annual report & accounts 2007/2008

Introduction from the Director: Alan Rivett

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We often describe Warwick Arts Centre as situated at the heart of the University of Warwick. It’s more

than a physical location. Warwick Arts Centre is the pulse of the University’s enterprise to develop the

richness of contemporary thought and ideas and to stimulate and deepen people’s understanding of the

world in which they live.

In 2007-08 the programme was

characterised by the ambition to

bring the most exciting

international artists to the University

to present innovative and

unexpected work that directly

involves audiences. Venues were

transformed - the Butterworth Hall

was home to an explosive

performance not of music but of

contemporary theatre as the

National Theatre of Scotland

performed the English premiere of

the award-winning Black Watch;

Footsbarn evoked a magical world

view of A Midsummer Night’s

Dream in a tent on Tocil Field; and

João Penalva turned the Mead

Gallery into a theatre, a cinema, a

library and a dance studio.

Contemporary culture responds to

and demands participation by

audiences and the amazing range

of auditoria and the extent and

variety of the campus mean that we

remain one of the premier venues

for new work. Increasingly, work will

move outside the Arts Centre’s

auditoria, to address audiences in

their own environments and to

extend possibilities for engagement

with artists.

As well as the large, showcase

work, Warwick Arts Centre

continued its commitment to

supporting the work of emerging

artists through both programming

and co-commissioning work. We

co-produced the Studio Christmas

show with Oily Cart of If All The

World Were Paper, worked in

association with PILOT and

supported two of the UK’s most

exciting young theatre companies,

Filter and Gecko in their

productions of, respectively, Water

and The Arab and the Jew.

The quality of our programme is

evidenced in the additional funding

that it attracts. From grants from

the Henry Moore Foundation and

the Calouste Gulbenkian

Foundation for the Mead Gallery to

sponsorship of the Classical

Concert Series by BMW, we

continue to persuade external

organisations to support our

ambitions. In January 2008,

Arts Council England announced

that it would increase its annual

grant to Warwick Arts Centre over

the next three years to support

the international character of

our programme. Significant strands

within the programme continued to

be supported by a broad cross

section of people. Cinema has

perhaps the widest appeal and the

programme was successful,

curating Box Office hits into a

thoughtful programme of intelligent

contemporary films. The loyalty

card scheme and pricing strategy

for students, initiated the previous

year, contributed to a steady

regular attendance.

Warwick Arts Centre is more than a

programme however. Its staff are

highly respected individuals who

contribute their experience as

Board Members and/or Advisors to

other organisations including BAC

small scale touring consortium

(This Way Up); Blink Film Festival;

Coventry Jazz Festival; Cre8tus -

the organisation dedicated to

innovative approaches to

arts education in Coventry,

Warwickshire and Solihull;

Fierce Festival; the Government Art

Collection; MOVIES media

education group; Roadmender;

Shared Experience Ltd;

Talking Birds;WOMEX (World

2

Music network) and Music

Beyond Mainstream (the World and

Contemporary Music Consortium).

The staff share and extend their

knowledge in dialogue with

University students and staff. Over

250 students were trained as

stewards by our Front of House

team to provide a high standard of

customer service. The student

drama and music societies were

coached and supported by our

technical team to stage ambitious

productions. Students are trained

in education work to provide an

outstanding team to lead children’s

Saturday Art Workshops,

Sculpture and Colour Trails for

primary schools and three Youth

Theatre groups. The marketing

department and the Mead Gallery

each hosted an intern programme

which gave 6 students valuable

work experience in the arts. In

addition departments from across

the University from faculties as

diverse as Law and Sociology

gave insightful contributions to our

programme of post-show and

exhibition talks.

The final year of funding from the

Neighbourhood Renewal Fund

saw the culmination in March 08 of

the CovCoolKids project with four

performances in the Butterworth

Hall with around 700 children in

each, with all abilities welcomed

and catered for. As one teacher

noted: “The inclusive nature of the

project is the most important thing

for us. It’s wonderful for our special

needs children to come and

perform in front of everyone and

feel part of something bigger”.

Towards the end of the year we

had notice of funding from the

Coventry Children’s Fund to

extend CovCoolKids for a further

three years.

In one sense, the project that

consumed our attention in this year

is the project that only began to

take form in the following year.

Early in 2008 a professional team

was appointed to develop plans for

the Butterworth Hall. The project

aim was to improve the experience

of audience and artists alike, to

provide greater opportunities for

commercial development and a

new space for artistic

experimentation.Warwick Arts

Centre needed to raise almost £8

million to support this development

and a major fundraising campaign

was initiated.

So, in all 2007/2008 was a full

and productive year for Warwick

Arts Centre, consolidating our

success across all artforms and

activities and sowing the seeds

for ongoing growth.

Alan RivettDirector, Warwick Arts Centre

“I simply enjoy the vibrant atmosphere whenever I enterthe Arts Centre. To have so many activities under one roof isexcellent. The Arts Centre draws me in – like a magnet!”Audience comment

Warwick Arts Centre Facts and Figures 2007/2008

Over 308,000 attendersand participants in2007/2008

854 film screeningsover 363 days

Community arts andeducation: 7 majorschools’ projects with3344 participants

72 performances ofstudent music or drama

Over £4.5 milliontotal turnover

£1.7 millionBox Office income

4 venues open a totalof 150 weeks a year

4 major exhibitions ofcontemporary art

16,674 visitsfrom schools

5 co-commissionsand co-productions

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Introduction from the Chair of Board: Prof. Susan Bassnett

This has been a year during which Warwick’s commitment to international art forms has increased in

strength, as has our commitment to family entertainment and to broadening our audiences.

As a university-based Arts Centre,

we see our mission as not only to

provide the best of theatre, film,

fine art and music, but also to

expand the work we do in reaching

out to the broader community. The

University of Warwick has an

ambitious intellectual strategy that

is matched by our belief in

widening participation and

enabling the more disadvantaged

members of society to share in the

best of artistic production.

As the year partly dealt with the

planned temporary closure of the

Butterworth Hall, some innovative

thinking on other spaces was

deployed. A Big Top erected on an

open space close to the Arts

Centre was one such example,

and one of the highlights of the

year for me was Footsbarn’s

production of A Midsummer

Night’s Dream with an international

troupe of actors in that space.

Alan Rivett and his team have

done a magnificent job this year

and have maintained the high

quality of work that we have all

come to associate with Warwick.

Next year, when the Butterworth

Hall reopens, they will be

working in enhanced surroundings

and we can all look forward to

another exciting, innovative

programme that will reinforce

our position as one of Britain’s

leading arts centres.

Susan BassnettChair of Board

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Education at Warwick Arts Centre

CovCoolKids

Our biggest ever arts education

project came to a thrilling end this

year with four performances in

the Butterworth Hall with around

700 children in each performance.

For the first time ever we retracted

the bleacher seating in the Hall

giving us a massive and perfect

arena for such large scale

performance. Their high levels of

skill and confidence matched the

size of the space and the

importance of the events.

Boys Dance

Our latest Boys Dance project,

Open Windows, built creatively on

our on-going and highly productive

relationship with 6 schools from

Solihull, Coventry and Warwickshire

and BeingFrank Physical Theatre.

For the first time the boys took as

their inspiration a Mead Gallery

exhibition from the Portugese artist

João Penalva and his work (rich in

narrative, memory and theatre)

leading to complex and inspiring

performances in the Theatre.

Androcles and the Lion

A brand new project

working in music and

drama with one

secondary school and

three primary schools from

Warwick. Using an extant

musical score the children

created their own drama

from the Androcles and

the Lion story coming

together to perform

in the theatre at

Warwick Arts Centre.

This was one of our busiest and most productive years ever – in which we made over 85,500 contacts with

22,700 children, young people and adults across more than 800 activities from in-depth arts education

projects to theatre and dance workshops and from post-show talks to Sculpture & Colour Trails.

“There’s a sense of creativityand experimentation,and of nurturing the arts.”Audience comment

“Events at the Mead Gallery arealways good and a great way forchildren to begin to view art.”Audience comment

BoysDance

BoysDance

CovCoolKids

Drama (Theatre)

I Am Shakespeare Mark Rylance withSean Foley

Casanova Told By An Idiot, West YorkshirePlayhouse and Lyric Hammersmith

Chatroom / Citizenship National TheatreCircus Tatovski brightFXInvisible Bonfires Forkbeard FantasyWater A Filter and Lyric HammersmithCo-Production in association with

Warwick Arts Centre

There’s Something About Simmy Rifco ArtsRapunzel Kneehigh Theatre and BACTesting The Echo Out of JointWar & Peace Shared Experience/NationalTheatre, Nottingham Playhouse

and Hampstead Theatre

Black Watch The National Theatre of ScotlandThe Emperor’s New Kilt The National Theatreof Scotland and Wee Stories

Drama (International)

Fragments Théâtre des Bouffes du NordBoris Godunov Cheek by JowlA Midsummer Night’s DreamFootsbarn Theatre

Drama (Studio)

Changing Lives Jonathan Davidson inassociation with Warwick Arts Centre and

Bloodaxe Books

It Came From PILOT The B-Theatre inassociation with Warwick Arts Centre

Susan & Darren Company Fierceand Quarantine

Nine Years Lone TwinTruckstop Company of Angelsand Eastern Angles

The Persian Revolution 30 Bird ProductionsThe Arab and The Jew GeckoLow Life Blind SummitShades of Brown RasaIt Is Like It Ought To Be: A PastoralUninvited Guests

Leftovers Mem MorrisonTangle Unlimited Theatre in co-production withthe Corn Exchange, Newbury

The Ethics of Progress Unlimited Theatrein co-production with Oxford Playhouse

& Leeds Met Studio

The Moon, The Moon Unlimited Theatre in aco-production with Northern Stage

Nightfall The Special GuestsSecurity Zena EdwardsBite-Size: A Theatrical Tasting MenuTerror of Living Jiva ParthipanCivil Pacitti Company

Live Art

AWestern Action HeroTreasured – A Secret Journey Jane PackmanWithout Planning Permission Fluxx and Shifti08 (A Short Festival of Improvisation)

Student Theatre

DinnerEdmondSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of FleetStreetPizazzThe SkrikerOneWorld WeekInto the WoodsBloodWeddingMacbethWarwick Student Arts Festival

Amateur Theatre, Music and Dance

Solihull Youth Makes Music FestivalWest Midlands Youth Ballet

Dance

Mischief Theatre Rites and Arthur PitaNoor – Light Anurekha Ghosh and CompanyTheWild Party Rosie Kay Dance CompanyJames, Son of JamesFabulous Beast Dance Theatre

Space 50 Niki McCrettonSkin ACE Dance and MusicShift Gravity & LevityTo Be Straight With You DV8 Physical Theatre

Jazz, Popular and World Music

Third WorldHariprasad ChaurasiaJosé GonzálezBajofondo Tango ClubEsbjörn Svensson TrioJohn HiattThe ProclaimersKeith Tippett and Julie Tippetts10ccLadysmith Black MambazoAmericaThe Imagined VillageThe Annie Whitehead ExperienceJan GarbarekOrchestra BaobabChristy Moore with Declan SinnottOla OnabuleAndy Sheppard and Rita MarcotulliMaddy Prior & the Carnival BandYasmin LevyAlison MoyetJustin Adams and Juldeh Camara

Nouvelle VagueRachel Unthank and TheWintersetBill Wyman’s Rhythm KingsAfrican Soul Rebels 2008ChambaoChumbawambaEmpiricalYamato – The Drummers of JapanThe IpanemasLuka BloomDavy GrahamKate RusbyJools Holland and his Rhythm and BluesOrchestraJim MorayJudy CollinsSteve Howe TrioEric BibbThe Zombies and TheYardbirds

Coventry Jazz Festival

CuriosCipherZappatistas featuring John EtheridgeAcoustic Alchemy

Classical Music Concerts

Tchaikovsky Symphony OrchestraMoscow Radio Symphony OrchestraPhilharmonia OrchestraLithuanian National Philharmonic OrchestraHalléCoull QuartetLudovico EinaudiCity of Birmingham Symphony OrchestraEuropean Union Chamber OrchestraWarsaw Philharmonic OrchestraLondon Mozart PlayersRussian State Symphony OrchestraRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra withPeter Donohoe, Lesley Garrett, Tasmin Littleand Julian Lloyd-Webber

Student Music

University of Warwick Symphony Orchestra,Chorus andWind OrchestraUniversity of Warwick Wind Orchestra andBrass BandUniversity of Warwick Symphony Orchestraand ChorusLunchtime ConcertsThe Music Centre Christmas SpectacularUniversity of Warwick Brass BandUniversity of Warwick Wind OrchestraCity of Coventry Youth OrchestraSolihull Music Service String ExplosionUniversity of Warwick Big BandNOT Strictly Come Music and Dancing

Opera

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius ArmonicoConsort and Philharmonia Orchestra

Bridgetower English Touring OperaCarmen Ellen Kent & Opera InternationalMozart: The Mariage of FigaroArmonico Consort

Puccini’s Madama Butterfly Ellen Kent &Opera International

Don Giovanni English Touring OperaAnna Bolena English Touring OperaSusannah English Touring Opera

Comedy

Russell BrandJo CaulfieldJimmy CarrArdal O’HanlonGrumpy Old WomenJenny ÉclairThe Little Howard AppealPunt and DennisMichael McIntyreAndy ParsonsPaul MertonRussell HowardLee MackMilton JonesSean LockMark WatsonRhod GilbertBrendon BurnsJason ByrnePhil NicolStewart LeeOmid DjaliliAlun CochraneDara O’BriainPaul SinhaJon CulshawJustin MoorhouseNina ContiJohn BishopTim VineSimon AmstellLucy PorterDaniel KitsonGina YashereBest of Leicester Comedy FestivalSandi ToksvigLenny HenryShappi KhorsandiFrankie BoylePaul Merton’s Silent Clowns

LivePerformances2007/2008

BlackWatch

Leftovers

ToBeStraightWithYou

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Family Events

Inside Out Fraser Hooper and Matt RudkinLittle Howard and the Magic Pencil ofLife and DeathDon’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus BigWooden Horse Theatre Company

The Dust Man Patrick LynchDanny King of the BasementM6 Theatre Company

Shopping for Shoes Visible FictionsCircus Minimus Lyngo Theatre in collaborationwith the Egg, Theatre Royal, Bath

Muttnik – The First Dog in SpaceNiki McCretton

Rags ToWitches Josh Elwell TheatreRapunzel Kneehigh Theatre and BACThe Mother ShipBirmingham Repertory Theatre

Dustbin Ditty Pete BelcherThe Iceberg En Masse Theatre CompanyDragon’s Teeth and Other TalesStuff & Nonsense Theatre Company

The Comedy Club 4 KidsShadow Play Travelling LightBrilliant A Fevered Sleepand Polka Theatre Production

Come, Me Pickney Valerie BloomCinderella Ashputtel Banyan Theatre

Christmas

The Suitcase KidWatershed ProductionsIf All The World Were PaperWarwick Arts Centre and Oily Cart

Education Projects

In-School Projects

CovCoolKidsBoys2Dance – OpenWindowsSchool of DarkAndrocles & the LionAylesford School – Year 8 Singing ProjectLeigh School Film ProjectPower & Spirit 7

Company Workshops

The Suitcase Kid In-school workshopsNoor – Light In-school workshopMischief Family workshopInside Out – Seriously Clowning AroundworkshopJames, Son of James workshopThe Iceberg workshopWar and Peace in-theatre technicalworkshopBlack Watch workshopsThe Emperor’s New Kilt on-stage workshopCircus Summer SchoolChoir in a DayPlay in a DayYouth TheatreYouth Theatre Senior Group

Performances/Screenings

CovCoolKids performancesOpenWindows performanceSchool of Dark performanceAndrocles & the Lion performanceAylesford Year 8 Singing performanceLeigh School Film PremierePower & Spirit 7 performanceYouth Theatre performanceYouth Theatre Senior Group performanceStranger than Fiction screeningShakespeare on Screen – AsYou Like ItscreeningIndigenes - Days of Glory screeningPan’s Labyrinth screeningSeverance screeningBridge to Terabithia screeningBBFC Study Day – The Kite RunnerscreeningRepresentation on Screen – Crashscreening11th Hour screeningOf Mice and Men screeningPlay in Day performanceChoir in a Day performanceCircus Summer School performance

Events/Talks

BlackWatch: Post ShowTalk with JohnTiffanyUnknown EnemiesHow to Avoid Victor’s Justice.You decide!Sanitising War: A Moral Media Crisis?Summer Circus School 2008Sculpture TrailsColour TrailsWork Experience programmeVenue ToursPortfolio Days

Literature

Jacqueline WilsonChanging LivesJim CraceGeoffrey HillJorie GrahamRobert BringhurstKevin HartJan ZwickyRobert GraySusan StewartJohn KoetheDaniel MordenHugh LuptonSimonYatesCoventry Readers’ DayGilbert AchcarZoe BrigleyDavid MorleyChina MiévilleMichael BillingtonLinda GrantJohn HegleyDerek MalcolmWendy CopeHelen DunmoreGao XingjianSean O’Brien and Fiona SampsonZena EdwardsMichael FraynValerie BloomA L Kennedy

Mead Gallery

João PenalvaCommissioned by Mead Gallery

Supported by The Calouste Gulbenkian

Foundation and The Henry Moore Foundation

Dan PerjovschiSupported by the Romanian Cultural Institute

Girl Rider Cullinan + RichardsCommissioned by Mead Gallery

Double AgentPawel Althamer / Nowolipie Group

Phil Collins, Dora García, Donelle Woolford,

Christoph Schlingensief, Barber Visser,

Artur Zmijewski

Created by Claire Bishop / Mark Sladen

Gallery Exhibition Talks

João Penalva Artist TalkJoão Penalva Exhibition Tour and TalkCullinan + Richards Artist TalkDouble Agent Exhibition Talk by ClaireBishop / Mark Sladen

Gallery Events

Exhibition Launch João Penalva /Dan PerjovschiChildren’s Saturday Drop-In Art ClubExhibition Launch Girl RiderCullinan + RichardsExhibition Launch Double Agent

AlisonMoyet

Rapunzel

GaoXingjian

JoãoPenalva

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Water

“There's always a wideand fresh selection ofoptions on offer andwhoever arranges theartists has a habit ofmanaging to book ‘thenext big thing’ just beforethey explode into thepublic consciousness -I've lost count of thenumber of times ...”Audience comment

2 Days in Paris4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 DaysA Crude AwakeningA Few Days in SeptemberAndWhen Did You Last See Your Father?A Mighty HeartA SecretAcross the UniverseAladdinAll About EveAmazing GraceAmerican GangsterArctic TaleAsYou Like ItAssemblyAtonementBlame it on Fidel!Born and BredBreachBrick LaneBuenos Aires 1977California Dreamin’CaramelCarmen JonesCassandra's DreamCharlie BartlettCharlie Wilson’s WarChildren of GloryChitty Chitty Bang BangControlConversations with my GardenerCopying BeethovenDangerous ParkingDarkbluealmostblackDays of GloryDeath at a FuneralDeath ProofDeficitDon't Worry I'm FineEagle vs. SharkEarthEastern PromisesEl ViolinElizabeth:The Golden AgeFade to BlackFemale AgentsFlandersFlashbacks of a FoolFour Minutes

Gandhi, My FatherGone Baby GoneGreat ExpectationsHallam FoeHamletHappy-Go-LuckyHarry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixHenry VHoneydripperHotel HarabatiHunting and GatheringI'm A Cyborg But That’s OKI'm Not ThereIn BrugesIn the Valley of ElahIn The Shadow of the MoonInto TheWildIrina PalmI Served The King of EnglandJules et JimJunoKlimtLa Vie en RoseLa ZonaLady ChatterleyLars & the Real GirlLast Tango in ParisLions for LambsLove in Time of CholeraLust, CautionLuxury CarMacbeth on the EstateMACEMargot at the WeddingMichael ClaytonMolièreMongolMr Bean’s HolidayMy Blueberry NightsMy Brother Is an Only ChildMy NikiforNim's IslandNo Country For Old MenOnceParis, Je t'aimePaul Merton’s Silent ClownsPersepolisPricelessPrincesas

Private Fears in Public PlacesRenditionRichard IIIRivers and TidesSex & the CitySherryBabyShine A LightShrek The ThirdSickoSilkSingapore Film DaySketches of Frank GearySmall Engine RepairSmart PeopleSon Of ManSon of RambowSouth PacificSparkleSpecial PeopleStardustStill LifeSummer RainSurf's UpSweeney ToddTales from EarthseaTaxidermiaTell No OneThe 11th HourThe Accidental HusbandThe Assasination of Jesse Jamesby The Coward Robert FordThe Band's VisitThe Bank JobThe BanquetThe Bucket ListThe ConformistThe CounterfeitersThe Darjeeling LtdThe Diving Bell and The ButterflyThe Edge of LoveThe Edge of HeavenThe Flying ScotsmanThe Girl with a Pearl EarringThe Girl with X-Ray EyesThe Golden CompassThe HoaxThe ItalianThe Jane Austen Book ClubThe King & the Clown

The Kite RunnerThe Last MistressThe LegacyThe Magic FluteThe OrphanageThe Other Boleyn GirlThe Page TurnerThe Painted VeilThe Phantom of the OperaThe Pope's ToiletThe Princes' QuestThe SacrificeThe SavagesThe Seventh SealThe Simpsons MovieThe SingerThe Sound of MusicThe Spiderwick ChroniclesTheWalkerTheWar of FlowerThere Will Be BloodThievesThingsWe Lost in the FireTough EnoughWaitressWALL-EWelcome to the SticksWhere in the World is Osama Bin Laden?XXYYou, The Living

Film Talks/Events

Bette DaviesChina Now!Atlantic CurrentsFathers on FilmRapid Eye MovementShakespeare on ScreenMACEJustin Edgar on Special PeoplePark Chan-Wook on I’m a Cyborg,but That’s OKDavid Lean SeasonSunscreenFrench Film FestivalKorean Film Festival

FilmScreenings2007/2008

Aladdin

Sweeney Todd WALL-ENo Country For Old MenMichael Clayton

Atonement

TheGirlwithaPearl Earring

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Warwick Arts Centre - Art Form Summary

2007/2008 2006/2007

No. % of No. Attenders No. % of No. AttendersPerfs Perfs Attending as % Perfs Perfs Attending as %

Film Screenings (no. of screenings) 854 65,343 35% 834 67,411 37%

Gallery Exhibitions (exhibition/days) 182 12,043 155 13,160

Work with Schools (no. sessions) 638 80,133 933 88,336

Youth Theatre Groups, Art Clubs & Activity Workshops 150 3,972 94 5,333

Film Days/Pre & Post Show Talks 38 3,659 27 2,837

Sub-total 165,150 177,077

Text Based Drama 65 13% 11,751 49% 98 16% 25,927 67%

International Drama 24 5% 7,606 76% 26 4% 4,842 45%

Visual Theatre incl Mime & Physical 19 4% 1,178 51% 17 3% 1,382 53%

Work for Children 57 11% 8,657 60% 79 13% 8,176 57%

Christmas Show 94 18% 19,611 64% 108 18% 25,611 69%

Classical/Contemporary Classical Music 17 3% 14,022 63% 18 3% 15,063 62%

Contemporary Jazz & World Music 15 3% 5,944 56% 13 2% 4,621 45%

Popular Music incl Folk & Pop Jazz 30 6% 16,367 68% 41 7% 24,792 69%

Opera/Serious Music Theatre 13 3% 6,031 68% 11 2% 5,349 78%

Dance 21 4% 4,294 65% 9 2% 2,361 77%

Comedy 46 9% 24,808 88% 36 6% 20,256 86%

Literature 22 4% 2,673 51% 21 4% 4,403 69%

Students’ Work (Drama) 33 6% 5,192 84% 34 6% 4,414 69%

Students’ Work (Music) 39 8% 6,254 45% 39 7% 7,116 53%

Amateur Music & Dance 18 3% 9,391 63% 45 7% 11,956 69%

Sub-total 513 100% 143,779 65% 595 100% 166,269 66%

Grand Total 308,929 343,346 8

This Statement forms part of the audited accounts of The University of Warwick 2007/2008

Income 2007/2008 % increase/ 2006/2007Actual - decrease Actual

£ £

1. Box Office Income 1,714,752 -11% 1,933,638

2. Trading/Franchises 784,748 36% 576,284

3. Sponsorship 30,092 66% 18,149

4. Donations

i) Benefactor 200,000 0% 200,000ii) The Higgs Charity 19,145 17% 16,400iii) Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation 15,000 0iv) Henry Moore Foundation 10,000 0v) Clore Leadership Programme 10,000 10,000vi) Music Quest 1,400 0vii) University of Warwick Communications Office 0 1,900viii) Talking Birds 0 851

5. Grant Funding

i) Arts Council, West Midlands 438,923 3% 427,176ii) Screen West Midlands 9,500 -50% 19,000iii) Coventry City Council 32,431 3% 31,365iv) Warwickshire County Council 2,803 -63% 7,500v) Neighbourhood Renewal Fund 157,412 186,789vi) Advantage West Midlands - Literature Research 1,000 0vii) UK Film Council Small Capital Award 0 4,500viii) Coventry City Council SUMMER CIRCUS 1,935 1,600ix) Miscellaneous Income 2,910 2,260

Arts Council England: Grants for the Arts:x) International Theatre 58,333 52,500xi) Literature Research 2,857 0xii) GEORGE AND THE DRAGON tour 0 121,684xiii) New Writing Consortium 0 5,350

6. University Contribution 1,089,865 1,206,566

Total 4,583,106 -5% 4,823,512

Expenditure 2007/2008 % increase/ 2006/2007Actual - decrease Actual

£ £

1. a) Direct Costs - Programme 1,805,115 -12% 2,046,329b) Direct Costs - Technical Services 36,244 15% 31,574c) Direct Costs - Customer Services 63,673 -15% 75,079d) Direct Costs - Marketing/PR/Development 347,752 3% 336,955

2. Cost of Ancillary Sales 41,215 -1% 41,548

3. a) Overheads - Equipment, HLWP, Cleaning 243,423 65% 147,563b) Overheads - Salaries & Staff Costs 1,501,060 -1% 1,515,368c) Overheads - Administration Costs 69,206 9% 63,458d) Overheads - Central Service Charge 440,979 -18% 536,000e) Overheads - Depreciation 34,439 16% 29,638

Total 4,583,106 -5% 4,823,512

Statement of Income and Expenditure for the Year Ended July 31st, 2008

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Analysis of Attendances Sources of Income 2007/2008

Sources of Expenditure 2007/2008

Hall, Theatre, Studio & Film Attendances 2007/2008

Hall, Theatre, Studio & Film Attendances 2006/2007

Full Price46%

Complimentary Tickets4%

Other Discounts6%

School Parties9%Group Sales

3%

Senior Citizens16%

Warwick Students10%

Other Students2%

Under 16’s3%

Other Concessions1%

Ticket Sales37%

Sponsors/CorporateIncome1%

Donations6%

Conference Fees andFranchise Income

16%

Public Grants16%

University Contribution24%

ArtisticProgramme Fees

40%

Equipment RenewalsCleaning LX

5%

Marketing Costs8%

Technical Costs1%

Ticketing Costs1%

Salaries &Staff Costs33%

Administration &Central Costs

12%

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Full Price43%

Complimentary Tickets3%

Other Discounts10%

School Parties8%

Group Sales3%

Senior Citizens15%

Warwick Students12%

Other Students2%

Under 16’s3%

Other Concessions1%

Warwick Arts CentreBoard Membership 2007/2008

Corporate Supporters

The Royal Bank Of Scotland Group

Häagen-Dazs

Strada Restaurants

Professor Susan Bassnett

Dr Alan Ainsworth

Professor Oliver Bennett

Ms Linda Holmes

Mr Nick Matthews

Dr Ian Nussey

Ms Kate Organ

Mr Richard Perkins

Mr Alan Rivett

Professor Mike Waterson

Front cover:

A Midsummer Night’s Dream,

Black Watch, Orchestra Baobab,

Rosie Kay Dance Company

Warwick Arts Centre is a resource provided by The University of Warwick.

We gratefully acknowledge the support of the following organisations:

BMW Plant Hams Hall

The Garfield Weston Foundation

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