English Touring Theatre

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English Touring Theatre (ETT) is a major touring theatre company based in London, England.

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History

English Touring Theatre was founded in 1993 by Stephen Unwin. [1] 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. [2] Richard Twyman succeeded Tackley to become the company's Artistic Director in November 2016. [3]

Awards

Awards for English Touring Theatre include:

2016

2015

2014

2012

2011

2010

Productions

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. [16]

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