UK Theatre is a British non-profit

trade organisation A trade association, also known as an industry trade group, business association, sector association or industry body, is an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry. Through collaboration between compani ...

representing theatre producers, managers, owners and operators in the United Kingdom. It partners and shares an office with the

Society of London Theatre The Society of London Theatre (SOLT) is a British trade association for West End theatre in London. It was founded in 1908 as Society of West End Theatre Managers, becoming the Society of West End Theatre in 1975, and then changing to its curren ...

, its

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. The organisation was founded in 1894 as the Theatrical Managers Association, with Sir

Henry Irving Sir Henry Irving (6 February 1838 – 13 October 1905), christened John Henry Brodribb, sometimes known as J. H. Irving, was an English stage actor in the Victorian era, known as an actor-manager because he took complete responsibility ( ...

as its first president. There are however records of the activity of a Theatrical Managers Association going back to at least 1866. Irving was still president in 1901. The current Joint Presidents of UK Theatre are Jon Gilchrist and Stephanie Sirr MBE.

UK Theatre Awards

The association presented the TMA Awards annually since 1991, which subsequently became the UK Theatre Awards in 2011. The UK Theatre Awards are a nationwide annual celebration of the outstanding achievements of theatre across the UK.

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UK Theatre
Arts organizations established in 1894 Theatrical organisations in the United Kingdom Trade associations based in the United Kingdom {{UK-theat-stub