Conference Chair: Ian Brown

Chair: Genista McIntosh

Three speakers consider what facilities are required to ensure theatres meet the needs and expectations of performers and audiences, can deliver artistic and economic returns, and are environmentally efficient.

Jonathan Church, Artistic Director and Joint Chief Executive, Chichester Festival Theatre
Duncan Hendry, Chief Executive, Aberdeen Performing Arts
Judith Isherwood, Chief Executive, Wales Millennium Centre

Chair: Genista McIntosh

Should artistic or economic needs be more important when designing auditoria? Two sides make their case, raising the issues of competing demands on auditoria.

Gregory Nash, Director, The Point, Eastleigh
Cindy Oswin, Writer, Performer, Director
Michael Lynas, Executive Director, Ambassador Theatre Group
Peter Wilson, Norwich Theatre Royal

Chair: Venu Dhupa, Director of Creative Innovation, Southbank Centre

Venu Dhupa interviews three contributors about their experience of producing, designing and directing work on stages across the UK.

Stewart Crosbie, Production Manager
William Dudley, Stage Designer and 3D animator
Kully Thiarai, Former Artistic Director, Leicester Theatre Trust

Chair: Venu Dhupa, Director of Creative Innovation, Southbank Centre

Four inspirational speeches from four directors, each speaking about what inspires them to work in theatre buildings and performance spaces.

Garfield Allen, greenroom, Manchester
Kate Cross, Director, the egg at Theatre Royal Bath
David Rosenberg, Shunt, London
David Lan, Artistic Director, the Young Vic, London

Round up from Ian Brown

Jerwood Space, London