THE PERFECT WINTER- WARMER, OFTEN BLISSFULLY FUNNY BUT AT TIMES DEEPLY AFFECTING TOO.

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2 THE LIFEBLOOD OF THE UK S THEATRE ECOSYSTEM. THE GUARDIAN HARROWER S BEAUTIFUL, DECEPTIVE WISP OF A PLAY PERFECTION. NEW YORK TIMES ON GOOD WITH PEOPLE THAT NOBLE COMPANY PAINES PLOUGH, DE FACTO NATIONAL THEATRE OF NEW WRITING. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH THE MOST BEAUTIFUL, SHATTERING PLAY OF THE YEAR. THE SUNDAY EXPRESS ON LUNGS PAINES PLOUGH HAS HIT NEW HEIGHTS SINCE GRIEVE AND PERRIN TOOK OVER AS ARTISTIC DIRECTORS. THE COMPANY S OUTPUT HAS BEEN ASTONISHING. THE STAGE THE PERFECT WINTER- WARMER, OFTEN BLISSFULLY FUNNY BUT AT TIMES DEEPLY AFFECTING TOO. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH ON JUMPERS FOR GOALPOSTS YES! THIS IS WHAT THEATRE SHOULD BE LIKE. THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO SEE. AUDIENCE MEMBER ON WASTED AT BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY THE MOST LOVABLE VENUE ON THE FRINGE...A TRIUMPH OF CREATIVITY. THE LIST ON ROUNDABOUT ONE OF THE MOST AMBITIOUS, AND MOST ACCOMPLISHED, DOMESTIC DRAMAS IN A LONG WHILE. WHATSONSTAGE ON LOVE, LOVE, LOVE JUST THE MOST ABSORBING, BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF THEATRE I VE EVER ON LONDON A MAJOR FORCE FOR NEW WRITING. THE GUARDIAN REVERED TOURING COMPANY PAINES PLOUGH. TIME OUT A BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED MASTERPIECE IN ENGINEERING... A SIGNIFICANT BREAKTHROUGH IN THEATRE TECHNOLOGY. THE STAGE ON ROUNDABOUT AS ENGAGING AND DEVASTATING A PIECE OF THEATRE AS YOU RE LIKELY TO FIND. THE INDEPENDENT ON SEA WALL

3 HELLO THE PLAN We joined Paines Plough five years ago at the start of 21. We were fortunate to inherit a company in rude financial health and with considerable artistic standing. Our ambition was to keep doing brilliant new plays but to do more of them and to tour to more places and reach more people than ever before in pursuit of being a truly national theatre of new plays. Five years on, rather than our usual Annual Review, we ve produced this an overview of five years Five years in which Paines Plough has produced 36 world premieres with 1,153 individual performances in 146 places seen by 131,267 people featuring the work of 115 playwrights ranging from first-timers to Olivier Award winners. Five years which culminated in 214 with a celebration of 4 years of Paines Plough, our biggest and furthest reaching programme of work ever and the launch of our state-of-the-art pop-up theatre Roundabout. Thanks to the brilliance of the writers we ve worked with and the skill and passion of hundreds of actors, creatives, stage management and our team at PPHQ, it s been an amazing five years. MORE PLAYS IN MORE PLACES FOR MORE PEOPLE THAN EVER BEFORE WHILST REDUCING DEPENDENCE ON PUBLIC FUNDING. James & George Artistic Directors 1 2

4 MORE PRODUCTIONS One of the busiest and highest quality producers of touring work around. The Stage 36 WORLD PREMIERES Paines Plough productions have been in the three-strong shortlist for Best New Play at the Theatre Awards UK for the past three years: LOVE, LOVE, LOVE (Winner, 211), LUNGS (212), JUMPERS FOR GOALPOSTS (213). MORE PLAYS COME TO WHERE I M FROM by 1+ playwrights CALAIS by April De Angelis THE WASTED by Kate Tempest THE 8TH SEA WALL by Simon Stephens EVERY 12 WE PLANTED SOME UNCERTAINTY FILES by Paul Heaton and Ché Walker BRILLIANT THING by Duncan SUNFLOWERS by Tom Wells ORGANISED by Lucinda Cardey by Linda McLean IN THE PIPELINE by Gary Owen FLY ME TO THE DIG by Katie Douglas YOU CANNOT GO FORWARD FROM Macmillan THE ANGRY BRIGADE by James Graham MORE PERFORMANCES MIDNIGHT AT THE HOTEL BEAUREGARD by Penelope Skinner BENEATH THE LIGHTS by Danielle Sibley SOME MACHINE by Laura Lomas PARK HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL by Adam Taylor TINY VOLCANOES by Laurence Wilson MOON by Marie Jones GOOD WITH PEOPLE by David Harrower LOVE, LOVE, LOVE by Mike Bartlett THE SOUND OF HEAVY RAIN by Penelope Skinner LUNGS by Duncan Macmillan ONE DAY WHEN WE WERE YOUNG by Nick Payne WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW by David Watson JUICY FRUITS by Leo Butler LONDON by Simon Stephens SIXTY FIVE MILES by Matt Hartley SMITHEREENS by Sean Buckley JUMPERS FOR GOALPOSTS by Tom Wells HOPELESSLY DEVOTED by Kate Tempest THE INITIATE by Alexandra Wood OUR TEACHER S A TROLL by Dennis Kelly AN INTERVENTION by Mike Bartlett NOT THE WORST PLACE by Sam Burns BLISTER by Laura Lomas PAINES PLOUGH AT 4 by Katie Douglas, Robin French and Nick Payne 3 4

5 MORE PLACES I s HOPELESSLY DEVOTED tonight. Don t get this calibre of theatre around here very often I can tell you. MORE REACH Paines Plough has increasingly made the effort to take its work to as many far-flung places as possible. The Guardian TOTAL PERFORMANCES PERFORMANCES IN LONDON PERFORMANCES OUTSIDE LONDON % OUTSIDE LONDON 1% 1% 53% 71% 8% 72%

6 146 PLACES 59E59 Theaters, New York Colchester Arts Centre MAC, Birmingham Sherman Cymru, Cardiff New York Aberystwyth Arts Centre Albany, Deptford Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton Ark Theatre, Trowbridge Crucible Theatre, Sheffield Curve, Leicester Dartington Arts Derby Theatre Maltings, Berwick-upon-Tweed Manchester International Festival Margate Winter Gardens Shop Front Theatre, Coventry Shoreditch Town Hall, London Soho Theatre, London Dublin Wiesbaden Zagreb Artrix, Bromsgrove Arts Centre, Washington Assembly Roxy, Edinburgh Astor Community Theatre, Deal Drum Theatre, Plymouth Dukes, Lancaster Electric Theatre, Guildford Firestation, Windsor Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury Mercury Theatre, Colchester Merlin Theatre, Frome Southbank Centre, London South Birmingham College South Hill Park, Bracknell Square Chapel, Halifax Galway Lisburn Jersey Axis Arts Centre, Crewe Four Dwellings School, Milton Rooms, Malton St Paul s Church, Birmingham Aylesbury Waterside Theatre Birmingham National Student Drama Stephen Joseph Theatre, Barbican Centre, London Garage, Norwich Festival, Scarborough Scarborough Barrow Street Theatre, New York Gate Theatre, London National Theatre, London Summerhall, Edinburgh Belgrade Theatre, Coventry Gulbenkian, Canterbury New Theatre, Nottingham Tara Arts Theatre, London Bestival, Isle of Wight Hackney Downs Studios New Wolsey, Ipswich The Edge Theatre & Arts Centre, Bewley s, Dublin Half Moon Theatre, London Newbury Corn Exchange Manchester Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter Harrogate Theatre Norden Farm, Maidenhead The Edge, Much Wenlock Birmingham City University SU Hat Factory, Luton North Wall, Oxford The Old Market, Brighton Birmingham LGBT Centre Hawth, Crawley Northern Stage, Newcastle The Theatre, Chipping Norton Birmingham Metropolitan Hazlitt Arts Centre, Maidstone Nottingham Playhouse Theatre On The Steps, Bridgnorth College SU Hessisches Staatstheater, Nu:Write Festival, Zagreb Theatre Royal, Margate Birmingham Repertory Theatre Wiesbaden Nuffield, Southampton Theatre Workshop, Sheffield Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal Hive, Worcester Òran Mór, Glasgow Tobacco Factory, Bristol Brewhouse, Taunton Hull Truck Theatre Oxford Playhouse Town Hall Theatre, Galway Bridport Arts Centre Island Arts Centre, Lisburn Parabola Arts, Cheltenham Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Brighton Dome Jersey Opera House Pegasus Theatre, Oxford Trestle Arts Base, St Albans Bristol Old Vic Key Theatre, Peterborough Pentabus, Ludlow Tricycle Theatre, London Buckingham University Campus Lakeside Arts Centre, Phoenix Arts Centre, Bordon Trinity Theatre, Tunbridge Wells Bush Theatre, London Nottingham Plymouth Theatre Royal Tron Theatre, Glasgow Byre, Aberdour Latitude Festival, Southwold Quarterhouse, Folkestone Unicorn Theatre, London Byre, Markinch Ledbury Poetry Festival Redbridge Drama Centre Ustinov, Theatre Royal Bath Byre, St Andrews Leeds University Student Union Rose Bruford College, Sidcup Ventnor Fringe Festival Byre, Tayport Lemon Tree, Aberdeen Roundhouse, London Walsall College Cambridge Arts Theatre Lincoln Performing Arts Centre Royal & Derngate, Northampton Warwick Arts Centre Cast, Doncaster Live Theatre, Newcastle Royal Court Theatre, London Warwick University Campus Castle, Wellingborough Liverpool Everyman & Royal Exchange, Manchester Watford Palace Theatre Citizens Theatre, Glasgow Playhouse Royal Welsh College of West Yorkshire Playhouse Clifftown Theatre, Southend Lowry, Salford Music & Drama, Cardiff Whaddon Jubilee Hall Clwyd Theatr Cymru Ludlow Fringe Festival Salisbury Playhouse York Theatre Royal 7

7 MORE PEOPLE LOVE, LOVE, LOVE opening night at The Drum Theatre, Plymouth - 7 September 21. Final performance at The Royal Court Theatre, London 9 June ,41 people saw the show in 18 different theatres. Our first small-scale tour of TINY VOLCANOES in 21 achieved 21% capacity. The tour of WASTED on the same circuit in 212 achieved 55%. HOPELESSLY DEVOTED in 214 achieved 62%. In 215 EVERY BRILLIANT THING achieved 75%. 7,532 people saw a Paines Plough show on the small-scale in 214, up from 3,438 in 212 and 692 in 21. AUDIENCE ,889 26,559 4,66 25,117 25,42 43, EMPLOYMENT & PARTICIPATION 169 actors 112 creatives 51 production and stage managers 1,862 actors met through Open Auditions 1,452 workshop attendees 35 interns and work placements An estimated 2, people listened to PAINES 4 on BBC Radio 3. 17,36 people saw LOVE, LOVE, LOVE at The Royal Court in 212. More than 2, people have listened to a COME TO WHERE I M FROM play as a free-to-download podcast on painesplough.com. 2,47 people watched our live stream of WASTED from the Roundhouse in 213. In total 131,267 people saw a Paines Plough show live

8 115 PLAYWRIGHTS Four of the past five winners of the George Devine Award were on attachment to Paines Plough Elinor Cook (213), Tom Wells (212), Penelope Skinner (211), Nick Payne (29). I couldn t have written a play at all without having James excitement for the project pushing me through the moments when I thought what the f*** am I doing and why are these people letting me do it... Kate Tempest Adam Peck Adam Taylor Dick Curran Dominic Grace Katie Douglas Kefi Chadwick Paul Heaton Paven Virk 15 PLAYWRIGHTS ON ATTACHMENT Alan Harris Alan Pollock Alexandra Wood Duncan Macmillan Eamon Rooney Em Hussein Keith Saha Kirsty Housley Laura Lomas Penelope Skinner Phil Davies Richard Cameron Alia Bano Laura Lomas Alia Bano Alice Birch Alice Jolly Fin Kennedy Gary Owen Glenn Waldron Laurence Wilson Leah Chillery Lee Mattinson Richard Dormer Rory Mullarkey Rose Heiney Alice Birch Alistair McDowall Alison Carr Ann Wilson April De Angelis Glyn Maxwell Greg Banks Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti Lena Kaur Leo Butler Leon Fleming Rosemary Jenkinson Sam Burns Sarah McDonald Hughes Lucinda Burnett Danielle Sibley Ben Evans Beth Steel Bethan Marlow Guy Jones Hannah George Hannah Patterson Linda McLean Lizzie Nunnery Louise Gallagher Sean Buckley Simon Stephens Stacey Gregg Elinor Cook Penelope Skinner Catriona Kerridge Ché Walker Cheryl Payne Hannah Silva Helen Blakeman Hugh Janes Lucinda Burnett Lucy Tyler Marie Jones Steven Deproost Sue MacLaine Susannah Finzi Stacey Gregg Adam Taylor Chris O Connell Chris Thorpe Clare Bayley Ian McHugh James Graham JC Marshall Martha MacDonald Martin Lynch Matt Hartley Tim Atack Tim Price Titas Halder Ella Carmen Greenhill Ali Taylor Colin Scott Danielle Sibley Danny Strike Joe Graham Joe Harbot Joel Horwood Matthew Bulgo Michael Chaplin Michael Wynne Tom Hill Tom Nicholas Tom Wainwright Reuben Johnson Tom Wells David Edgar David Harrower David Ireland John Goodwin Jonny Donahoe Joy Wilkinson Mike Bartlett Molly Davies Mufaro Makubika Tom Wells Tracey Whitwell Vanessa Oakes Alexandra Wood David Watson Deborah A. Williams Dennis Kelly Judy Upton Kate Tempest Katherine Mitchell Natalie McGrath Nick Payne Nicola Werenowska Zodwa Nyoni Zosia Wand 2,88 UNSOLICITED SCRIPTS RECEIVED, READ AND RESPONDED TO

9 PARTNERS Only the National Theatre of Scotland, Young Vic and Birmingham Rep co-produced with more people than Paines Plough in 214.* * BBC: The State Of UK Theatre, see page 15 CO-PRODUCERS We have co-produced work with a huge range of partners from music festivals to international arts festivals to fringe festivals; commercial producers to independent companies; the BBC, the Royal Court and the National Theatre Any Other Name Productions BBC Radio 3 Latitude Festival Live Theatre, Newcastle Royal Court Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester AND IN 215 Pentabus Theatre Company 2 Belgrade Theatre, Coventry Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Half Moon Young People s Theatre Birmingham Repertory Theatre Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal Brighton Dome Bristol Old Vic Clwyd Theatr Cymru Crucible Theatre, Sheffield Datum Point Drum Theatre, Plymouth Gate Theatre, London Half Moon Young People s Theatre Manchester International Festival nabokov National Student Drama Festival National Theatre New Wolsey, Ipswich Nottingham Playhouse Oran Mor, Glasgow Oxford Playhouse Parabola Arts, Cheltenham Pentabus Theatre Company Salisbury Playhouse Sherman Cymru Shoreditch Town Hall SJM Concerts Southbank Centre The Roundhouse The Theatre, Chipping Norton Traverse Theatre Ventnor Fringe Festival Watford Palace Theatre West Yorkshire Dublin Theatre Festival Barrow Street Theatre, New York Jean Doumanian Productions, New York Southbank Centre Summerhall, Edinburgh Theatre Royal Plymouth Latitude Festival Naked Angels, New York BBC Radio 3 Royal Welsh College Of Music And Drama Hull Truck Jersey Arts Trust Ransom Productions Rose Bruford College Playhouse Gate Theatre, London 13 14

10 MAKING A LITTLE GO A LONG WAY In December 214 the BBC published The State of UK Theatre - a survey of the output of 62 theatres and companies in receipt of Arts Council funding. They released a league table ordered by the amount of funding each company received. The National Theatre was top with 19m, the RSC was second with 15m and so on. Paines Plough came 54th in that league table with just 1/3 of the funding received by the theatre in 23rd place, and half the funding of the theatre in 36th place. The BBC surveyed other metrics, and those league tables look rather different... In overall number of productions in 214, Paines Plough were 11th out of 62. In number of new plays produced, Paines Plough were 4th. And in number of co-producer relationships, Paines Plough came 4th as well. Only the National Theatre, the Royal Court and NTS produced more new plays than us in 214. Here s our BBC survey results: PAINES PLOUGH Change % Change Funding (ACE) 227,29 315,62 (29/1) (214/15) + 38,33 39% Productions and Co-Productions % New Plays % Co-Productions % Actors % Writers % Directors % 15 16

11 INCOME & EXPENDITURE TURNOVER REDUCED DEPENDENCY ON ACE TURNOVER v ACE FUNDRAISED

12 design by threaddesign.co.uk AWESOME. HONESTLY THE BEST THING I VE EVER SEEN. SO FUNNY. JUST PERFECT. THANK YOU. PLEASE COME TO OUR SCHOOL TO DO A WORKSHOP. LIZ KELLY, AUDIENCE MEMBER, TINY VOLCANOES A ROCK-SOUL OPERA THAT SOUNDS LIKE LEONARD BERNSTEIN MEETS PUBLIC ENEMY. INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY ON THE 8 TH A LIFE-AFFIRMING GEM AS PROFOUND A WORK AS YOU ARE EVER LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE ON A NEW YORK STAGE. NY1 ON EVERY BRILLIANT THING JUST READ PAINES PLOUGH S 214 SEASON I LITERALLY WANT TO SEE THE BEST PLAY I VE EVER SEEN. EVERYONE COMING OUT OF IT IS ON LUNGS INCREDIBLE. SICK PERFORMANCES, FAULTLESS DIRECTION AND THE WRITING - JUST, ON WASTED MEMORABLY ADVENTUROUS A TIMELESS DEPICTION OF YOUNG PEOPLE AGITATING AGAINST A WORLD THAT APPEARS TO EXCLUDE THEM. THE TIMES ON THE ANGRY BRIGADE WINGS ITS WAY STRAIGHT TO THE HEART STARTLINGLY BEAUTIFUL. THE TIMES ON HOPELESSLY DEVOTED MY FACE HURTS FROM SMILING AND MY MAKE- UP IS SMUDGED FROM CRYING. JUST ON EVERY BRILLIANT THING JUST HAD MY OH WOW MOMENT OF EDFRINGE. THE WRITING, THE ACTING, THE VENUE. ON THE HUMAN EAR IN ROUNDABOUT HAPPIEST, MOST JOYFUL HOUR OF #EDFRINGE SO FAR. BLOODY ON OUR TEACHER S A TROLL

13 15 AND SO TO THE NEXT FIVE YEARS We ll keep touring jam-packed programmes of world class new plays to the four corners of the UK and internationally. We ll keep discovering and nurturing the best playwrights and working in partnership with a wide range of co-producers and partners Paines Plough nationwide. Our portable theatre 4th Floor, 43 Aldwych Roundabout will pop-up across the London WC2B 4DN country reaching new audiences in new places. By 219 even more people painesplough.com in even more places will see the best + 44 () new plays on their doorsteps. office@painesplough.com