UK Theatre

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UK Theatre

Formation	1894; 130 years ago (1894)
Type	Non-profit trade organization
Website	uktheatre.org
Formerly called	Theatrical Managers Association

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]

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.