Ambassador Group News

Ambassador Theatre Group, a leading live entertainment organisation, has announced that it is rebranding as ATG Entertainment. Learn more about what this means for the company here!

Ambassador Theatre Group has announced a new production arm led by ATG Creative Learning in collaboration with ATG Productions, created to inspire the next generation of Theatregoers.

 Ambassador Theatre Group has announced that it has appointed Ted Stimpson as its CEO, effective 17 October 2023. Ted succeeds Mark Cornell, who is stepping down as CEO after seven years, leaving ATG strongly positioned for the next phase of its development.

Jordan Roth, President of Jujamcyn Theaters, has sold a 93 percent stake in five Broadway theaters, finalizing a previously announced deal with UK theatre company Ambassador Theatre Group. 

Ambassador Theatre Group has announced an exclusive three-year partnership with the newly formed Bad Robot Live, the theatre division of J.J. Abrams's Bad Robot Productions.

 International Entertainment Holdings Limited, the parent company of Ambassador Theatre Group, a leading live-theater and ticketing organization, and Jujamcyn Theaters LLC, the innovative Broadway theater owner and production company, have agreed to combine operations.  Financial terms were not disclosed.

Following unprecedented demand, tickets for all existing performances of Streetcar have now sold out for the run at the Phoenix Theatre from 20 March to 29 April 2023.

Ambassador Theatre Group is launching a paid technical-theatre training programme called Change The Script, to help unemployed individuals secure backstage jobs. Learn more about the programme and how to apply here!

Emerging playwright Ava Wong Davies has won the £5,000 Ambassador Theatre Group Playwright's Prize in association with Platform Presents for her play 'Graceland'.

Hero Theatre presents the world premiere of Rise: An Immersive Exploration of Gun Violence in Schools, an immersive, site-specific piece devised and directed by Director and Game Designer Jack McCarthy. 

Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG), has today been announced as the headline sponsor for this year's The Stage Debut Awards.  

Wolverhampton Grand Theatre has officially announced today a new team of theatre ambassadors who will help the theatre in its mission to ensure the diversity of its audiences is reflective of that which makes up the city’s population.

ATG will require all audience members to show proof of a negative lateral flow test or that they have had two vaccinations, at its 35 venues across the UK. All guests aged 18 and over will be required to show this proof as 'a condition of entry to the venue.'

Webber then went on to express concern over the condition of commercial theatres across the UK, and he discussed his plans to sell his London venue the Other Palace, saying it is a financial decision.

International Entertainment Holdings Limited, the parent company of The Ambassador Theatre Group, today announced the pending acquisition by IEHL of the iconic Golden Gate Theatre and Orpheum Theatre, both in San Francisco, and the Fisher Theatre in Detroit, as well as its programming operation of the Detroit Opera House and Music Hall in Detroit.

Ambassador Theatre Group has announced details of a gifting campaign enabling older people to view this year’s streamed concert of That’ll Be The Day’s Christmas Show from the comfort of their own surroundings.

Ambassador Theatre Group has announced that all tickets for the first performance of their pantomimes, produced by Qdos Entertainment in Manchester, Bristol, Milton Keynes, Stoke-on-Trent and Birmingham will be gifted to NHS workers and their families.

Due to the ongoing impact of Covid-19, Ambassador Theatre Group has made the decision to suspend all Pantomimes at ATG venues until Christmas 2021. 

As a result of ongoing social distancing restrictions, Ambassador Theatre Group has now suspended all performances at its UK venues until Friday 27 November 2020.

According to The Guardian, Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) will lay off over 1200 employees in September- a change that will occur following the conclusion of the UK government's furlough scheme at the end of August.