Howard Panter

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Howard Panter
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Born
Howard Hugh Panter
Occupation(s)Theatre producer and manager
Spouse Rosemary Squire
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Sir Howard Hugh Panter is a British theatre impresario and theatre operator. With his wife Rosemary Squire he ran the Ambassador Theatre Group from about 1995 until 2016; they remain directors and shareholders of the company. [1] When they left the active management of ATG, they bought Trafalgar Studios (the former Whitehall Theatre), which became the centre of a new company, Trafalgar Entertainment. [2] [3]

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In a guide to "the 100 most influential people in UK theatre" published by The Stage , Panter and Squire were placed first each year from 2010 to 2016. [4] In 2013 they were placed first in the theatre section of the Evening Standard 'Power 1000'. [5]

Panter received a knighthood in the 2013 Birthday Honours. [6] [7]

Career

In 1991, with Sir Eddie Kulukundis and the brothers Peter and John Beckwith, Panter became a director of a company which bought the Duke of York's Theatre and in 1992 was renamed The Duke Of York's Theatre (Holdings) Limited. [8] [9] It later bought the Ambassadors Theatre, and was again renamed, to Ambassador Theatre Group. [8] [9]

In 2016 Panter and Squire ceased to manage the Ambassador Theatre Group. They bought Trafalgar Studios (the former Whitehall Theatre) from the group, and made it the centre of a new company, Trafalgar Entertainment. [2] [3] [10] [11]

Other roles

Panter is on the development board of LAMDA, [12] and was chairman of the Rambert Dance Company for ten years. [13] In March 2020 he was appointed chair of The Birmingham Rep Theatre. [14] [15] He is a director of Rocky Horror Company Limited. [16]

Reception

Panter and Squire have received a number of joint awards and recognitions:

Panter received a knighthood in 2013 Queen's Birthday Honours for "services to theatre". [24] [25]

Personal life

Panter met Rosemary Squire at the Queen's Theatre in London, where both were working during his production of And a Nightingale Sang with Patricia Routledge. [26] Simon Callow was his best man at their wedding. [26]

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References

  1. ↑ "Howard Panter and Rosemary Squire step down from top ATG roles". What's on Stage. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  2. 1 2 Burn-Callander, Rebecca (17 May 2016). "Theatre's power couple step back from ATG to run Trafalgar Studios". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  3. 1 2 Venning, Nicola (15 April 2018). "Sir Howard Panter: 'It can cost a producer £5m if a musical goes wrong'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  4. ↑ "Ambassador Theatre Group founders break Stage 100 record". The Guardian. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  5. ↑ "The Power 1000 – London's most influential people 2013: Imagineers, Theatre". Evening Standard. 19 September 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  6. ↑ "Howard Panter knighted in Queen's Birthday Honours". What's on Stage. 15 June 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  7. ↑ "Sir Howard Panter 'humbled' to receive knighthood". What's on Stage. 27 November 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  8. 1 2 The Ambassador Theatre Group Limited: Company number 02671052. Companies House. Accessed March 2022.
  9. 1 2 Kate Rankine (4 January 2003). Business profile: Impresario who never recovered from being stage-struck. The Daily Telegraph. Archived 25 September 2015.
  10. ↑ "Sir Howard Panter and Rosemary Squire Announce New Roles". British Theatre. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  11. ↑ "Howard Panter and Rosemary Squire to Step Down from Helm of Ambassador Theatre Group". Playbill. 18 May 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
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  13. ↑ "Queen opens £20million Rambert dance centre on London's South Bank". Evening Standard. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  14. ↑ "New season announced at Birmingham REP". What's on Stage. 9 March 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
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