This collection contains Actors Touring Company papers relating to Arts Council England and National Lottery funding, education and outreach programmes, projects and theatrical productions. The archive also comprises production folders for Actors Touring Company productions, which contain material including correspondence, budgets, technical plans, prompt scripts, marketing material, programmes, reviews, audio-visual material and photographs.
Actors Touring Company Archive
This material is held atV&A Theatre and Performance Collections
- Reference
- GB 71 THM/474
- Dates of Creation
- 1978 - 2010
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English French Spanish Portuguese German
- Physical Description
- 20 boxes
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The Actors Touring Company was founded by John Retallack in Paris in 1978 with the aim of presenting international contemporary theatre to audiences in the UK and worldwide. ATC's inaugural production of Don Juan was awarded a Fringe First at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1978. The company frequently collaborates with international practitioners and commissions a mix of translations and new writing. In 2008, under the artistic directorship of Bijan Sheibani, the company won an Olivier Award for their production of Gone Too Far! , which was produced in association with the Royal Court Theatre, London. Countries the Actors Touring Company has toured to include Brazil, India and Iraq.
Arrangement
The original working order of the archive has been maintained where appropriate. The archive has been divided into 4 series:
- THM/474/1 Business Files
- THM/474/2 Production Files
- THM/474/3 Photograph Files
- THM/474/4 Audio-Visual Material
Access Information
This archive collection is available for consultation in the V&A Study Rooms by appointment only. Full details of access arrangements may be found here: http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/a/archives/
Access to some of the material may be restricted. These are noted in the catalogue where relevant.
Acquisition Information
Gift of the Actors Touring Company, May 2016
Separated Material
The following items have been separated from this archive and are now part of the V&A's object collections:
- S.13-2018 – Poster advertising Don Quixote, Actors Touring Company, 1980s
Conditions Governing Use
Information on copying and commercial reproduction may be found here: http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/a/archives/