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Arts Council England

Analysis of Theatre in England: Maps presented in the Report

Supplement to Final Report by BOP Consulting & Graham Devlin

Associates

19th August 2016

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Credits

Written and prepared by

— Richard Naylor, Bethany Lewis and Caterina Branzanti (BOP Consulting)

— Graham Devlin and Alan Dix (Graham Devlin Associates)

Photo credits for front cover

— Requardt and Rosenburg: Motor Show. London International Festival of Theatre 2012 © Stu Mayhew; Uploaded: Phoebe G, 29/03/2016; provided by Arts Council England

Data credits

The report contains statistics courtesy of:

— Purple Seven (purpleseven.com), used under licence.

— The Audience Agency

— UK Theatre

— Society of London Theatre (SOLT)

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Organisations that produce

and present theatre in

England, 2016

(venues: red triangle;

production companies: larger

light blue circle; sole traders:

small dark blue circle)

Source: BOP Consulting / Arts

Council England / Smith (2014) / TAA

/ UKT&SOLT / ITC / ATG and Qdos

(2016)

Organisations that

produce and present

theatre in England, 2016

(venues: red triangle;

production companies:

larger light blue circle; sole

traders: small dark blue

circle)

Source: BOP Consulting / Arts

Council England / Smith (2014) /

TAA / UKT&SOLT / ITC / ATG

and Qdos (2016)

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Organisations that

produce and present

theatre in England, 2016 –

London inset (venues: red

triangle; production

companies: larger light

blue circle; sole traders:

small dark blue circle)

Source: BOP Consulting / Arts

Council England / Smith (2014) /

TAA / UKT&SOLT / ITC / ATG

and Qdos (2016)

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Organisations that

produce and present

theatre in England, 2016 –

West End inset (venues:

red triangle; production

companies: larger light

blue circle; sole traders:

small dark blue circle)

Source: BOP Consulting / Arts

Council England / Smith (2014) /

TAA / UKT&SOLT / ITC / ATG

and Qdos (2016)

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Festivals that programme

theatre in England, 2016

Source: BOP Consulting (2016)

Festivals that programme

theatre in England, 2016

Source: BOP Consulting (2016)

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Venues receiving touring

productions, based on

Arts Council England’s

Strategic Touring

(2012/13-2015/16) and

National Activity

databases (2010/11-

2015/16)

Source: BOP Consulting/ Arts

Council England source (2016)

Venues receiving touring

productions, based on

Arts Council England’s

Strategic Touring

(2012/13-2015/16) and

National Activity

databases (2010/11-

2015/16)

Source: BOP Consulting/ Arts

Council England source (2016)

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Map of engagement with

theatre across England, with

1=lowest engagement (light

green) and 10=highest

engagement (dark green).

Based on 16 million bookers

from 230 venues in 18

months up to 1st April 2015.

Source: data courtesy of Purple

Seven. Used under licence. (2016).

Key cities added by BOP

Consulting.

Exeter

Bristol

Brighton

Birmingham

Liverpool

Manchester

Sheffield

Leeds

Newcastle u.T.

Nottingham

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Map of engagement with

theatre across England -

London inset, with 1=lowest

engagement (light green)

and 10=highest

engagement (dark green).

Based on 16 million bookers

from 230 venues in 18

months up to 1st April 2015.

Source: data courtesy of Purple

Seven. Used under licence. (2016).

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Map of regularity of theatre engagement across England, aggregated data 2013-2015 (with 1=lowest engagement (light red) and 10=highest engagement (dark red). Based on 16 million bookers from 230 venues in 18 months up to 1st April 2015. Source: data courtesy of Purple Seven.

Used under licence. (2016). Key cities

added by BOP Consulting

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Map of regularity of theatre engagement across England, aggregated data 2013-2015 – London inset (with 1=lowest engagement (light red) and 10=highest engagement (dark red). Based on 16 million bookers from 230 venues in 18 months up to 1st April 2015. Source: data courtesy of Purple

Seven. Used under licence. (2016).

Key cities added by BOP Consulting

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