dorothy Wilson
Cllr Malcolm Wood
Rod Wood
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Nottingham Playhouse Annual Review The Nottingham Playhouse Team
The Nottingham playhouse
team
Nottingham
Playhouse Staff
Thomas Adcock
Precious Agbabiaka
Ria Ashcroft
Jessica Astley
Kathryn BainbridgeWilson
Mark Bamford
Tom Barnes
Stephanie Bartle
Andy Bartlett
Rachel Bates
Dan Baxter
Drew Baumohl
Aaron Belcher
Manya Benenson
Sinéad Bevan
Leon Black
Martin Blee
Nathan Bradley
David Brown
Alexandra
Broughton
Karl Bock
Fiona Buffini
Andrew Bullet
Pamela Bullett
Katie Byrne
Louise Carney
Jonathan Child
Beverly Clark
Matthew Collins
Matthew Connor
Andrea Coombes
Camilla Copley
Charlie Cox
Giles Croft
Emily Croxford
James Curtis
Martin Curtis
Maxine Cunningham
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Rebecca Dallman
Hannah Davi
Olwen Davies
Nicola Dawson
Kelsey de WestFlorey
Clare Devine
Nigel Dickinson
Sheila Dixon
Ian Downing
Chris Easton
Jane Eliot-Webb
Jen Ellis
Tony Emery
Valerie Evans
James Faflik
Jade Fawcett
Henry FillouxBennett
Heather Flinders
Frazer Gee
Lampros
Giannoulatos
Jasper Gilbert
Kim Gilbert
David Golds
Jamie Goodhall
Derek Graham
Emma Greenhalgh
Kristy Guest
Phillip Gunn
Emily Hackett
Amanda Hall
William Hall
Carol Harmer
Sharlene HarvardYoung
Nic Harvey
Alex Hatton
Paul Hawkins
Karla Henry
Francesca Hess
Karon Hill
Owen Hill
Chris Howitt
Abi Hubbard
Brian Humpherson
Dale Hurren
Reis Hussain
Cindy Hutchinson
Kirsty Hutchinson
Laura Hutchinson
Jayne Hyman
Lucy Jenkins
David Jones
Karen Jones
Lydia Jones
Rebecca Jordan
Rob Kettridge
Jessica Kemp
Will Kent
Dani Kidson
Jamie Kirkham
Josh Knott
Stuart Lambert
Nick Lawford
Michelle Leek
Gemma Leggett
Georgie Levers
Acaycia Lewis
Geoff Linney
Katie Luckhurst
Gregory Malone
Alix Manning Jones
Giada Maran
Mufaro Makubika
James McAndrew
Hannah McBrien
Livia McLauchlan
Jo McLeish
Sooki McShane
Gary Miller
Maddie Monte
Jordan Mooken
Francesca Morris
Nick Morris
Clare Moss
Alex Moxon
Ali Murray
Andy Nairn
Charlotte Nash
Sam Nicholson
John Noton
Nick Oakden
Paige Ockendon
Kane Oliver
Sarah Ormanroyd
Laura Osei-Bonsu
Orkut Otcikin
Sean Parker
Abi Parsons
Tom Parsons
Hannah Payne
Elaine Pearson
Louise Pearson
Aurora Postle
Ollie Poulter
Lewis Prescott
Paul Preston
Yasmin Purnell
Andy Pyle
Simon Radford
Kirk Ratcliffe
Simon Raven
Oliver Read
Deborah ReedAspley
Richard Renshaw
Sarah Richard
Dave Richardson
Sarah Rickard
Steve Ridgway
Charlotte Ridley
Aaron Roberts
Jill Robertshaw
Lauren Robinson
Kate Robotham
Danielle Rose
Nathan Rose
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Aneela Samrai
Dominika Sarosi
Graham Saxby
Aaron Schoburgh
Jacob Seelochan
Simon Seligman
Justine Sharp
Sabrina Shaw
Lisa Shipman
Kat Shooter
Andrew Siddons
Sheila Sisson
Stephanie Sirr
Myra Slack
Shannon Smith
Simeon Small
Julian Smith
Kim Smith
Ollie Smith
Allie Spencer
Joseph Stairs
Sarah Stephenson
Stella Stibbons
Hannah Stone
Sarah Story
Richard Surgay
Victoria Sutton
Amy Swift
Richard Swift
Heather Sykes
Sheldon Talbot
Nathan Taylor
Alexis Theobald
Claire Thompson
Andrew Tinley
Tony Topping
Amy Townson
Lucy Tregear
Michael Turton
Helen Tye
Bea Udeh
Be Wade
Jeremy Walker
Patricia Walsh
Anna Wheelhouse
Tim Wheelhouse
Paul White
Michael
Whittington
Cherelle Wilks
Matt Williams
Safiya Williams
Tom Wood
Nicola Wragg
Susan Yeoman
Richard Zamorski
Volunteers
Emma Barber
Ilija Barosevcic Louise Carney
Beverley Clark
Michael Comerford
Lynn Coxon
Lisa De Vivo
Sylvia Draycott
Hywel Jones
Liza Krejci
Jake Leonard
Janet Mitchell
Siba Munsanje
Andrew Pearce
Aurora Postle
Heather Roberts
Beth Robinson
Mel Romaine
Hannah Stoddart
Liz Squires
Nikita Vyas
Attrata Walls
Louise White
Actors
David Ahmad
Ritu Arya
James Austin
Harvey
Teresa Banham
David Bark-Jones
Stefan Bednarczyk
Sia Berkeley
Bhavin Bhatt
Jonny Bower
Philip Bretherton
Charlotte Brimble
Antony Bunsee
Pascale Burgess
Neil Caple
Stephen Clarke
Tom Clegg
Sian Clifford
Callum Coates
Dario Coates
Tomm Coles
Beatrice Comins
Richard Conlon
Andrei Costin
Clara Darcy
Emilio Doorgasingh
Mark Edel-Hunt
Kelly Edwards
John Elkington
Francesca Ellis
Joanne Evans
Jonny Fines
Polly Frame
Tim Frater
Natalie Gavin
Ilan Goodman
Rob Goll
Simon Haines
Tom Hanson
Finn Hanlon
Edward Harrison
Anthony Hoggard
Adam Horvath
Mark Jardine
Louise Jameson
Robbie Jarvis
Rosie Jones
Nicholas Karimi
Kaffe Keating
Phoebe Kemp
Ezra Khan
Nicholas Khan
Laurence Kennedy
Robin Kingsland
Philip Labey
Emily Laing
Rebecca Little
Paul Lincoln
Miranda Mac Letten
Chris Andrew Mellon
Ifan Meredith
Jordan Metcalfe
Lizzy McInnerny
Doireann McKenna
Trevor Mugarisanwa
Steve North
Amaka Okafor
Olivia Onyehara
Tom Palmer
Florence Roberts
Jamie Satterthwaite
Jacob Seelochan
Dale Superville
Parth Thakerar
James Thorne
Scott Turnbull
Ben Turner
Sarah Twomey
Cathy Walsh
Georgina White
Hannah Whittingham
Miranda Wilford
Lisa Zahara
Zolfa Zahedi
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The Nottingham playhouse
team
Musicians
Matthew Green
Hanif Khan
Ian Maclean
Matt Marks
John Morton
John Porter
Steve Tromans
David Storer
John Watterson
Panto Chorus
Anya Blyth
Hanna Bricklebank
Emma Brown
Charlotte Burrows
Elyse Davison
Francesca Green
Ellie Hudswell
Georgia Hunt
Eliana Mastrangela
Jessica Melbourne
Olivia Neville
Elise Paterson
Lucy Phillips
Jessica Reilly
Malaika Singh
Anais Tobin-Storer
Jade Tolley
Holly Whitehall
Millie Wilson
Mermaid Chorus
Jessica Bailey
Courtney BlenhamGiddy
Claire Blensley
Carys Brown
Hannah Burns
Grace Chamberlain
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Madeline Chapman
Nikki Charlesworth
Poppy Cook
Isabella Elliott
Emma Ford
Saskia Fryer
Tabitha Gresty
Harriot GrinnellMoore
Anna King
Lucy Mabbit
Rebecca Mitchell
Mille Riddell
Elia Rodriguez
Daisy Scarffe
Lowri Spear
Rebecca Truelove
Joanna Walton
Joni Wildman
Isabella Wood
Writers
Peter Arnott
Andy Barrett
Gill Brigg
J.B. Priestley
Erik Gedeon
Mufaro Makubika
Shannon Sickels
Matthew Spangler
Tom Stoppard
Kenneth Alan Taylor
Polly Teale
Laura Wade
Directors
Sound Designers
Fiona Buffini
Giles Croft
Hamish Glen
Natasha Holmes
Anna Newall
Esther Richardson
Kenneth Alan Taylor
Polly Teale
Susannah Tresilian
Steph Bartle
Drew Baumohl
Martyn Davies
Adam P McCready
Designers
Barney George
Madeleine Girling
Rachel Jacks
Lisa Lavery
Sarah Lewis
Sophia Lovell Smith
Tim Meacock
Ellan Parry
Sara Perks
Tom Piper
Libby Watson
Lighting
Designers
Charles Balfour
Steph Bartle
Martin Curtis
Oliver Fenwick
Mark Jonathan
Nick Morris
Steve Ridgway
Mike Robertson
Alexandra Stafford
Jason Taylor
Composers/
Musical
Directors
Stefan Bednarczyk
Hilary Brooks
David Goodall
Jonathan Girling
Matt Marks
John Morton
Jon Nicholls
Isobel Waller-Bridge
Video /
Projection
Designers
William Simpson
Choreographers
/ Movement
Directors
Laura Savage
Adele Parry
Stevie Prickett
Liz Ranken
Kitty Winter
Fight Directors
Alison de Burgh
Philip D’Orléans
Assistant
Directors
Allison Coyner
Nic Harvey
Laura Farnworth
Adele Parry
Rachel Ross
Allie Spencer
Voice Coaches
Sally Hague
Majella Hurley
Casting
Directors
Amy Ball
Lucy Jenkins
Sooki McShane
Debbie O’Brien
Associate
Artists
Andrew Breakwell
Mouthy Poets
The Cutting Room
Chaperones
Janet Barnes
Angela Beere
Karen Broughton
Lucille Denkinson
Jayne Kirkham
Nicola Kirkham
Michelle Leek
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