ATC Theatre

Actors Touring Company (ATC)^[1] is a touring theatre company based in London, founded in 1978 by Artistic Director John Retallack. Previous Artistic Directors have included Mark Brickman, Ceri Sherlock, Nick Philippou, Gordon Anderson, Bijan Sheibani, Ramin Gray and the current Artistic Director Matthew Xia (2018 – present).

Since 2007 the company has toured internationally and throughout the UK receiving Olivier Award nominations for the productions of The Brothers Size with the Young Vic and Ivan and the Dogs with Soho Theatre. ATC won an Olivier Award for the production of Gone Too Far! with the Royal Court Theatre. In 2021, ATC’s commission ‘Family Tree’ by Mojisola Adebayo won the 25th Alfred Fagon Award, in a ceremony held at the National Theatre.

The company pursues a policy of internationalism — making theatre collaboratively with artists from abroad, as well as with the voices of the global nations with the UK.

^ Hanks, Robert (12 November 1997). "Theatre: The road to hell is paved with good intentions, all the way from Thessaloniki Climbing back down into Orpheus's Underworld and finding light". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 2012-11-02. Retrieved 8 May 2009.

[Independent-1] Hanks, Robert (12 November 1997). "Theatre: The road to hell is paved with good intentions, all the way from Thessaloniki Climbing back down into Orpheus's Underworld and finding light". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 2012-11-02. Retrieved 8 May 2009.

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