Howard Panter

Howard Panter
Panter in 2010
Born
Howard Hugh Panter
Occupation(s)Theatre 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.[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]

  1. ^ "Howard Panter and Rosemary Squire step down from top ATG roles". What's on Stage. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  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. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "The Power 1000 – London's most influential people 2013: Imagineers, Theatre". Evening Standard. 19 September 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Howard Panter knighted in Queen's Birthday Honours". What's on Stage. 15 June 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Sir Howard Panter 'humbled' to receive knighthood". What's on Stage. 27 November 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2019.