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


History

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


Awards

Awards for English Touring Theatre include: 2016 * ''Theatre Awards UK ''Best Touring Production – for '' The Herbal Bed'' 2015 * ''Theatre Awards UK ''Best Touring Production – for ''
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'' 2014 * ''Theatre Awards UK ''Best Touring Production – for '' Translations'' 2012 * ''Theatre Awards UK ''Best Touring Production – for ''
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'' 2011 * ''The Public Reviews'' Best of 2011 Award (joint) – for '' Tartuffe'' * ''
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'' 100 Awards – Best Producer * '' Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland'' Best New Play – for ''The Three Musketeers and the Princess of Spain'' * ''Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland'' Best Ensemble – for ''The Three Musketeers and the Princess of Spain'' 2010 * ''Theatre Awards UK ''Renee Stepham Award for Best Presentation of Touring Theatre


Productions

* ''The Weir'' (2017) * ''Rules For Living'' (2017) * ''Othello'' (2017) * ''William Wordsworth'' (2017) * ''Nell Gwynn'' (2017) * ''Silver Lining'' (2017) * ''Hamlet'' (2016) * ''Lady Chatterley's Lover'' (2016) * ''
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'' (2016) * ''Brideshead Revisited'' adapted by Bryony Lavery in the first large-scale stage adaptation of the novel by Evelyn Waugh (2016) * '' The Herbal Bed'' (2016) * ''The Odyssey: Missing, Presumed Dead'' (2015) * '' A Mad World, My Masters'' (2015) * ''Arcadia'' (2015) * (with
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(2014). Directed by Jonathan Munby, designed by Colin Richmond. Toured to: Sheffield Theatres; Grand Theatre, Blackpool; Watford Palace Theatre; Cambridge Arts Theatre; Hall for Cornwall,
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; Richmond Theatre,
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; and Theatre Royal, Brighton * ''
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'' by Roger McGough after Moliere (2013). Directed by Gemma Bodinetz. Toured to Liverpool Playhouse, Cambridge Arts Theatre, Richmond Theatre, Oxford Playhouse, Hall for Cornwall (
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), Northcott Theatre (
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), Theatre Royal Brighton, Nuffield Theatre (
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), The New Wolsey (
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), York Theatre Royal and Theatre Royal Bath * '' The Sacred Flame'' by W. Somerset Maugham (2012). Directed by Matthew Dunster. Toured to: Rose Theatre, Kingston;
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; Oxford Playhouse;
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; Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford; 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) * ''
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'' (2007) * '' Mother Courage and Her Children'' (2006) * ''The Old Country'' (2006) * ''
Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play (the ...
'' (2005) * '' Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead'' (2005) * ''
Twelfth Night ''Twelfth Night, or What You Will'' is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Viola an ...
'' (2004) * ''
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Romeo and Juliet ''The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet'', often shortened to ''Romeo and Juliet'', is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare about the romance between two young Italians from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's ...
'' (2003) * ''Anton Chekhov'' (2003) * ''John Gabriel Borkman'' (2003) * ''The Boy Who Fell into a Book'' (2002) * ''
King Lear ''The Tragedy of King Lear'', often shortened to ''King Lear'', is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is loosely based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his ...
'' (2002) * ''Ghosts'' (2002) * '' The York Realist'' (2001) * ''The Caretaker'' (2001) * ''Fool for Love'' (2001) * ''
The Cherry Orchard ''The Cherry Orchard'' () is the last play by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. Written in 1903, it was first published by '' Znaniye'' (Book Two, 1904), and came out as a separate edition later that year in Saint Petersburg, via A.F. Marks Pu ...
'' (2000) * ''The Master Builder'' (1999) * ''Don Juan'' (1999) * ''Hushabye Mountain'' (1999) * ''
The Taming of the Shrew ''The Taming of the Shrew'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunke ...
'' (1998) * ''A Difficult Age'' (1998) * ''Shellfish'' (1998) * ''
Measure for Measure ''Measure for Measure'' is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604 and first performed in 1604. It was published in the First Folio of 1623. The play centers on the despotic and puritan Angelo (Measure for ...
'' (1997) * ''
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'' (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 ''The Tragedy of Macbeth'', often shortened to ''Macbeth'' (), is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, estimated to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the physically violent and damaging psychological effects of political ambiti ...
'' (1995) * ''
The Importance of Being Earnest ''The Importance of Being Earnest, a Trivial Comedy for Serious People'' is a play by Oscar Wilde, the last of his four drawing-room plays, following ''Lady Windermere's Fan'' (1892), ''A Woman of No Importance'' (1893) and ''An Ideal Husban ...
'' (1995) * '' The School for Wives'' (1995) * ''No Man's Land'' (1994) * ''
As You Like It ''As You Like It'' is a pastoral Shakespearean comedy, comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 and first published in the First Folio in 1623. The play's first performance is uncertain, though a performance at Wil ...
'' (1994) * '' The Beaux' Stratagem'' (1994) * ''
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'' (1994) * '' A Taste of Honey'' (1993) * ''
Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play (the ...
'' (1993) * ''
A Midsummer Night's Dream ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' is a Comedy (drama), comedy play written by William Shakespeare in about 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One s ...
'' (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''.


References


External links


ETT homepage
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