Rosemary Squire

Rosemary Squire, OBE
Rosemary Squire in 2011

Born Rosemary Squire
(1956-05-27) 27 May 1956
Nottingham, England
Occupation Theatre producer, theatre manager, businesswoman
Spouse(s) Sir Howard Panter
Children Jennifer Brodie (born 1986)
Daniel Brodie (born 1987)
Katherine "Kate" Panter (born 2002)

Rosemary Squire OBE (born 27 May 1956) is a prolific and broad-based commercial theatre producer. She is a founder, co-owner and joint chief executive of The Ambassador Theatre Group Ltd (ATG), whose subsidiary companies include Sonia Friedman Productions (SFP) and First Family Entertainment (FFE). Squire's responsibilities include the company's core business and new projects team. Widely recognised in the entertainment industry, Squire and Panter are always highly ranked in The Stage 100 – the industry’s newspaper annual guide to the 100 most influential people in UK Theatre. From 2010 to 2016, Squire and Howard Panter have topped The Stage 100 a record-breaking seven times consecutively. It firmly establishes Squire as the most prominent woman in British theatre of the modern era and makes the couple the most successful entrants ever on the list.[1][2][3][4][5] In February 2013 she was assessed as the 16th most powerful woman in the United Kingdom by Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4.[6] In 2014, Squire was named EY Entrepreneur of the Year, becoming the first woman to ever win the top UK award. In 2015 chair of the “Raise the Curtain” Development Board at Nottingham Girls High School, alongside Patron, Dame Stella Rimington. Squire was central to securing a £7.5 pledge from the Girls’ Day School Trust which will be used to build a state-of-the-art performing arts centre (The SPACe). Squire is also leading a fundraising programme, The Donor Tree, to raise an additional £1.5m to fund the building project.

Life and career

Early years

Squire arrived in theatreland in 1980 after an education that took her from Nottingham Girls' High School to Southampton University and on to an Ivy League college in America and studies in Barcelona.[8]

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

Productions

Note: Produced by Rosemary Squire unless otherwise noted

Honours and awards

2006 Outstanding Revival of a MusicalSweeney Todd
2007 Outstanding Revival of a MusicalCompany
2008 Entrepreneur of the Year – Regional Finalist (with Howard Panter) [22]
1991 Best MusicalCarmen Jones[23]
2010 No1 London's 1000 Most Influential People: Theatre – Squire and husband Howard Panter[18]
2012 Best PlayConstellations[24]
1992 Musical of the YearCarmen Jones[25]
1998 Best EntertainmentSlava's Snow Show[26]
1999 Best New PlayThe Weir
2002 Best EntertainmentShockheaded Peter[27]
2003 Best New PlayVincent in Brixton
2006 Outstanding Musical ProductionGuys and Dolls
2009 Best Musical RevivalLa Cage Aux Folles[28]
2002 Workforce Development Award for Innovation (Private Sector)
2005 Excellence in Workforce Development Award[29]
2008 Best MusicalWest Side Story
2012 Best MusicalGhost
2012 One of the 250 of the most influential people in Greater Manchester (shared with Howard Panter)[30]
2006 Best Magazine Award (for the company's Ambassador Magazine)[31]
2009 UK Independent Cinema of the Year (for Ambassadors Cinema, Woking)[31]
2010 No.1 (Shared With Howard Panter)[2]
2011 No.1 (Shared With Howard Panter)[32]
2012 No.1 (Shared With Howard Panter)[2]
2013 No.1 (Shared With Howard Panter)[2]
2014 No.1 (Shared With Howard Panter)[2]
2015 No.1 (Shared With Howard Panter)[33]
2003 Virgin Atlantic Fast Track 100 League Table One of the UK's fastest growing private companies
2010 PricewaterhouseCoopers Profit Track 100 One to Recognise[34]
2010 Deloitte Buyout Track 100 Second Fastest Growing Privately backed Company[35]

In April 2013, ATG is ranked at no. 6 on The Sunday Times PwC Profit Track 100 list, published today in the Business section of The Sunday Times. The 100 firms are ranked by their profit growth over a three-year period.

2007 Best Revival of a MusicalCompany
2006 Best ProductionGuys And Dolls
2009 The Ticketmaster Best Musical RevivalWest Side Story[36]
2008 Best New Comedy- Elling[37]
2006 Best Musical RevivalGuys And Dolls

Personal life

Childhood

Born in Nottingham, England. Educated at Nottingham Girls' High School followed by Southampton University and then Brown University, USA.

Marriage and family

Squire married Alan Brodie in 1982. They had two children, Jenny (born 1986) and Daniel (born 1987). Their marriage was dissolved in 1994. Squire is married to her business partner Howard Panter. The couple first met in 1979[38] at the Queen's Theatre, London where Squire was working in the box office during Panter's production of And a Nightingale Sang.[39] They married in 1994.[40] They had their first child Kate in 2002. Panter is also step-father to Squire's other children, Jenny and Daniel.

Other information

References

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