Andrew Hughes Joins English Touring Theatre as a Producer

English Touring Theatre today announces that Andrew Hughes joins the company as a Producer, having previously been Assistant to the Artistic Director at the Young Vic Theatre.

Andrew began his career as Producing Assistant with Punchdrunk, originally appointed through the inaugural year of the DCMS Jerwood Creative Bursaries programme, and went on to work with international touring company Blind Summit, independent Producer Vicky Graham and multi-disciplinary arts organisation Siobhan Davies Dance. As an independent Producer he most recently developed and produced Ross & Rachel by Olivier nominee James Fritz, which enjoyed a critically acclaimed, award-winning run at the Edinburgh Festival, a New York transfer and two subsequent UK tours.

Andrew Hughes said, "I'm so looking forward to joining Richard, Sophie and the whole ETT team during this exciting new chapter in the company's history. Meeting diverse audiences across the country and beyond with thrilling, bold and challenging theatre feels more important as ever in an increasingly divided and politically complex 2018 UK."

Richard Twyman, Artistic Director of English Touring Theatre said, "We're delighted that Andrew will be joining the team at ETT. He brings with him a breadth of experience in some of the country's leading companies whilst also being an exciting producer in his own right. As we celebrate ETT's 25 year commitment to touring, Andrew's energy and expertise will be invaluable."

English Touring Theatre is one of the UK's most successful and influential touring companies, winning the UK Theatre Awards Best Touring Production in 2014, 2015 & 2016. The company works with leading artists to stage an eclectic mix of new and classic work for audiences throughout the UK and overseas; theatre that is thrilling, popular and engaged in the contemporary world. At the heart of everything ETT does is the passionately held belief that everyone, wherever they are in the country, deserves to have access to the very best theatre. In 2017 ETT toured to 40 venues throughout the UK. The company's co-production of Othello, with Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory, ran at Wilton's Music Hall May 2017, Sam Holcroft's Rules for Living toured in Autumn 2017 and Conor McPherson's The Weir continues its nationwide tour this year.

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