Institutional Members
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APGRD (Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama)
International centre for research into performances of Greek and Roman drama worldwide
Claire Kenward, Researcher and ArchivistAPGRD, Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, University of Oxford, 66 St Giles’, Oxford OX1 3LU
Tel: 01865 288 210
Email: apgrd@classics.ox.ac.uk Twitter: apgrd
Facebook: apgrd
Website: www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk
ArenaPAL
Performing arts photographic archive for all categories, current and historical, of theatre, opera, music and dance
Biddy Hayward, DirectorArenaPAL, Thompson House, 42-44 Dolben Street, London SE1 0UQ
Tel: 0207 403 8542
Email: enquiries@arenapal.com Twitter: arenapal
Facebook: ArenaPAL-The-Performing-Arts-Image-Library-53247538588
Website: www.arenapal.com
Arts University Bournemouth
The library holds published playscripts and books relating to theatre history and management, acting, costume, make-up, theatre design, and dance.
Antonia Leak, Subject Librarian: Acting, Dance and Make UpLibrary, Arts University Bournemouth, Wallisdown, Poole, Dorset BH12 5HH
Tel: 01202 363 306
Email: aleak@aub.ac.uk Website: http://aub.ac.uk/library
Association of British Theatre Technicians (ABTT)
Organisation for technicians in the theatre industry, offering membership, advice, training, codes of practice and other publications
Robin Townley, Chief Executive Officer; Jane Thornton, ArchivistABTT, Fourth Floor, 55 Farringdon Road, London EC1M 3JB
Tel: 0207 242 9200
Email: office@abtt.org.uk Twitter: theabtt
Website: www.abtt.org.uk
AusStage
AusStage provides an accessible online resource for researching live performance in Australia. Development is led by a consortium of universities, government agencies, industry organisations and collecting institutions with funding from the Australian Research Council and other sources.
AusStage is committed to collecting and sharing information about Australian live performance as an ongoing, open-access and collaborative endeavour. Our project office and server infrastructure are housed at Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia. Our users come from across Australia and around the world.
Contact Name: Jenny Fewster, AusStage Project ManagerContact Email: info@ausstage.edu.au
CHASS, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, South Australia 5001 Website: www.ausstage.edu.au
Barbican Centre Archives
Annie Ward, Archives Project OfficerBarbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC27 8DS
Tel: 020 7638 4141 (ext. 7431)
Email: archives@barbican.org.uk Facebook: BarbicanCentre Twitter: @BarbicanCentre
Website: www.barbican.org.uk
British Library, The
Collection includes theatrical manuscripts, unique live theatre sound recordings, and videos of contemporary experimental theatre performance.
Eva del Rey, Curator, Drama and Literature Recordings and Digital PerformanceBritish Library, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB
Tel: 0207 412 7447
Email: drama@bl.uk Website: www.bl.uk/collection-guides/drama-and-literature-recordings
British Music Hall Society
A volunteer run archive containing song sheets, show cards, photographs, programmes, posters, costumes, rare books and a sound archive relating to music hall, variety and pantomime.
Alison YoungTel: 0208 886 8013
Email: contact@britishmusichallsociety.com Website: www.britishmusichallsociety.com Twitter: musichallsoc
Facebook: BRITISHMUSICHALLSOCIETY
Britten-Pears Foundation
The home and collections of Benjamin Britten and his partner Peter Pears: a historic house with an archive holding music, artworks, papers, books and costumes.
Christopher Hilton, Head of Archive and LibraryThe Red House, Golf Lane, Aldeburgh IP15 5PZ
Tel: 01728 451 700
Email: enquiries@brittenpears.orgTwitter: BrittenOfficial
Facebook: BrittenOfficial
Website: brittenpears.org/explore/research-and-collections
Brunskill & Loveday Limited
The archive includes searchable databases of thousands of West End and other stage shows built by Brunskill & Loveday, and of the theatres in the UK and abroad that have presented those shows.
Ted Loveday, Managing DirectorBrunskill & Loveday Limited, 55-57 Bridge St, Berwick-upon-Tweed TD15 1ES
Email: theatrical-scenery@tiscali.co.uk
Website: www.theatrical-scenery.info
Cameron Mackintosh Ltd & Delfont Mackintosh Theatres Ltd
Cameron Mackintosh productions since 1967 and the history of his eight West End theatres
Rosy Runciman, ArchivistCameron Mackintosh Ltd, 1 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3RB
Tel: 0207 637 8866
Email: rosy@camack.co.uk
Website: www.cameronmackintosh.com and www.delfontmackintosh.co.uk
Capital Theatres
We are an independent theatre organisation and a registered Scottish Charity, No SC018605
Rebecca Churcher-Soden; Senior Development Executive
Festival Theatre 13/29 Nicolson Street EH8 9FT
Email: Rebecca.Churcher@capitaltheatres.com
Tel: 0131 529 6000
Website: https://www.capitaltheatres.com/
Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art (CFCCA)
Supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the CFCCA Library and Archives opened in 2018, and documents the Centre’s artistic programme in the 1980s and the development of Chinese contemporary art in the UK.
Our collections feature material relating to performance artist who have worked at the Centre and records relating to live art festivals we held in 2005-2007. The theme of the gallery’s summer season in 2020 will be Performativity.
Market Buildings, Thomas St, Northern Quarter, Manchester, M4 1EU
Contact Name: Katie Waring, Archivist
Email: hello@cfcca.org.uk
Website: http://cfcca.org.uk/
Citizen’s Theatre
The Citizens Theatre is an iconic venue and theatre company based in the Gorbals area of Glasgow, Scotland.
119 Gorbals Street, Glasgow, G5 9DS
Contact Name: Laura Stevens, Heritage Archives and Exhibitions Officer
Organisation Email: marketing@citz.co.uk
Website: https://www.citz.co.uk/
Dialogue – The Community Performance Network
Dialogue curates an archive of materials relevant to the Community Performance field and supports practitioners to contribute original documentation about their own Community Performance practice.
Chris Blois-Brooke, DirectorTel: 07523 208 779
Email: info@performingdialogue.com Twitter: PerformDialogue
Facebook: PerformDialogue
Website: www.performingdialogue.com
Garrick Club
The club’s Collections and library include paintings, drawings, sculpture, engravings, photographs, rare and important books and manuscripts.
Moira Goff, CuratorGarrick Club, Collections and Library, 15 Garrick Street, London WC2E 9AY
Tel: 0207 395 4112
Email: moirag@garrickclub.co.uk
Website: www.garrickclub.co.uk/collections
Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Complete historical record of both Glyndebourne Festival Opera and Glyndebourne Touring Opera since their foundation
Phil Boot, ArchivistGlyndebourne Festival Opera, Glyndebourne, Lewes, East Sussex BN8 5UU
Tel: 01273 812 321, ext 2318
Email: phil.boot@glyndebourne.com
Website: www.glyndebourne.com/opera-archive
James Hardiman Library, National University of Ireland, Galway
Collections in the James Hardiman Library include Druid Theatre, Galway Arts Festival, Thomas Kilroy, Lyric Theatre, Taibhdhearc Theatre, and Macnas.
Barry Houlihan, ArchivistArchives and Special Collections, James Hardiman Library, National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland
Tel: +353 (91) 493 353
Email: barry.houlihan@nuigalway.ie Twitter: nuigarchives
Facebook: nuiglibrary
Website: www.library.nuigalway.ie/collections/archives
John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
Special Collections hold printed and archival material for the study of Drama and Theatre History from the 17th century to the 21st, covering plays and playwrights, theatre history and performance, and the history of film and cinema.
Julie Ramwell, Rare Books LibrarianThe John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester, 150 Deansgate, Manchester M3 3EH
Tel: 0161 275 7605
Email: julie.ramwell@manchester.ac.uk Twitter: TheJohnRylands
Facebook: JohnRylandsLibrary
Website: www.library.manchester.ac.uk/special-collections
Kellogg College, University of Oxford
Sam Truman, LibrarianLibrary, Kellogg College, University of Oxford, 60 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6PN Facebook: kellogg-college-library
Website: www.kellogg.ox.ac.uk/study/kellogg-college-library
King’s College London
Multi-disciplinary collections, including Archives and the Foyle Special Collections Library, support study and research in the creative arts: Music, Film Studies, Digital Humanities & Culture, Media & Creative Industries.
Teresa Elmes, Library Liaison ManagerMaughan Library, King’s College London, Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1LR
Tel: 0207 848 2424
Email: libraryservices@kcl.ac.uk Twitter: kingslibraries
Facebook: KingsLibraries
Website: www.kcl.ac.uk/library
Kingston University
Library holdings and archive special collections on performing arts and related subjects
Dayna Miller, ArchivistLibrary and Learning Services, Kingston University, Penrhyn Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT1 2EE
Tel: 0208 417 7054
Email: archives@kingston.ac.uk
Website: blogs.kingston.ac.uk/asc
Leeds Grand Theatre & Opera House Ltd (including the City Varieties Music Hall and Hyde Park Picture House)
Archives of Leeds Grand Theatre & Opera House since its founding in 1876 (opened in 1878)
Rachel Lythe, Head of LearningLeeds Grand Theatre, 46 New Briggate, Leeds LS1 6NZ
Tel: 0113 297 7043
Email: rachel.lythe@leedsgrandtheatre.com
Website: www.leedsgrandtheatre.com
Library of Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin, The
Collections include the Rough Magic Theatre Company archive, significant holdings of Samuel Beckett manuscripts, music collections (manuscript and print), and collections acquired through UK and Irish Legal Deposit.
Laura Shanahan, Head of Research CollectionsTrinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2
Tel: 0353 1 896 1000
Email: laura.shanahan@tcd.ie Twitter: @tcdlibrary / @TCDResearchColl
Website: www.tcd.ie/library
LW Theatres
In July 2018, we officially rebranded from The Really Useful Theatres to LW Theatres. Owned by theatrical visionary Andrew Lloyd Webber, we started up back in 1977. Our passion and pride for what we do has seen us become the largest operator of musical theatres in London. They are: Theatre Royal Drury Lane; The London Palladium; the Cambridge Theatre; Adelphi Theatre (co-owned with the Nederlander Group); the Gillian Lynne Theatre, The Other Palace and Her Majesty’s Theatre.
4th Floor, Drury House, 34-43 Russell Street, LONDON WC2B 5SP
Contact Name: Mark Fox
Contact Email: mark.fox@lwtheatres.co.uk
Website: https://lwtheatres.co.uk/about
National Archives, The
Owen Mundy / Hannah Jones, Sector Development Manager
The National Archives, Bessant Drive, Richmond, TW9 4DU
Tel: 020 8876 3444
Twitter: UKNatArchives
Website: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
National Resource Centre for Dance
One of the Archives & Special Collections at University of Surrey, the NRCD contains over 60 archives and special collections focused on dance and movement, and a core reference collection.
Helen Roberts, Archives & Special Collections ManagerNRCD, Archives & Special Collections, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH
Tel: 01483 683 030
Email: archives@surrey.ac.uk Twitter: surreylib
Website: www.surrey.ac.uk/library/research/archives
National Theatre Archive, The
Administrative and technical records of the National Theatre from its inception in 1963
Erin Lee, ArchivistNT Archive, NT Studio, 83-101 The Cut, London SE1 8LL
Tel: 0207 452 5135
Email: archive@nationaltheatre.org.uk
Website: www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/about-the-national-theatre/archive
Northern Ballet Archive
Organisational and personal collections of Northern Ballet, dating from its inception in 1969 to the present. Includes audio-visual formats, photographs and posters.
Hari Jonkers, ArchivistNorthern Ballet, Quarry Hill, LS2 7PA, Leeds, Yorkshire
Tel: 0113 220 8000
Email: archive@northernballet.com Twitter: northernballet
Facebook: northernballet
Website: northernballet.com
Northern School of Contemporary Dance
The library holds books, journals, videos, DVDs, CDs, and special collections.
Samantha King, Librarian/CDD Library Advisor & OpenAthens AdministratorLibrary, NSCD, 98 Chapeltown Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS7 4BH
Tel: 0113 219 3020
Email: sam.king@nscd.ac.uk Twitter: nscdlibrary
Facebook: nscdlibrary
Website: www.nscd.ac.uk/library
Opera Scotland
Opera Scotland is making accessible online the history of opera in Scotland, by building a record of performance history, one performance at a time. Collection includes photographs, programmes and other memorabilia.
Peter Fraser, EditorOpera Scotland, Croft House, North Croft Dyke, Ceres, Fife KY15 5QH
Tel: 01707 273 863
Email: peter@operascotland.org Twitter: operascotland
Facebook: operascotland
Website: www.operascotland.org
Overtures – The Bunnett-Muir Musical Theatre Archive Trust
Musical theatre collection with audio recordings dating back to the nineteenth century, video recordings, sheet music, libretti, posters, programmes, books, magazines and memorabilia
Rexton Bunnett, Founder; Patrick Hayward, CEOOvertures, 136 Avenue Road, London W3 8QG
Tel: 07502 309 493
Email: phayward@overtures.org.uk
Website: overtures.org.uk
Photostage
A 50 years+ archive of stage photography in the UK. Specialising in modern drama, Shakespeare and opera. Over 100,000 online images available to license. More than 1,000,000 images held in total. Also includes comprehensive documentation, a large collection of programmes and other associated material.
8 Drakes Mews, Crownhill Industry, Milton Keynes MK8 0ER
Contact Name: Donald Cooper
Email: info@photostage.co.uk
Website: https://www.photostage.co.uk/
Riverside Studios
Riverside Studios has a long legacy and reputation as a boundary-pushing home for the arts and creative expression. As the place where art and community meet in West London, this dynamic cultural venue is home to a confluence of theatre, film, music, dance, comedy, visual art, enterprise, innovative technology, events and hospitality.
Address: 101 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith W6 9BN
Contact Name: Clare Stephens, Archivist
Email: heritage@riversidestudios.co.uk
Website: https://www.riversidestudios.co.uk/
Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance
Collection of over 50,000 items on all aspects of the theatre and the performing arts. The library also hosts special collections and has links with the College’s research activities.
Frank Trew, College LibrarianRose Bruford College, Lamorbey Park, Burnt Oak Lane, Sidcup, Kent DA15 9DF
Tel: 0208 308 2635
Email: library@bruford.ac.uk
Website: http://vle.bruford.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=54; http://theatrefutures.org.uk/research/special-collections
Royal Academy of Dance, incorporating The Benesh Institute
Library includes audio-visual material, programmes and notation scores. Archives and special collections relate to the RAD’s history and founders, and include photographs of British ballet, 1940-1980.
Eleanor Fitzpatrick, Archives and Records ManagerLibrary and Research Services, Philip Richardson Library, Royal Academy of Dance, 36 Battersea Square, London SW11 3RA
Tel: 0207 326 8010/8032
Email: library@rad.org.uk Twitter: RADLibrary
Website: www.rad.org.uk/more/library
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA)
James Thornton, Library ManagerRoyal Academy of Dramatic Art, Library, 18-22 Chenies Street, London WC1E 7PA
Tel: 0207 636 7076
Email: library@rada.ac.uk Twitter: rada_london
Facebook: RoyalAcademyOfDramaticArt
Website: www.rada.ac.uk/about/library
Royal Albert Hall Archive
Collects, preserves and makes accessible the history of the iconic Grade I listed building, organisation, and events hosted since the Hall’s opening in 1871
Liz Harper, Archive ManagerRoyal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP
Tel: 0203 036 9033
Email: archives@royalalberthall.com Twitter: royalalberthall
Facebook: royalalberthall
Website: http://catalogue.royalalberthall.com
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, The
Since its foundation as the Glasgow Athenaeum in 1847 the Conservatoire’s archives have accrued many important collections of instruments, manuscripts, artworks, photographs, performance ephemera and memorabilia which are made available via our archives search room facility.
Address: 100 Renfrew St, Whittaker Library, Glasgow G41 4DN
Contact Name: Alan Jones, Performing Arts Librarian
Contact Email: a.jones@rcs.ac.uk
Website: www.rcs.ac.uk/why_rcs/campusandfacilities/archives/
Royal Holloway College, University of London
Collections include Roy Waters Collection of theatrical ephemera and the records of Gay Sweatshop, Half Moon, RedShift, and Molecule theatre companies
Annabel Valentine, College ArchivistArchives and Special Collections, Founder’s Library, Royal Holloway College, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX
Tel: 01784 443 814
Email: archives@royalholloway.ac.uk
Website: www.royalholloway.ac.uk/archives
Royal Opera House Collections
Material records the history of three theatres on the site since 1732, and the performances there.
Julia Creed, Head of CollectionsRoyal Opera House, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD
Tel: 0207 212 9353
Email: archive.enquiries@roh.org.uk
Website: www.roh.org.uk/about/roh-collections
Royal Shakespeare Company
The Royal Shakespeare Company holds a collection of material representing more than 200 years of Shakespeare in performance.
Robyn Greenwood, Exhibitions ManagerRoyal Shakespeare Company, Waterside, Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6BB
Tel: 01789 272 323
Email: robyn.greenwood@rsc.org.uk
Website: www.rsc.org.uk
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
RWCMD is the National Conservatoire of Wales, and the library supports the academic and performance needs of staff and students.
Megan Wiley, LibrarianRWCMD Library, Castle Grounds, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3ER
Tel: 02920 391 330 (issue desk), 02920 391 331
Email: library@rwcmd.ac.uk Twitter: RWCMDLibrary
Website: library.rwcmd.ac.uk
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
Collections of Shakespeare-related material and of the Royal Shakespeare Company
Paul Taylor, Head of CollectionsShakespeare Birthplace Trust, The Shakespeare Centre, Henley Street, Stratford upon Avon CV37 6QW
Tel: 01789 204 016
Email: paul.taylor@shakespeare.org.uk
Website: www.shakespeare.org.uk/explore-shakespeare/collections.html
Shakespeare’s Globe Library and Archives
Resources on Shakespearean drama and the Globe Theatre as a performance space
Victoria Lane, ArchivistShakespeare’s Globe Library and Archives, 21 New Globe Walk, London SE1 9DT
Tel: 0207 902 1581/1580
Email: library@shakespearesglobe.com
Website: www.shakespearesglobe.com/education/library-research/library-archive
Southbank Centre
Clare WoodSouthbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX
Tel: 0207 960 4352
Email: archive@southbankcentre.co.uk Twitter: southbankcentre #SCArchive
Facebook: southbankcentre
Website: www.southbankcentre.co.uk/about/what-we-do/archives-collections
University of Glasgow
Claire McKendrick, Chief Library AssistantUniversity of Glasgow, Special Collections Department, Hillhead Street, Glasgow G12 8QE
Tel: 0141 330 6767
Email: Special@lib.gla.ac.uk Twitter: @UofGlasgowASC
Website: www.gla.ac.uk/services/specialcollections
University of Kent
The Theatre Collections focus upon Victorian and Edwardian popular performance. 20th century material is actively collected (e.g., the British Stand Up Comedy Archive). Collections include playscripts, publicity material, photographs and ephemera.
Karen Brayshaw, Special Collections and Archives ManagerSpecial Collections & Archives, Templeman Library, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NZ
Tel: 01227 823 127
Email: specialcollections@kent.ac.uk Twitter: UniKentArchives
Website: www.kent.ac.uk/library/specialcollections/index.html / blogs.kent.ac.uk/specialcollections
University of Leeds
Archives and manuscripts of prominent theatre and dance companies, individual artistic directors and writers – chiefly connected to the region or university, with national reputations
Joanne Fitton, Head of Special Collections and GalleriesSpecial Collections, Brotherton Library, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT
Tel: 0113 343 5518
Email: specialcollections@library.leeds.ac.uk Twitter: UoLTreasures
Website: library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections
Victoria and Albert Museum – Department of Theatre and Performance
The UK national collections of performing arts material
Ramona Riedzewski, Head of Collections ManagementV&A Theatre and Performance Archive, Blythe House, 23 Blythe Road, London W14 0QX
Email: tmenquiries@vam.ac.uk Facebook: victoriaandalbertmuseum
Website: www.vam.ac.uk/page/t/theatre-and-performance
Westminster Central Reference Library
Zsuzsanna Nemeth
35 St Martin’s Street, London, WC2H 7HP
Tel: 020 7641 5250
Email: referencelibrarywc2@westminster.gov.uk
Twitter: @WestRefLib
Website: www.westminster.gov.uk/westminster-reference-library