Ovation Productions

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Ovation Theatres Limited is a highly successful theatre production company founded by John and Katie Plews who, since 1985, have been running the theatrical production and corporate event company, Ovation Productions.

Ovation Theatres is responsible for running Upstairs at the Gatehouse, a 140 seat fringe theatre in Highgate, North London.

Ovation was established to produce business conferences, product launches, road shows, award ceremonies and corporate videos. The company has won two Gold IVCA Awards (2000 & 2004) for Corporate Live Events as well as a Silver and Bronze in 2002. A Gold Award for organising the 'Best Corporate Event' was also bestowed on Ovation by business magazine 'Marketing Event' in 2000.

Theatrically Ovation have staged several productions at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival including Black Comedy (1996) and Forever Plaid (1999). This high energy American musical then continued on a national tour visiting over sixty venues around the UK. In 2001 Ovation returned to Edinburgh with Jessica Martin's acclaimed one woman show Veronique - a Lifelong Cult. 2005 saw Ovation produce Jim Bowen's show at the Edinburgh Festival "You Can't Beat A Bit of Bully". It played to sell out audiences at Jongleurs Comedy Club. Successful London productions include From a Jack to a King, It's Only Make Believe, A Slice of Saturday Night, Little Shop of Horrors, Return to the Forbidden Planet, Cole, Hot Mikado and The Wiz.

Ovation Productions continue to produce business events and video programmes, for further information please call: 020 8340 4256


Connected mandy members:

Christopher Silvester
Production Manager
2017, Anything Goes Musical, Production Manager & Sound No. 1
Upstairs at the Gatehouse
2017, Anything Goes, Hope Harcourt
Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Nova Skipp
Actor, Singer
2017, Anything Goes, Mrs Harcourt
Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Lucas James
Actor
2017, Anything Goes, Captain/Ensemble
Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Emily Bestow
Set Designer
2017, Anything Goes, Set and Costume Designer
Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Lewis McBean
Actor
2017, Anything Goes, Ensemble
Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Robert Hazle
Musical Director
2016, Wallis... A Certain Person, actor-pianist
Upstairs At The Gatehouse
Robert Hazle
Actor
2016, Wallis... A Certain Person, Raymond (actor-pianist)
Upstairs At The Gatehouse
Emily Bestow
Set Designer
2016, Wallis: A Certain Person, Designer
Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Georgina Pead
Assistant Stage Manager
2016, Wallis "A Certain Person", Stage Manager
Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Christopher Silvester
Production Manager
2016, Wallis 'a certain person....', Production Technical Manager
Upstairs at the Gatehouse
2016, Wallis, Raymond/Earnest Simpson
Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Christopher Silvester
Production Manager
2016, People on the Hill, Technical Manager
Upstairs at the Gatehouse
John Moxley
Editor
2016, OvationTV, Avid Editor/Motion Graphics
Christopher Silvester
Production Manager
2016, Legally Blonde, Sound Operator
Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Hugh Osborne
Actor
2016, Legally Blonde, Professor Callahan
Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Allie Reddington (Hunter)
Stage Assistant / Stagehand
2016, Legally Blonde, LX Operator
Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Emma Ingram
Actor
2016, Legally Blonde, Vivienne
Upstairs at the gatehouse
Hannah Roza Fisher
Stage Manager
2016, Legally Blonde, Lx Operator/ ASM
Upstairs at the Gatehouse
2015, There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop, Swears he's Elvis, Jeannie
Upstairs at the Gatehouse

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Alternative Company Names

Ovation, Ovation Theatre, Ovation Theatres, Ovation Theatres Ltd