Annual Report 11/12
Welcome from our Chairman
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Foreword from our Artistic Director
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About Our Work
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Artistic Programme
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Awards
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Touring
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Breakin’ Convention
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Developing Audiences
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Connect
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Our Supporters
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Commercial Activity
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Financial Position
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Front cover: Akram Khan’s DESH, photo by Richard Haughton This page: Dutch National Ballet’s Concertante, photo by Angela Sterling
Contents
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Photo: Bill Knight
Sir David Bell Chairman
Welcome to this year’s annual report - a summary of Sadler’s Wells’ achievements in 2011/12. I am enormously proud that, in the year that increased pressure on arts funding really came to be felt, 677 performances were presented on the stages of Sadler’s Wells, the Peacock Theatre and the Lilian Baylis Studio. Proof that the public appetite for dance is as strong as ever, and a welcome contrast to the media’s gloomy predictions for the arts in this age of austerity. Walking around Sadler’s Wells one can feel an extraordinary sense of energy and purpose, something I am sure the redoubtable Lilian Baylis would be very happy to see. Indeed, the spirit of that remarkable woman really appears to live on in the work that Sadler’s Wells does with the local community - this year’s mainstage project Sum of Parts, organised by the Creative Learning Department, was a triumphant success and for me it represented exactly what Sadler’s Wells is all about - inclusivity, artistry and a sense of community - both in terms of its place within the local area and its role in the UK dance scene. Unique projects like Sum of Parts are made possible by the team of extraordinary people at Sadler’s Wells, so I would particularly like to thank those who work so hard behind the scenes to make this theatre absolutely one of a kind – one that has grown from an original ambition to be the dance house for London into one of the most respected venues on the world stage.
Sir David Bell
Photo: Hugo Glendinning
4 Alistair Spalding Artistic Director & Chief Executive
For me, this past year has been all about the success of our Associate Artists. When I took over as Artistic Director in 2004 I was determined that Sadler’s Wells should be a place for supporting and nurturing dance talent, somewhere that would not only reflect the international dance landscape but would contribute something back to it by allowing new ideas to grow and flourish. 2011/12 has seen an astonishing number of Sadler’s Wells productions presented here in London but also around the world. This year works by our Associate Artists have travelled from New York to Wellington, Serbia to Tokyo, taking the name of Sadler’s Wells far beyond the leafy borders of Rosebery Avenue.
extraordinarily satisfying so it was wonderful to see Russell Maliphant working with hip hop dancers for the first time, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui working with performers from Korea, Japan and Europe in TeZukA and Fabulous Beast’s Michael Keegan-Dolan working closely with musician and composer Liam O’Maonlai to create a beautiful unison between music and dance. We could see this approach working particularly successfully in UNDANCE, a collaboration between Wayne McGregor, visual artist Mark Wallinger and composer Mark-Anthony Turnage, where Wallinger created a kind of scenario for the work by setting both McGregor and Turnage tasks to which they responded musically and choreographically.
Here in London it has been a delight to see so many of our shows enjoying huge success with both audiences and critics. Akram Khan’s DESH very deservedly picked up the Best New Production award at the Olivier’s and I must agree wholeheartedly with the many who described the work as a masterpiece.
Our Gala event in February was enormously successful and I would like to thank everyone who made the event so special. By showcasing our Associates and other artists who are at the heart of Sadler’s Wells we raised £200,000 to reinvest in commissioning new work, supporting established and emerging artists and our creative learning programme.
I was extremely proud to present Sylvie Guillem’s 6000 miles away at Sadler’s Wells. It has been five years since Sylvie began her relationship with Sadler’s Wells, working with Russell Maliphant and since then she has continued to seek out new challenges and collaborate with some of the most exciting choreographers of our time. 6000 miles away is a testament to her artistry as a performer and an enabler of new ideas. In many ways this has been the year of collaborations. I have always believed in the ‘Diaghilev’ approach of introducing choreographers to artists of different disciplines - the results can be exciting, challenging and
I hope you enjoy reading through these highlights from the year gone by and I look forward to seeing you at the theatre in 2012/13.
Alistair Spalding CBE
5 ABOUT OUR WORK
813 performances in London and on tour 71% of income generated
Income from artistic programme:
£16 million
through artistic programme
34%
Of 106 productions on our stages in 2011/12, were either produced or commissioned by Sadler’s Wells
674,000
Almost tickets sold in the UK and on tour
Clod Ensemble’s Anatomie in Four Quarters, photo by Manuel Vason
2011/12 was an extremely busy year on all three of our stages, with new Sadler’s Wells productions and commissions from our Associate Artists accounting for a significant proportion of the annual programme. These include a groundbreaking collaboration between choreographer Wayne McGregor, composer MarkAnthony Turnage and visual artist Mark Wallinger, UNDANCE, Fabulous Beast Artistic Director Michael Keegan Dolan’s contemporary dance to traditional Irish music show Rian and the Clod Ensemble’s spectacular An Anatomie in Four Quarters, which completely reconfigured the Sadler’s Wells auditorium.
Dutch National Ballet’s Grosse Fuge, photo by Jorge Fatauros
Sadler’s Wells productions continue to be enormously successful both at home and overseas, with the recently created Producing & Touring Department responsible for ensuring our productions have a long life outside London. Of the 11 productions we toured in 2011/12, eight were by Sadler’s Wells Associate Artists. See pages 12 and 13 for full touring information.
Our Resident Companies
Our Associate Artists
New Adventures Wayne McGregor | Random Dance ZooNation
BalletBoyz Matthew Bourne Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui Jonzi D Sylvie Guillem Michael Hulls Akram Khan
Russell Maliphant Wayne McGregor Kate Prince Nitin Sawhney Hofesh Shechter Jasmin Vardimon Christopher Wheeldon
6 ARTISTIC PROGRAMME NEW COMMISSIONS AND PRODUCTIONS
677 performances at Sadler’s Wells, the Peacock Theatre and the Lilian Baylis Studio
128 artists commissioned
12 Sadler’s Wells productions
24 Sadler’s Wells commissions DESH Sylvie Guillem’s 6000 miles away, photo by Lesley Leslie-Spinks
Akram Khan’s full-length solo work, co-produced by Sadler’s Wells, was a runaway critical and commercial success and heralded as a masterpiece by critics. It returns to Sadler’s Wells in autumn 2012. DESH was nominated for, and subsequently went on to win, the Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production.
The world premiere of Sylvie Guillem’s 6000 miles away generated extremely positive reviews. The evening featured two brand new works created for Guillem by two of today’s most significant contemporary choreographers – William Forsythe and Mats Ek – as well as Jiri Kylián’s 27’52”. We are extremely proud that Sylvie Guillem received an Olivier Award nomination for 6000 miles away at Sadler’s Wells. “Sylvie Guillem is quite simply a dancer unlike any other there has ever been” DAILY TELEGRAPH
Akram Khan’s DESH, photo by Richard Haughton
6000 miles away
“The most urgent, beautiful and confident work of Akram Khan’s career” THE GUARDIAN
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British Dance Edition was hosted in London for the first time in February 2012, here at Sadler’s Wells. As part of BDE, Russell Maliphant unveiled his latest work inspired by the sculptor Auguste Rodin. Exploring the movement possibilities of different dance styles, Maliphant worked with performers from both contemporary and hip hop dance backgrounds, as well as using a stage design made up of raised platforms - marking the first use of set in a full-length Maliphant work. The piece returns in the autumn of 2012.
Michael Keegan Dolan’s Rian, photo by Ros Kavanagh
“The dancers hang, slide, tumble and contort themselves, while the choreography shapes a language of delight from a vocabulary of torment” EVENING STANDARD
Russell Maliphant’s The Rodin Project, photo by Laurent Phillipe
The Rodin Project
UNDANCE UNDANCE, which premiered at Sadler’s Wells in December 2011, was a groundbreaking collaboration between prolific composer MarkAnthony Turnage, Olivier Award-winning choreographer Wayne McGregor and Turner Prize-winning visual artist Mark Wallinger. It marks the first in a planned Composer Series of Sadler’s Wells’ commissions, which take as their starting point the work of a living composer.
This co-production between Sadler’s Wells and Fabulous Beast was a fascinating hybrid of Irish and world dance that the Arts Desk described as “a heart-lifting and ingeniously ingenuous Irish dance night that brought Sadler’s Wells to its feet in full-throated roaring”. Inspired by Liam Ó Maonlaí’s beautiful score, which mixes Celtic sounds with elements of world music, Fabulous Beast’s Michael Keegan-Dolan created a moving celebration of Irish traditions with global influences. The work premiered in Dublin before its London premiere at Sadler’s Wells, with international touring planned for 2012.
“Dance that is at once vividly present and also reverberating on the retina and in our consciousness... stimulating to eye and mind” FINANCIAL TIMES
Turnage, McGregor & Wallinger’s UNDANCE, photo by Ravi Deepres
Rian
8 Presenting the very best companies from around the world
Rosas’ Bartók/Mikrokosmos, photo by Herman Sorgeloos
wrote “Britain sees so absurdly little of the great man’s work…Van Manen is one of the great masters”.
Sadler’s Wells in the West End The Peacock Theatre continues to play a vital part in our activities, presenting longer-running, more commercial dance for a West End audience. The Peacock Theatre has developed its own identity within the Sadler’s Wells brand, acting as the only venue dedicated exclusively to dance in London’s West End.
Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker’s Rosas has had a long relationship with Sadler’s Wells. In April 2011 we presented a retrospective of four of De Keersmaeker’s early works. Critics praised the works, with the Evening Standard commenting that: “Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s artistry and intelligence can’t be overstated”.
FELA! Our major show for summer 2011 was the triple Tony Award-winning FELA!, which originally premiered at the National Theatre in 2010. The production was supported by a major London and home counties-wide marketing campaign, attracting a very broad audience and highprofile media attention. “Sadler’s Wells seems a far more natural home for FELA! than the National. For although this corybantic show combines dance, theatre and music and enjoyed a sell-out run in SE1 last winter, its best moments are those of booty-shaking, hipwiggling and pelvis-grinding glory.” EVENING STANDARD
Dutch National Ballet The Netherlands’ leading company of international ballet dancers returned to Sadler’s Wells in May 2011 for the first time since 2006, to present a programme entirely dedicated to the work of Hans van Manen. The Guardian
It was an honour to welcome back our Resident Dance Company ZooNation, who returned to the Peacock Theatre with their second full-length work Some Like It Hip Hop. We were proud to present the premiere of ZooNation’s first full-scale show, Into the Hoods, at the Peacock Theatre in 2006 and see the show develop into the long-running West End smash that it became. So we were delighted to work with the company once again on their follow-up production and to see that more than live up to the hype, with multiple award nominations including two Oliviers and a South Bank Award. Some Like It Hip Hop returns to the Peacock Theatre in September 2012 before touring the UK. “Zany and zippy, hilarious and heartwarming. A WINNER” THE TIMES on Some Like it Hip Hop
ZooNation’s Some Like It Hip Hop, photo by Simon Prince
Rosas retrospective
We were thrilled to welcome South African dance show UMOJA back to London after its enormously successful debut in 2000; the pulsating musical celebration of South African song and dance ran for three weeks at the Peacock Theatre in February 2012. One of the Peacock Theatre’s biggest success stories, Havana Rakatan, returned for its fifth season, proving as wildly popular as ever and in spring 2011 the hugely popular The Merchants of Bollywood returned for a second West End run after its critically acclaimed international tour.
9 Introducing New Work to London
We are committed to presenting and developing cutting-edge new work from around the world. As well as our own commissioned productions, often created with support from the Jerwood Charitable Foundation, we take pride in seeking out some of the most exciting new names in dance from around the world and bringing them to London. This year those names included Daniel Linehan and cult choreographer Dave St Pierre.
The Jerwood Studio is a major creative initiative developed by Sadler’s Wells and funded by the Jerwood Charitable Foundation, established in 2006 to allow artists the freedom to explore ideas with collaborators outside of tightly scheduled production processes. Now well in its stride, the research and development opportunities created by the Jerwood Studio have given rise to a wide range of productions and fruitful connections over the past six years. The Jerwood Studio has been developed and is directed by Emma Gladstone, Artistic Programmer and Producer at Sadler’s Wells. The two main strands of activities are cross-art form collaborations, practical studio research time exploring fresh ideas, that run throughout the year, and the pioneering Sadler’s Wells Summer University. Launched in
2011 this original initiative is the only one of its kind in the UK, and involves artists coming together to work for a fortnight each summer over four years, to examine, debate and refine their understanding of the art and craft of choreography. Working with renowned choreographer and writer Jonathan Burrows fifteen young choreographers were selected via an open call, and the first year proved a resounding success. The final strand, and only public element of the Jerwood Studio, is a series of talks under the banner body:language, which takes place each autumn in the Lilian Baylis Studio. Works programmed in 2011 that benefitted from the Jerwood Studio included Clod Ensemble’s An Anatomie in Four Quarters, Hofesh Shechter’s Political Mother, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s Dunas with Maria Pagés, and Martin Creed’s Work No 1020.
Daniel Linehan’s Montage for Three & Not About Everything, photo by Jason Somma
Jerwood Studio at Sadler’s Wells
Dave St Pierre’s Un peu de tendresse bordel de merde!, photo by Dave St Pierre
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Dave St Pierre Radical Canadian choreographer Dave St Pierre brought his company to Sadler’s Wells for the first time in June 2011 to present Un peu de tendresse bordel de merde! The production, which came with well-publicised warnings of its explicit adult material, generated an enormous amount of coverage in mainstream media, provoking much debate about the moral role of theatre in society. “I’m surprised people are so interested in the nudity as I’m certainly not the first choreographer to use it on stage. Choreographers have been doing this for more than 40 years. I don’t know why it’s still so shocking.” Dave St Pierre
“Nudity and mock masturbation splits the critics and the audience as enfant terrible of choreography premieres new show. To one critic, it was moving and tender, ‘truly remarkable and not to be missed’; to another, ‘a heap of ordure so ripe you could fertilise your petunias with it’...it was certainly a performance to remember.” THE GUARDIAN
Daniel Linehan The PARTS-trained New York choreographer made his debut in London with Montage for Three & Not About Everything. Linehan has established a solid reputation in the US and in Europe as an exciting new voice in modern dance. His debut in the Lilian Baylis Studio was extremely well received and Sadler’s Wells is keen to continue supporting Linehan, who returns in May 2012.
11 Awards Olivier Awards
Best New Dance Production NOMINATIONS
Sylvie Guillem’s 6000 miles away, photo by Lesley Leslie-Spinks
DESH by Akram Khan Company at Sadler’s Wells (subsequently won the award in April 2012) Gardenia by Les Ballets C de la B at Sadler’s Wells Some Like It Hip Hop by ZooNation at the Peacock Theatre
Outstanding Achievement in Opera NOMINATIONS Mark-Anthony Turnage for his composition of Anna Nicole at the Royal Opera House and Twice Through The Heart at Sadler’s Wells
Critics Circle National Dance Awards Outstanding Female Performance (Modern) - WINNER Sylvie Guillem for 6000 miles away
Sylvie Guillem for her performance in her production of 6000 miles away at Sadler’s Wells Tommy Franzén for his performance in ZooNation’s Some Like It Hip Hop at the Peacock Theatre
Best Modern Choreography - WINNER Akram Khan for Vertical Road
Outstanding Male Performance (Modern) WINNER Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui for Dunas
Les Ballets C de la B’s Gardenia, photo by Luk Monsaert
Outstanding Achievement in Dance NOMINATIONS
12 Touring
28 cities
CONFLUENCE
11 productions 136 performances
Jun 11 Dec 11 Jan 12
EONNAGATA Jun 11
Total audience of
131,597 It is now seven years since the premiere of Sadler’s Wells’ first productions, zero degrees and PUSH, which established our new agenda to focus on producing and developing new dance works, as well as receiving them. We are proud that 2011/12 has seen many new Sadler’s Wells works appearing not only here in London but also touring across the globe.
Luminato Festival, Toronto, Canada Bruges Festival, Belgium Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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Chekhov International Theater Festival, Moscow, Russia Japan Performing Arts Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
HAVANA RAKATAN Jun 11 Sep 11
Sydney Opera House, Australia Theatre Carre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Sadler’s Wells touring shows in 2011/12 included new productions such as Sylvie Guillem’s 6000 miles away and Russell Maliphant’s The Rodin Project as well as major successes commissioned in previous years.
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Athens Festival, Greece Esplanade, Singapore Tokyo Bunka Kaitan, Tokyo, Japan Holland Dance Festival, The Hague, Netherlands Oyssud, Blagnac, France Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris, France
AFTERLIGHT Apr 11 Apr 11 Apr 11 Jan 12
Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Luxembourg Festspielhaus, St Polten, Austria Trafo Theatre, Budapest, Hungary Staatsoper, Munich, Germany
Russell Maliphant’s AfterLight, photo by Hugo Glendinning
6000 MILES AWAY
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s TeZukA, photo by Hugo Glendinning
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PUSH
SUTRA
Apr 11 May 11 Oct 11 Oct 11 Mar 12
Jun 11 Jul 11 Mar 12
Teatro Grande, Brescia, Italy Teatr Wiekli, Lodz, Poland Festspielhaus, St Polten, Austria Marinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russia Belgrade Dance Festival, Serbia
RIAN Oct 11
Dublin Theatre Festival, Ireland
THE RODIN PROJECT Feb 12 Feb 12 Feb 12 Feb 12 Mar 12 Mar 12 Mar 12
Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris, France Centre d’art et de culture, Meudon, France Festspielhaus, St Polten, Austria Lawrence Batley Theatre , Huddersfield, UK Lakeside, Nottingham, UK The Point, Eastleigh, UK Baerum Kulturhus, Oslo, Norway
Tanec Praha, Prague, Czech Republic Internationaler Tanzsommer Innsbruck, Austria Abu Dhabi Festival, United Arab Emirates
TEZUKA Sep 11 Oct 11 Feb 12 Feb 12 Feb 12 Mar 12 Mar 12
deSingel, Antwerp, Belgium Festspielhaus, St Polten, Austria Equilibrio, Roma, Italy Hong Kong Festival, Hong Kong Bunkamura, Tokyo, Japan New Zealand International Arts Festival, Wellington, New Zealand Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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5,000 people
45 international artists 900 project participants Jonzi Surgery, photo by www-simonkanephotography-co-uk
215 UK artists This choreographic development course, which called on the teaching expertise of choreographers Jasmin Vardimon and Jonzi D, resulted in five emergent hip hop choreographers producing new work all of which went on to be programmed in the 2012 Breakin’ Convention festival and tour.
Open Art Surgery
Breakin’ Convention International Festival Breakin’ Convention, a Sadler’s Wells Project led by Associate Artist Jonzi D, continued in developing and supporting hip hop culture through its annual festival and professional development work. Returning to Sadler’s Wells for the eighth year in 2011, Breakin’ Convention International Festival of Hip Hop Dance Theatre continues to deliver the very best in UK and international hip hop dance, with top price tickets still fixed at just £20. Performers in the 2011 festival included Pierre Rigal (France) , Tabu Flo (Uganda), Boy Blue (UK) and Chicago Footwork (USA). Breakin’ Convention continues to be as popular as ever, acting as one of the UK’s highest profile hip hop events, with tickets always selling out. Alongside the performances, Breakin’ Convention offers workshops, film screenings and foyer events. Breakin’ Convention offers a year round programme of hip hop related events and activities, alongside the festival’s national tour. Highlights in 2011/12 include:
Back to the Lab Back to the Lab is a new initiative from Breakin’ Convention for 2011, aimed at experienced hip hop choreographers and designed to explore new ways of approaching choreography, direction and staging. The artists, hand-picked by Breakin’ Convention in 2011 were: Ivan Blackstock, Toby Gornaik, Ashley Jack, Simeon Qsyea and Botis Seva.
This workshop and performance opportunity is for artists interested in exploring creative ideas in hip hop theatre. Previously a Jonzi D Projects event, Breakin’ Convention’s first Surgery saw a significant increase in interest from participants and audience attendance. Open Art Surgery showcased one-off performances and works in progress from emcees, dancers, beatboxers and musicians collaborating with one another, some meeting each other for the first time during the course of the week. Jonzi D’s Surgeries have long been a breeding ground for creating new and emerging pieces of hip hop theatre work with some pieces progressing to fully polished productions premiering at Breakin’ Convention, such as Ella Mesma in Evol (Breakin’ Convention 2011) and Shock and Breaker of Flawless in Manipulation (Breakin’ Convention 2008).
Hip Hop Hospital Hip Hop Hospital, funded by Children in Need and The Austin & Hope Pilkington Trust, brings hip hop culture to children’s hospital wards, giving the chance to learn hip hop history and to rap, record, sketch, paint and DJ, or get behind the camera with a film-maker. The Hip Hop Hospital project was delivered in two children’s hospitals in 2011 and there are plans to raise more funds to deliver this again over the next three years.
breakinconvention.com A new version of the website was launched in April 2011 with the aim of making it more news and content orientated, showcasing information on artists and videos from past festivals. In the year 11/12, Facebook fans increased by 150%, Twitter followers by 200% and YouTube video views up by 630%.
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Digital Seminar
FELA!, photo by Tristram Kenton
In July 2011 Sadler’s Wells presented a Digital Seminar on the role of video in the communication strategy of small and mid-sized arts and non-profit organisations. Presented with support from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, the half-day event offered a chance to gain insights and practical advice from digital video experts through two panel discussions and Q&A sessions. Speakers included:
We believe there is no typical ‘Sadler’s Wells audience’ the breadth of our programming, from hip hop to ballet, tanztheater to flamenco, attracts people from a diverse range of backgrounds with a wide range of interests. One of our key strategies in building this audience and encouraging a healthy return-rate is our multi-buy offer. This allows customers to make savings on ticket prices when booking for two or more shows, therefore enabling audiences to book for something that they might not ordinarily see, at minimal financial risk.
51,000
In 2011/12 we sold over multibuy tickets
Digital strategy We continue to invest in digital media as a key strand of our communications. Our new show page design for www.sadlerswells.com went live in July 2011. The new design integrates video directly into the show page, contributing to a rise in video plays on the site. We also continue to see a rise in mobile use of the site, which is up from 5.71% to 15.5%. Our series of ‘Behind The Scenes’ videos continue to be an extremely popular feature, offering an insight into the creation of many of the works in our season. In 2011/12 these included Wayne McGregor’s FAR, ZooNation’s Some Like It Hip Hop and Connect’s Sum of Parts as well as R&D work from the Jerwood Studio.
• Maya Gabrielle (Digital Content Producer, National Theatre) • Kate Vogel (Producer, Tate Media) • Patrick Johnston (Head of Business Development EMR Digital) • Tom Laidlaw (CEO Videojug) • Richard Cohen (CEO of lovelive, previously MD of Kyte) • David Kaplowitz (filmmaker) The seminar was extremely well attended and is available to view in its entirety on our YouTube channel. “Audiences at Sadler’s Wells have doubled in the past five years, largely down to digital’s ability to reach more and more people, enhance word of mouth and visually ‘sample’ the product online” Kingsley Jayasekera, Director of Communications and Digital Strategy
Latitude Sadler’s Wells returned for the fourth year to the stunning outdoor location of the Waterfront Stage at the Latitude Festival, with an enthusiastically received mixed bill watched by an audience of over 4,000 people. The programme seeks to share the rich mix of styles and artists presented at Sadler’s Wells, opening our reach to an even wider audience. Shows presented at Latitude by Sadler’s Wells in 2011 included ZooNation's Some Like It Hip Hop, Finnish choreographer Tommi Kitti, and Fela!
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Over
22,000
followers
200,000
people subscribed Over to our e-mailing list
4,000 subscribers on & more than 6,000,000
More than
video views to date
www.sadlerswells.com received over
10,000 visits per day Over
12,000
likes
LondonDance.com
Sadler’s Wells Local
Created through a partnership between Arts Council England and Sadler’s Wells to provide dance information for London, LondonDance.com has become an indispensable resource for comprehensive information about dance in London in its 10 years online. After a complete redesign a new version of the site was launched in December 2011, resulting in increased page views and an improved user experience.
Now in its third year, Sadler’s Wells Local continues to offer reduced-price tickets for Sadler’s Wells and Peacock Theatre shows to select charities, voluntary, youth, housing and tenant organisations in the local boroughs of Islington and Camden.
TheSpace.org
Included Sadler’s Wells, Peacock Theatre and Lilian Baylis Studio shows
Sadler’s Wells was thrilled to become a part of The Space in March 2012. Designed to operate as a new way to access and experience all of the arts online, for free, The Space will showcase many of the extraordinary arts events taking place in the capital during the cultural Olympiad, including our forthcoming British Bollywood musical Wah! Wah! Girls.
Global Dance Contest Global Dance Contest, our annual search for new dance talent, reached the end of its planned three-year period in 2011, receiving 608 entries from 54 countries over three years. The winner, Ihsan Rustem, will see his work State of Matter presented at Sadler’s Wells Sampled in June 2012, performed by Northwest Dance Project from Portland, USA.
In 2011/12 Sadler’s Wells Local:
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Connected with charities, voluntary, youth, housing and tenant organisations in Islington and Camden
17 CONNECT
SADLER’S WELLS IN THE COMMUNITY
Over
16,000 attendances across 371 sessions 30
schools Watched by over and youth dance companies
Sum of Parts Connect’s major work for 2011/12 was Sum of Parts, a six month project to create a mainstage community performance featuring performers of all ages and backgrounds working with six choreographers of world renown to music by Associate Artist Nitin Sawhney. The production, which saw a cast of 200 performers drawn from local schools, youth clubs and community groups working with our Associate Artists, was an enormous success and marks a trend we want to continue, with similar works planned for 2012/13 and 2013/14.
Director’s Conversations In 2011/12 Connect added a new strand of work linked to key programming topics: Director’s Conversations. These take place in the Lilian Baylis Studio, and offer an opportunity for audiences to hear first-hand discussions between Sadler’s Wells Artistic Director Alistair Spalding and artists regarding their work. All conversations offer live subtitling to give deaf, deafened and hard of hearing people access to the discussion.
Connect’s Sum of Parts, photo by Belinda Lawley
Sadler’s Wells’ creative learning programme, Connect, ensures that the work programmed on the theatre’s stages is supported by dynamic creative engagement and audience development activity.
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Access
London Youth Dance
The interpretation programme was expanded in 2011/12, including pre and post show talks, workshops, BSL interpreted and audio described performances and talks. Sadler’s Wells presented six assisted performances and seven BSL interpreted talks.
Pan-regional working in 2011/12 included continued leadership for the London Youth Dance project. A highlight of the programme included the annual London Youth Dance weekend at The Scoop at Tower Bridge in July featuring 1,200 young dancers which attracted audiences of around 4,000; delivering signature development projects to support emerging youth dance groups; nurturing the next generation of dance professionals through the Aspire programme and a choreographic award, Blueprint Bursary and the ongoing delivery of the youth zone on LondonDance.com.
Connect Festival The Connect Festival in March provided an opportunity for over 2000 people to participate, learn, watch, review and discuss dance. The programme included two international collaborations: a creative learning commission uniting Jasmin Vardimon Company and young women from Kolkata Sanved, India; while Theatre Studies students from Central St Martin’s and Rose Bruford College worked with French architecture and theatre students on a project inspired by Russell Maliphant’s The Rodin Project, a joint production from Sadler’s Wells and Theatre Chaillot, Paris.
Over 60s
Connect’s Sum of Parts, photo by Belinda Lawley
The Over 60s programme continues to flourish through the weekly Arts Club, weekly outreach dance classes in two venues and the renowned Company of Elders who toured a programme of work created in collaboration with New Adventures, Hofesh Shechter Company and Wayne McGregor | Random Dance to UK venues, Holland and Austria.
19 OUR SUPPORTERS
Sponsorship and donations accounted for of Sadler’s Wells’ annual revenue
7.9%
Our fundraising gala raised over
£200,000
Despite the challenging economic environment, 2011/12 was one of the most successful years for fundraising for Sadler’s Wells. This was a direct result of the commitment and generosity of our major donors and patrons as well as support from several charitable trusts and corporate supporters. Sponsorship and donations accounted for 7.9% of total revenue generated in the year. Support was secured for our general operating costs and three areas of our work in particular; namely, the commissioning of new work, our creative learning and community programme and our support for young talent and emerging artists. Individual support included: • Major gifts from a number of donors for general operating support and for our new commissioning fund • Production support specifically for Sylvie Guillem’s 6000 miles away and the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch World Cities 2012 season • The patrons and members programme which remained steady at about 400 members • Our fundraising gala, which attracted over 300 supporters and raised £200,000 in net income • Our young patron programme which achieved modest but steady growth • Donations with online ticket bookings provided a new source of income with over a fifth of customers making a donation with their purchases.
Trust & Foundations fundraising represented the biggest area of growth for us. We are grateful for the support provided by the following grant-making bodies: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
The 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust Aspect Charitable Trust The Austin & Hope Pilkington Trust City Bridge Trust Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation The Edwin Fox Foundation Garfield Weston Foundation Goethe-Institut London The Henry Moore Foundation Jerwood Charitable Foundation John Lyon’s Charity The Mactaggart Third Fund Millichope Foundation The Mirisch and Lebenheim Charitable Foundation The Monument Trust PRS for Music Foundation Quercus Trust The Rayne Foundation Sir Siegmund Warburg’s Voluntary Settlement
Corporate support came largely from two production sponsors - American Express and Outset in partnership with Northern Trust - who supported Sadler’s Wells’ new commissions – DESH and UNDANCE respectively. Bloomberg, Man Group and Palamon Capital Partners renewed their corporate memberships, providing financial support in return for corporate hospitality and employee engagement opportunities. In addition to corporate sponsorship we continue to grow our support from Embassies for our international presentations. In 2011/12 we secured support from the Netherlands and Spanish Embassies and the Taipei Representative Office.
20 COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY
Maximising potential commercial income to support our artistic programme is particularly important with the current financial pressures. Sadler’s Wells works hard to generate income commercially whilst also seeking to offer the best customer experience possible. We are also committed to operating as sustainably as we can.
Catering & Events
Fundraising Gala, photo by Belinda Lawley
Sadler’s Wells operates an in house catering facility. This enables the theatre to offer a service that is both responsive to customer needs, as well as ensuring the maximum financial benefit can be taken to support the artistic programme. During the year the contribution was in the order of £0.5million. The quality of the customer experience in our theatres is very important to us. We have worked hard this year to improve the quality of the food offered and increase the service standards, particularly at the bars.
When not used for the artistic programme Sadler’s Wells offers the theatre facilities to commercial clients for a range of conferences and events. In 2011/12 this contributed £0.4million. Clients in this year included TEDxObserver, Accenture and Cancer Research.
Sustainability Sadler’s Wells continues to make a concerted effort to reduce waste and limit negative effect on the environment. In 2011/12 we have achieved a 37% reduction in our mains water consumption, which is an approximate saving of 8185m3. Overall Sadler’s Wells now recycles 80% of all waste.
21 FINANCIAL POSITION
SWT Income 2011/12 Statutory Accounts Trading & Other £2.6m
ACE £2.3m
Fundraising £1.8m
Theatre Presentations £16.1m
Sadler’s Wells derives some 90% of its £22.8million turnover from earned income; the remaining 10% in support from Arts Council England. Despite this heavy reliance on earned income, in a challenging economic climate Sadler’s Wells broke even overall.
There was an operating surplus of £0.2million in unrestricted funds This was taken to reserves, in order to help protect and sustain the charity in future years. There was a net outflow of £0.3million in restricted funds. This reflects the expenditure of funds received in previous years for specific purposes.
SWT Expenditure 2011/12 Statutory Accounts Trading & Other £1.5m
Fundraising £0.4m
Theatre Running £4.6m
Theatre Presentations £16.4m
Sadler’s Wells
Supporters
We would like to thank all those who generously support the theatre’s activities Individuals Avant-Guardians Anonymous Guardians David and Primrose Bell Angela Bernstein CBE The Deborah Loeb Brice Foundation Marco Compagnoni Ann and Martin Smith The Ulrich Family Artistic Director’s Circle Anonymous Paola Bergamaschi-Broyd and Richard Broyd Jules and Cheryl Burns Lloyd and Sarah Dorfman Barbara and Karsten Moller Sir Christopher Ondaatje Lady Solti Major Project Support Angela Bernstein CBE The Deborah Loeb Brice Foundation Sue Butcher Simon and Virginia Robertson Robin Saunders Richard Wilson OBE Season Patrons Lauren and Michael Clancy Charles Glanville Jack and Linda Keenan Samuel and Nina Wisnia New Production Patrons Peter and Sally Cadbury Sabine Chappard The Robert Gavron Charitable Trust Dr Haruko Ichinose Carol Lake John and Susan Lazar Alexander Mayr Frank and Helen Neale Dominic Palfreyman Robin Pauley Jan & Michael Topham Joanne and Nick Young Project Support Jane Attias Mr and Mrs Sekhar Bahadur José and Meg Breña Jennifer Brophy Helen Buck Gary Carter and Marius De Vos Helen Chung-Halpern and Abel Halpern Geoffrey Collens Andrew Cracknell Kathleen Crook and James Penturn Andrew Davenport Celeste Fenichel Joachim Fleury Charles Glanville Leili Huth
Mr and Mrs George Loudon Lindy Mason Barbara and Karsten Moller Georgia Oetker Lady Solti Constanze von Unruh
Torsten Thiele E. G. Tomsett Constanze von Unruh Sandra Waterman Richard Wilson OBE Melanie and Keith Young
Commissioning Patrons Anonymous Mr Andrew Arends and Ms Frances Murphy Jane Attias Mr and Mrs Sekhar Bahadur G. P. and J. M. Batchelar The Bell Cohen Charitable Trust Kristina Borsy and Nick Turdean Mrs Pamela Brand-Field José and Meg Breña Helen Buck Nica Burns Dorothy Marie Burwell Gary Carter and Marius De Vos Sarah and Philippe Chappatte Helen Chung-Halpern and Abel Halpern Andrew Cracknell Kathleen Crook and James Penturn Toni Cupal and Michelangelo Volpi Andrew Davenport John Drewitt Sarah and Louis Elson Piers Fallowfield-Cooper Juliana Farha and Kit Malthouse Celeste Fenichel Susan Gibson Christopher Gorman-Evans The Richard Grand Foundation Jan Grandison Lettie Hart Rick and Janeen Haythornthwaite Leili Huth Beryl Jones Halkyard Joyce Kan Anne Kauder Latifa Kosta Stéphane Lapiquonne Addy Loudiadis Lindy Mason Robert and Kate McGuire Jenny Noe-Nordberg Mr and Mrs C Norton Midge and Simon Palley Dr Elizabeth Parker The Porter Foundation Kerri Ratcliffe and Doug Henderson Ross Roberts Kristina Rogge Dee Salvest Anoush Sarkissian-Katz His Excellency Ghassan I Shakar Kaveh and Cora Sheibani Amanda Sieff Claire Sohn Plev Spine Christopher and Fiona Steane Tanya and David Steyn Paula and David Swift
Opening Night Patrons Anonymous Nancy and Richard Balaban Henry C Beck Jr Charitable Trust R. Borzello and The Camden Trust Jenny Brend Denise Cohen Charitable Trust Geoffrey Collens John Crisp Albert and Lyn Fuss Mina Gerowin and Jeffrey Herrmann Karine Giannamore Neil Griffiths-Lambeth Ms Jeannette Grohe and Dr Azhic Basirov Stephen and Jennifer Harper Janet Hiebert Elizabeth Holt Mr and Mrs T S Lee Alison LeMaire Mr and Mrs George Loudon Stuart Lucas Harry and Fiona MacAuslan Arela Natas Elizabeth Nolan Georgia Oetker Dave Plummer and Lesley Whitby Peter B Rea Nigel Roberts Alastair Sharp David and Dee Dee Simpson Constance Slaughter Brian D Smith Lee Snowden Alistair Spalding Stuart and Louise Spence Stuart Stanley Katja Tangen Allen Thomas and Jane Simpson Lan Tu Anna Valentine and Jonathan Berger Margarita Vlahopoulou John Voss Linda and Stephen Waterhouse Gerry and Ruth Weiss
Sadler’s Wells Sadler’s Wells Foundation
Chairman Sir David Bell
President Lady Solti
Vice Chairman Harry MacAuslan
Hon. Vice President Ian Albery
Governors Monique Bahadur Rab Bennetts OBE Kristina Borsy
The American Friends David Bernstein Bertina Ceccarelli Robert Clauser Elizabeth Deforest Scott Amanda Haynes-Dale Michelle Herbert Colin and Dee McKechnie Jerome Priest Celia Rodrigues (Chair) and Mark Rodrigues Wenke Thoman Sterns Monica Voldstad
The Rosebery Group Severine Balick Thomas Bentz Amanda Cupples Mindy Davidowski Ayelet Elstein Ian Forde Maria Galluccio Robert Glick John E Haines Faizal Khan Diala Khlat LYKOURIA Juan Carlos Machuca Alessandra Masoero Nina Miall Erdem Moralioglu John and Louise Newton Zulema Quintans Michael Rangos Karim Saddi Eliot Sandiford Beth Serota Tom Sitton Polly Stokes Natalie Wills Johanna Wilson Jonathan Wood Nick Wood Performance Members Anonymous Gill Acham Andrew Barnett Carol Brigstocke Jennifer Brophy Kendall Duesbury Caroline Duggan Major Dafydd Edwards Paola Ferretti-Johnson Peter and Judith Foy Anne Greene Sarah Griffin Claudia Hamilton Sue Hammerson CBE Michael Holter Sandrine Jensen Eugene Leahy and Helmert Robbertsen Gerald Lidstone Eric Longstaff Dr Patrick Maher Henderson Murray Anthony and Alison Nathan Sally Pasmore Andrew Pollard Geraldine Ravet Clare Rehill Isla Smith Alison Smyth Mark Soundy David Taylor Bonnie J Ward Susan and Charles Whiddington
Trusts And Foundations Major Partners The 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust Dame Hilda Bracket Trust The Deborah Loeb Brice Foundation The Edwin Fox Foundation Esmée Fairbairn Foundation Garfield Weston Foundation Jerwood Charitable Foundation John Lyon’s Charity The Mirisch and Lebenheim Charitable Foundation The Monument Trust Quercus Trust The Rayne Foundation Sir Siegmund Warburg’s Voluntary Settlement Tony Oakley Estate The Wolfson Foundation Partners Aspect Charitable Trust The Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust The City Bridge Trust The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation Goethe-Institut London Henry Moore Foundation The Mactaggart Third Fund The Millichope Foundation PRS for Music Foundation The Robert Gavron Charitable Trust
Corporate Corporate Partners American Express Bloomberg Rolex Corporate Sponsors Bennetts Associates Clifford Chance Frederick’s Restaurant Laurent-Perrier Man Group plc Outset in partnership with Northern Trust Palamon Capital Partners Corporate Supporters Bibendum Criterion Ices Limited The Zetter Hotel and Restaurant Embassies / Government Agencies Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Institut Français de Royaume-Uni Office for Cultural and Scientific Affairs, Embassy of Spain Taipei Representative Office in the UK
Foundation and Trust
José Breña Nica Burns Steph Charalambous Valerie Colgan Celeste Fenichel Joachim Fleury Ian Jentle Martin Klute Barbara Kahn Moller Annie Norton
Lady Panufnik Celia Rodrigues Dr Maggie Semple OBE Honorary Clerk Kathy Honeywood Clerk to the Foundation Alistair Spalding
Sadler’s Wells Trust Chairman Sir David Bell Directors Rab Bennetts OBE Sue Butcher
Marco Compagnoni Joachim Fleury Robert Glick Carol Lake Harry MacAuslan Robin Pauley Robin Saunders Sandi Ulrich
If you would like to know more about supporting Sadler’s Wells, please contact the Development Office on 020 7863 8134 or development@sadlerswells.com
Sadler’s Wells Chief Executive and Artistic Director Alistair Spalding Executive Director Laura Stevenson Finance Director Mark Rhodes Director of Communications & Digital Strategy Kingsley Jayasekera Director of Development Georgie Shields Executive Producer Suzanne Walker Director of Programme Management Katy Arnander Director of Visitor Services & Estates Britannia Morton Director of Technical & Production Emma Wilson Co-Directors of Creative Learning Jane Hackett Fiona Ross Artistic Programmer and Producer Emma Gladstone Executive Assistant Nadine Pain Miranda Schnitger (maternity cover) PROGRAMMING Programming Manager Anneliese Graham Projects Manager Emily Jameson Programming Co-ordinator Jemma Robinson BREAKIN’ CONVENTION Artistic Director Jonzi D General Manager Emma Ponsford Projects Manager Peter Maniam Digital Communications Officer Dave Barros Festival & Projects Co-ordinator Michelle Norton PRODUCING & TOURING Tour Producer Dawn Prentice Interim Producer Louise Shand-Brown Production Manager Adam Carrée Production Accountant Nanette Daniels Producing & Touring Co-ordinators Fanny Bannet Sandra Castell-Garcia CONNECT Creative Learning Manager Rachel Evans Creative Learning Project Manager Sarah Baker Access Officer Sarah Howard Connect & London Youth Dance Co-ordinator Hannah Dye Connect Co-ordinator Molly Sanders Connect Projects Administrator Patience Ofosu-Asaa COMMUNICATIONS Marketing Manager Sammie Squire Interim Marketing Manager Lucy White Marketing Officer Glen McColm Marketing Assistant Sally Daniels Audience Development Bid Mosaku
Staff
Publications Editor Sally Harper Publications Officer Siew Lee Khaw Editorial Officer George Acock Head of Press Abigail Desch Press Officers Caroline Ansdell, Maxim Bendall, Rob James Press Office Co-ordinator Eugénie Dunster Web Manager Mark Doerfel Multimedia Officer Robin Clark Web Editor (LondonDance.com) Carmel Smith Web Assistant (LondonDance.com) Sarah Golding DEVELOPMENT Head of Individual Giving & Trusts Tamzin Golding Manager, Corporate Partnerships Nick Marsden Development Officer, Syndicates & Special Projects Lauren Burles Development Co-ordinator, Trusts & Foundations Cecelia Lagier Development Co-ordinator, Individual Giving Anna Clark VISITOR SERVICES & ESTATES Head of Catering & Events Zuzana Galikova Development Head Chef Kenny Warren Sous Chef Zsuzsanna Guber Senior Chef de Partie Krisztian Kyala Chef de Partie Jozsef Lakatos Events Manager Georgie Mackie Events Co-ordinator Alessio Romani Events Assistant Rosie Legg Catering Operations Manager Leigh Edmonson Assistant Catering Operations Manager Justin Rogers Catering Administrator Janet Sutton Bars Supervisors Loretano Cerro, Sandra Pinto General Assistant Faye Blackman-Davor Engineering Manager Ashley Hard Visitor Services & Estates Co-ordinator Lucy Hickman Facilities Manager – The Place Roy Adkins Maintenance Technician – The Place Barry Daley Maintenance Technician – Peacock Theatre Daniel Knapton Senior Building Services Technician Ilia Constantinides Building Services Technicians Richard Emmett, Wayne Lawrence, Ghion Mekonnen, Win Tun Security Officers Beverley Dixon, Emmanuel Yaokumah Senior House Manager Marguerite Bullard House Manager Hannah Sless
Deputy House Managers Dara Brooks, Larry Harrison, Janine Kaufman, Marcella Santese Front of House Sales Administrator Chris Harmer Performance Cashiers Dara Brooks, Robert Churchill, Chris Harmer, Larry Harrison-Mateeba, Kurt Muda Front of House Sales Assistants Marie-Claire Adriaenessens, Emili Astrom, Lisa Beck, Claire Bracewell, Lorea Burge, Abigail Carter, Jane Chan, James Clayton, Jonas Falter, Evie Fordham, Polly Frame, Gigi Giannella, Luca Guarnier, Martin Harper, Anna Harrison, Geber Sandoval Heredia, Vera Hochkofler, Amy Hyde, Katsura Isobe, Luke Kearney, Alice Kilkenny, Ewa Lamond, Marine Laventure, Ljiljana Lemajic, Wing Li, Vivien Loh, On Yee Lo, Claire Marty, Takeshi Matsumoto, Tim Mays, Manuela Mocanu, Rhiannon Montagu-Harrison, Thomas Montagu-Harrison, Matthew Moore Halushka, Katarzyna Mucha, Albukhari Muda, Agata Paradnia, Paula Patritti, Elizabeth Peck, Athina Pogonidou, Jamie Quinn, Amina Rafi, Thomas Reid, Klara Riessner, Sophie Roberts, Maria Valdivia Rossel, Kate Sandison, Alessandro Santese, Marcella Santese, Rosa Saunders, Johanna Schade, Dorit Schwartz, Bishwo Shahi, Prabin Tamang, Suzuko Tanoiri, Dusica Thornbury, Noreen Townsend, Calvert Watson, Kat Wieszczek, Magda Wieszczek, Robert Charles Wilkes, Georgina Wood, Jairo Zaldua Receptionist Joann Peek Stage Door Keepers Claudia Adamson, Marie-Claire Adriaenessens, Joel Cottrell, Mark Duff, Luther Dyer, Brandon Force, Lee Knight, Tina Ramdeen, Ludmila Rusiecka, Neeraj Singh, Rosannah Smith Housekeeping Manager Howard Clark Cleaning and Housekeeping Supervisors Fabian Arias Ken Debidin Housekeeping Jeffrey Balighot, Fortunato Carian, Kelly Dago, Jesiel Da Silva, Akissi Kouassi, Abe Lambert, Jose Lary Legario, OumarFlorent Sam, Mercan Sahin, Celestin Trah, Amani Yoboue IT Head of IT Kieron Mohindra IT Systems & Network Manager Raymond Neequaye IT Systems Administrator Ray Wei Long Ho PERSONNEL Head of Personnel Clair Kelly Personnel Officer Hannah Nicholson Administrative Apprentice India Yates
STAGE Administrator Tom Hares SADLER’S WELLS THEATRE Technical Manager Christian Wallace Senior Technician Ali Low Technicians Graham Cutting, Neil McGovern, Sam McLeod PEACOCK THEATRE Technical Manager Andrew Gorman Senior Technician Laura Wareham Technician Dave Judd LILIAN BAYLIS STUDIO Technical Manager Roman Bezdyk Senior Technician Michael Rodgers TICKET OFFICE Ticket Sales Manager Zahir Jaffer Ticket Office Systems Manager Brian Kearney Ticket Office Supervisors Barbara Birch, Mark Hammond, Abigail Parker Memberships & Ticketing Services Administrator Ritchie Dach Ticket Office Assistants Robert Allen, Clare Bracewell, Richard Cross, Sara Gilbert, Shauna Gogerly, Jake Harders, Elspeth Harrison, Tim Hudson, Paula Jones, Ian Marshall, Ros Moore, Paula Patritti, Matt Phillips, Jemma Robinson, Nicola Salt, Pauline Scullion, Cameron Slater, Ben Stanley, Sandra Wellstead Sadler’s Wells Associate Artists Balletboyz Matthew Bourne Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui Jonzi D Sylvie Guillem Michael Hulls Akram Khan Russell Maliphant Wayne McGregor Kate Prince Nitin Sawhney Hofesh Shechter Jasmin Vardimon Christopher Wheeldon Resident Companies Wayne McGregor I Random Dance New Adventures ZooNation Sadler’s Wells and the Peacock Theatre are nonsmoking theatres. Mobile phones must be switched off before entering the auditorium. Photography and the use of audio or visual recording equipment are prohibited in the theatre. The information in this programme was correct at the time of going to print and may be subject to change.
FINANCE Financial Controller Paul Warren Show Accountant Lorne Cuthbert Finance Officer Monisola Samuel Finance Assistant Sheena Patel
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Correct as at 31 March 2012 Graphic Design by Jon Ashby for Cantate / John Good Ltd
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