Future of Theatre is an award-winning conference for the entire theatre sector.

The conference brings theatre professionals from across the world together and provides a platform to have vital conversations, reflect, share ideas and challenge the way things have previously been done in order to build a stronger theatre sector.

Future of Theatre 2021 was the first of its kind to bring the entire theatre sector together since the start of the pandemic. Over the last three years, the digital event offered an extravaganza of keynotes, interviews, presentations and panel discussion featuring the industry’s most influential voices. Speakers included Andrew Lloyd Webber, Nica Burns, Matthew Xia, Amanda Parker, Paule Constable and Athena Stevens.

The conference brought together over 700 attendees online from over 21 countries.

In 2023, for the first time ever, Future of Theatre was delivered in person at the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama. Over 200 theatremakers gathered in person at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama with hundreds of delegates also having online access.

The day included a Keynote from Arts Council England’s chief executive, Darren Henley followed by panel discussions such as Who speaks up for theatre?, Building a better financial model for theatre, How do we ensure a future for new writing?, Making flexible working work and What is theatre’s future in the metaverse?

Bringing theatre professionals from across the world together, Future of Theatre provides the space to have vital conversations, reflect, challenge and share ideas for a stronger theatre sector.

Find out more on the conference here. In person tickets are now ON SALE.