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Howard Panter

British theatre producer

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.2

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Born May 25, 1949.1

About

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.

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. In 2013 they were placed first in the theatre section of the Evening Standard 'Power 1000'.

Panter received a knighthood in the 2013 Birthday Honours.

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Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedLondon Academy of Music and Dramatic Art3 4
  • Date not recordedClayesmore School3

Career

Occupation: theatre director.6

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. It later bought the Ambassadors Theatre, and was again renamed, to Ambassador Theatre Group.

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.

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Personal life

  • BornMay 25, 1949, Middlesex7
  • CitizenshipUnited Kingdom8
  • SpouseRosemary Squire9

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. Simon Callow was his best man at their wedding.

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Awards

  • Date not recordedKnight Bachelor10

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