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Dateline:
4th February, 2010
The Stage Readers' Top 20
After industry newspaper The Stage announced in January its assessement
of who were the 100 most influential people in British theatre in 2009,
it invited readers to submit their votes for who they consider
to be the Top 20. The result of that poll was announced today:
* denotes someone who was listed by both readers and the newspaper.
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Readers' Top 20
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The Stage Top 20
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1. John Barrowman*
2. Matthew Bourne
3. Arlene Phillips
4. Michael Ball
5. Ian McKellen
6. Tania Harrison, Latitude festival
7. Rachel Tackley, English Touring Theatre
8= Alan Bennett
8= Daniel Kramer, director
10= Antonio Pappano and Monica Mason
10= Alistair Spalding, Sadler’s Wells
12. Carlos Acosta, dancer
13. Kerry Michael, Theatre Royal Stratford East
14= Andrew Lloyd Webber*
14= Jude Law
16= Alan Ayckbourn
16= Nicholas Hytner*
16= Cameron Mackintosh*
19. Michael Grandage*
20= Sonia Friedman*
20= Rachel Weisz |
1. Howard Panter/Rosemary
Squire, ATG
2. Cameron Mackintosh*
3. Andrew Lloyd Webber*
4. Michael Grandage*
5. Nicholas Hytner*
6. Nica Burns/Max Weitzenhoffer, Nimax Theatres
7. Dominic Cooke, Royal Court Theatre
8. Bill Kenwright, producer
9. Michael Boyd, Royal Shakespeare Company
10. Kevin Spacey/Sally Greene, Old Vic Theatre
11. Nick Thomas/Jon Conway, Qdos Entertainment
12= Sonia Friedman*
12= David Pugh/Dafydd Rogers, producers
14. David Babani, producer
15. Jonathan Church, Chichester Festival Theatre
16. Bill Taylor, Stage Entertainment
17. Rupert Goold, director
18. Alex Poots, Manchester International Festival
19. John Barrowman*
20. Mark Rylance |
More than 1,800 votes were cast.
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