Howard Panter

Sir
Howard Panter
Panter in 2010
Born
Howard Hugh Panter
OccupationsTheatre producer and manager
SpouseRosemary Squire
Children3

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. 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.

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. In 2013 they were placed first in the theatre section of the Evening Standard 'Power 1000'.

Panter received a knighthood in the 2013 Birthday Honours.

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. It later bought the Ambassadors Theatre, and was again renamed, to Ambassador Theatre Group.

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.

Productions

Trafalgar Theatre Productions

Since 2017, Panter has served as Creative Director of Trafalgar Entertainment, whose production arm, Trafalgar Theatre Productions, produces and co-produces theatre in the UK and internationally.

Selected productions associated with Trafalgar Theatre Productions during Panter's tenure include:

Ambassador Theatre Group Productions

Before founding Trafalgar Entertainment, Panter and Squire built and ran the ATG for its first 25 years. Selected productions and co-productions at ATG during Panter's time there include:

Other roles

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

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".

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. Simon Callow was his best man at their wedding.

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.
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  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.
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  12. ↑ "Producer Biographies". Trafalgar Entertainment. Trafalgar Entertainment. Retrieved 27 August 2026.
  13. ↑ "Producer Biographies". Trafalgar Entertainment. Trafalgar Entertainment. Retrieved 27 August 2026.
  14. ↑ "LAMDA – Development Board". 22 June 2006. Archived from the original on 22 June 2006. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  15. ↑ "Queen opens £20million Rambert dance centre on London's South Bank". Evening Standard. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  16. ↑ "New season announced at Birmingham REP". What's on Stage. 9 March 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  17. ↑ "The husband and wife who built a theatre empire". BBC News. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  18. ↑ "Companies House official records for Rocky Horror Company Limited". Companies House. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
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  21. ↑ "250 of the Most Influential People in Greater Manchester". 1 February 2013. Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
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  24. ↑ "ATG's Panter and Squire break Andrew Lloyd Webber's record to top The Stage 100 for sixth year in a row – News". The Stage. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  25. ↑ [s.n.] (17 June 2019). Long serving members of Woking community honoured by council. Eagle Radio. Archived 5 August 2019.
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  27. ↑ "Birthday Honours List 2013" (PDF). HM Government. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  28. 1 2 Teather, David (10 September 2010). "Howard Panter, theatrical ambassador". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 2 January 2018.