Annual Review 2019/20
From the perspective of early 2021, reflecting on the fantastic achievements of 2019/2020 evokes powerful and complicated feelings of pride, delight, sadness and tender memories of life before COVID-19. We hope you enjoy the journey through a very busy year of work onstage, on the big screen and online, from a world premiere production to the continued growth of our talent development and young people and community engagement work. As we look back on the achievements of 19-20 we remain hopeful that 2021/2022 will see brighter new adventures for us all.
Executive Summary
665,331 TOTAL ENGAGEMENTS WITHÂ OUR ACTIVITY
544,086Â live audience members
421Â performancesÂ
26% first time attenders
83% total tickets sold across all public performances
34Â venuesÂ
23 countries
95,978Â cinema admissions with 1,440Â cinema screenings
491Â workshop sessions
7,712Â workshop attendances
Watch our Year in Review
Awards & Achievements
OLIVIER AWARDS 2019 - Matthew Bourne was presented with the Special Award in recognition of his extraordinary achievements in dance.
CREATIVE GREEN AWARDS 2019 - Andrew Ashton received one of only 4 Green Champion Awards for his work in advocating for sustainability and awareness with all the venues whilst on tour with Swan Lake.
BROADWAY WORLD UK AWARDS 2019 - Romeo and Juliet won the Outstanding Achievement in a New Dance Production Award.
We were delighted to be awarded 4 stars for the pilot Creative Green Touring Certification for our 2018-19 UK tour of Swan Lake. Â
​He is undoubtedly the UK's most popular and successful choreographer and director; his unique style helps to bring dance to a wider audience and we are lucky to have Sir Matthew as a patron.​
Stefan Anderson​​, Tring Park School Principal