Howard Panter
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| Sir Howard Panter | |
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Panter in 2010
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| Born | Howard Hugh Panter [ |
| Occupation | Theatre producer and manager |
| Spouse(s) | Rosemary Squire |
| Children | 3 |
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]
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]:{{{3}}}[9]:{{{3}}} It later bought the Ambassadors Theatre, and was again renamed, to Ambassador Theatre Group.[8]:{{{3}}}[9]:{{{3}}}
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:
- 2008 Ernst & Young "Entrepreneur of the Year": regional finalist[17]
- 2010 Evening Standard Awards, "London's 1000 Most Influential People: Theatre": first place[18]
- 2012 Manchester Evening News Awards, "250 of the most influential people in Greater Manchester"[19]
- 2010–2016, The Stage "Top 100 People In British Theatre": first place[20][21][22]
- 2019 Honorary Freedom of the Borough of Woking.[23]
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]
References
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- ↑ 8.0 8.1 The Ambassador Theatre Group Limited: Company number 02671052. Companies House. Accessed March 2022.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Kate Rankine (4 January 2003). Business profile: Impresario who never recovered from being stage-struck. The Daily Telegraph. Archived 25 September 2015.
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- ↑ ATG Magazine Autumn/Winter 2008 by ATG Tickets, Issuu.com; accessed 2 January 2018.
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- ↑ [s.n.] (17 June 2019). Long serving members of Woking community honoured by council. Eagle Radio. Archived 5 August 2019.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 60534. p. . 15 June 2013.
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