Rosemary Squire
| Rosemary Squire, OBE | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Rosemary Squire 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 Anne 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. In February 2013 she was assessed as the 16th most powerful woman in the United Kingdom by Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4. 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 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.
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.
Note: Produced by Rosemary Squire unless otherwise noted
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.
Born in Nottingham, England. Educated at Nottingham Girls' High School followed by Southampton University and then Brown University, USA.
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 at the Queen's Theatre, London where Squire was working in the box office during Panter's production of And a Nightingale Sang. They married in 1994. They had their first child Kate in 2002. Panter is also step-father to Squire's other children, Jenny and Daniel.
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