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ANNUAL REPORT 2017/18 Mayflower Theatre Shane Richie No. 52 ANNUAL REPORT 2017–2018 Chairman’s 52nd in The Sunday Times Best Not-for-Profit Report Organisations to work for Mayflower Theatre has had a highly successful 90th Birthday year with We thank our loyal sponsors and partners Paris Smith, Beechdean, Carlsberg, The London Hotel, Angela some important developments and initiatives, which ensure that we Holidays, Rees Group, Geo Speciality Chemicals, consolidate our position as a key cultural institution in the south. Brymor Construction, Peter Cooper and TNG for their continuing support. We presented 389 performances and were delighted to is a testament to the dedication of our wonderful staff. Finally, I pay tribute to my fellow directors and our company welcome a total attendance of 514,277 which represented an We continue our commitment to their personal development secretary, for their contributions at meetings and support of average capacity of 77.8%. Our most highly attended shows with a series of internal initiatives which offer opportunities for me and the Theatre. This ensures excellent governance and included Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs starring Craig our teams to work together and understand the key role they a positive approach – across the whole company – to all Revel Horwood and The Chuckle Brothers, Miss Saigon, all play in the success of their theatre. aspects of the business. The Band and Sister Act. None of the above would be possible without the dedication We continue to take our advocacy role seriously as part of the and hard work of our Chief Executive, Michael Ockwell, vibrant cultural scene in Hampshire. Our Engage work goes whose enthusiasm and love of the Mayflower Theatre creates from strength to strength with nearly 25,000 people taking the perfect platform for his Executive Team and all staff to Malcolm Le Bas part in our community initiatives, whether as part of our Open contribute so much to the success of the Theatre. Chairman Voices Choir, aimed at retired residents, or in the numerous public performances of our Youth Theatre. Our writing project So:Write with our local associate company Artful Scribe was oversubscribed. Our Chief Executive is a Director of Culture Southampton and is also Chairman of the Mayflower 400 steering group which is curating the commemorations that will take place in Southampton in 2020 to mark the 400th anniversary of the sailing of The Mayflower. The Board has embraced the new Charity Governance 24,906 Code published in July 2017 to help ensure high standards of governance. The seven areas covered by the code are: PEOPLE TAKING PART IN OUR organisational purpose, leadership, integrity, decision making, COMMUNITY INITIATIVES risk and control, board effectiveness, diversity and openness and accountability. These were the focus of a Board away day in the autumn. We were very proud that our organisation was ranked 52nd in The Sunday Times Best Not for Profit Organisations to work for – the only theatre to feature in the top 100 and this TOTAL ATTENDANCE OF 514,277 77. 8% AVERAGE CAPACITY 02 03 Mayflower Theatre Sir Matthew Bourne ANNUAL REPORT 2017–2018 & Michael Ockwell OPERA MATINEE SEASONS PERFORMANCE Chief Executive’s FROM THE WITH THE AIM WELSH NATIONAL TO OFFER WIDER Artistic Report 2OPERA 1st ACCESS TO OPERA We were delighted with the We established our Associate Companies Scheme which will see us strengthen our relationships with Birmingham Royal programme of events we were Ballet, English National Ballet, Northern Ballet and able to offer this year – we ZooNation: The Kate Prince Dance Company. continue to develop our artistic BRB gave us a mesmerising performance of The Sleeping vision to ensure that there is Beauty, ENB a wonderful Nutcracker and Sir Matthew Bourne made his annual visit with his brilliant production of Cinderella. a diversity of art forms which Our association with Welsh National Opera saw two seasons appear on our stage. featuring La boheme and Madam Butterfly in the autumn and a stunning Die Fledermaus in the spring. It is essential that we continue to meet our strategic aim of We also presented our first opera matinee performance presenting the very best opera, ballet, new musicals, drama, with the aim to offer wider access to opera. family friendly shows and one night concerts. Having committed to developing our dance programme we presented a triple bill from Rambert which featured their seminal work Ghost Dances. We also continued our commitment to international dance with a visit from Acosta Danza, Carlos Acosta’s new dance company, WORLD plus a world premiere of The Little Mermaid by Northern Ballet. PREMIERE BY NORTHERN BALLET WE ALSO CONTINUED OUR COMMITMENT TO INTERNATIONAL TRIPLE BILL DANCE WITH A VISIT FROM CARLOS ACOSTA’S ACOSTA DANZA FROM RAMBERT 04 05 Chief Executive’s Artistic Report continued… ANNUAL REPORT 2017–2018 2017/18 Chris Hadfield & PANTOMIME Michael Ockwell ATTENDANCE OF We presented a variety of new touring shows with The Addams Family, The Play that Goes Wrong, Beautiful, Cilla the Musical, 68,393 The Band and Fat Friends bringing a wide and diverse audience to our theatre. Our focus on developing family audiences was supported by visits OVER39 NEW from We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, Justin’s Party, Ben & Holly’s 7 Little Kingdom, The Tiger Who Came to Tea, Dinosaur World, PERFORMANCES TOURING SHOWS Awful Auntie and The Snowman. I am grateful to the Producers who continue to make Mayflower Theatre their first choice to tour their shows and also all the artists who grace our stage. Michael Ockwell, Chief Executive OUR FOCUS IS ON YOUNGER DEVELOPING AUDIENCES 06 07 Mayflower Theatre Jodie Prenger ANNUAL REPORT 2017–2018 Fat Friends Shows 2017/18 With grateful thanks to the performers who appear on our stage NORTHERN BALLET’S THE LITTLE MERMAID, ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET NUTCRACKER, BIRMINGHAM ROYAL BALLET THE SLEEPING BEAUTY MATTHEW BOURNE’S CINDERELLA • AN EVENING WITH BOYCOTT & AGGERS, AN EVENING WITH EARL CARPENTER, BILLY OCEAN, JIMMY CARR: THE BEST OF, WESSEX HEARTBEAT VARIETY SHOW, RUSSELL BRAND: RE-BIRTH, STEWART LEE: CONTENT PROVIDER, THE SOLID SILVER 60S SHOW, THAT’LL BE THE DAY, JON RICHARDSON: OLD MAN, SAMANTHA BARKS LIVE IN CONCERT, SIMPLE MINDS, SINGALONGA SOUND OF MUSIC, AL MURRAY: LET’S GO BACKWARDS TOGETHER, RICKY GERVAIS: HUMANITY, KEVIN & KAREN DANCE, JANE MCDONALD: MAKING MEMORIES, JOE MCELDERRY – GLORIA, MICHAEL MCINTYRE, CRAIG DAVID, JOEL DOMMETT – LIVE, CLAIRE MARTIN & THE BBC BIG BAND THE BREAST COMEDY NIGHT EVER!, THE HOLLIES, SIXTIES GOLD, COLLABRO, JOOLS HOLLAND AND HIS RHYTHM AND BLUES ORCHESTRA MIKE OSMAN: TRUMPED, KATHERINE JENKINS, ANTON & ERIN: FROM BROADWAY TO HOLLYWOOD, SHAWN KLUSH - ELVIS WORLD TOUR BRENDAN COLE – ALL NIGHT LONG, AN EVENING WITH CHRIS HADFIELD, JOHN BISHOP – WINGING IT • COMPANY WAYNE MCGREGOR – FAR, SIDI LARBI CHERKAOUI - MILONGA, RAMBERT: GHOST DANCES & OTHER WORKS, ACOSTA DANZA, STOMP, TANGO MODERNO • JANE EYRE THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG • WE’RE GOING ON A BEAR HUNT, JUSTIN’S PARTY, BEN & HOLLY’S LITTLE KINGDOM, DINOSAUR WORLD MISTER MAKER AND THE SHAPES LIVE, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, THE RAILWAY CHILDREN, THE TIGER WHO CAME TO TEA, THE SNOWMAN THE WEDDING SINGER, WONDERLAND, FUNNY GIRL, SISTER ACT, LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, GREASE, GUYS & DOLLS, DREAMBOATS & PETTICOATS, FLASHDANCE THE MUSICAL, BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING STORY, CILLA THE MUSICAL, ALL OR NOTHING, THE BAND, LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL, CRAZY FOR YOU, SUNSET BOULEVARD, HAIRSPRAY, FAT FRIENDS THE MUSICAL, MISS SAIGON • WELSH NATIONAL OPERA • BREAKIN’ CONVENTION, DERREN BROWN: UNDERGROUND, SLAVA’S SNOWSHOW • SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS 08 09 Summer Youth Project Participants Katie, Charlie & Madina Community 24,906 people were reached by Engage activity this year. Engagement Community “ First, let me congratulate you on another amazing show, loved it, even writing about Over the year we have engaged with 24,906 it gives me goose bumps. You are a great team and you make it fun for children so people through our community and education Parent, Musical Youth Theatre outreach programme Engage. We continue to thank you.” offer opportunities in the key areas of our Summer Youth Projects, Mayflower Musical Youth Theatre (MMYT), Mayflower Musical Youth Theatre Workshops, Performances, Projects and Show Events. GROUPS Mayflower Musical Youth Theatre met regularly with 3 OF 10-18 We have established our work in writing development both through groups ranging in age from 10 – 18 years and a separate YEAR OLDS our Young Writers groups and through our Writer in Residence. production group of mixed ages. Each group had a community 3 We have also developed regular work for older people through our performance which included a Christmas play performed to an Open Voices singing group and our Reminiscence mornings. ex–serviceman’s club in Havant with 22 young people involved. We also collaborated with Mayflower Young Writers who 296 people in our Open Voices singing sessions created pieces based on the life of passengers and crew on-board Titanic. These pieces were performed at Public & Educational Workshops and Events The Sea City Museum in Southampton. We held 19 public and community workshops over the year with a With support from Autism Arts Funding we developed our Bursary Scheme total attendance of 381. Our Writer in Residence, Dinos Aristidou Serendipity Group for adults on the autism spectrum to include Our Higher Education Bursary supported 11 young people spent time in all departments of the theatre as well as offering monthly workshop activities, opportunities to see shows and this year with awards totalling £20,500. Through our links with ‘Gifts of Writing’ to patrons at 15 performances and events attend a tour of our theatre. As well as our wider accessible leading drama schools we also held our first drama school fair reaching a total of 503 people.