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UK Theatre
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UK Theatre is a British non-profit trade organisation representing theatre producers, managers, owners and operators in the United Kingdom. It partners and shares an office with the Society of London Theatre, its sister organisation.[1]
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Formation | 1894; 130 years ago (1894) |
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Type | Non-profit trade organization |
Website | uktheatre![]() |
Formerly called | Theatrical Managers Association |
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The organisation was founded in 1894 as the Theatrical Managers Association, with Sir Henry Irving as its first president.[2] There are however records of the activity of a Theatrical Managers Association going back to at least 1866.[3][4] Irving was still president in 1901.[5]
The current Joint Presidents of UK Theatre are Jon Gilchrist and Stephanie Sirr MBE.