REPORTThis has been a truly momentous year inPilot Theatre's history. Not only have wetoured extensively throughout the UK withover 260 public performances, but we havefound inspiration, developed newrelationships and forged excitingpartnerships across the world through arange of international projects. These havetaken us to the USA, Russia, China,Malaysia, Poland, Norway, Germany,Slovakia, Portugal and Holland, in addition toLord of the Flies touring to the islands ofBermuda and Jersey.

In our awareness of being increasingly partof a global community, Pilot Theatrecontinues to embrace the opportunitiespresented by digital technologies forconnection, engagement and distribution.The first Shift Happens conference in 2008

was a watershed event for the industry, andwe are delighted to be developing thisthrough an extended second event insummer 2009: Shift Happens 2.0.Recognised as pioneers in this area, PilotTheatre have begun to deliver training toother organisations; a great opportunity toshare our knowledge and experience.With 42 freelance staff employed this yearwe have created more opportunities for ourartists, stage management and technicalteam than any other year in our 26 yearexistence. We have been reminded of justhow much Pilot has developed bycelebrating the tenth anniversary of Lord ofthe Flies, which, after a fantastic ten years,with 6 full productions playing to nearly500,000 people, we finally brought to aclose. This was a tremendous project for usas a company, and undoubtedly helped us towhere we are today. I would particularly liketo thank the most recent touring team, whobrought a freshness and new interpretationto the show. They have worked incrediblyhard to maintain the profile and standing ofPilot Theatre; it is they who are theCompany to the public and our audiences,and I want to extend my thanks to each andevery member of the teams who haveworked with us over the last 12 months.

The opportunities for us to be able toconnect and communicate and therefore toengage with our audiences, artists, staff andcolleagues has never been greater. We lookforward to developing new creativepartnerships and to embracing the changesand shifts that will happen in the year ahead.It is the duty of all of us to not stand still, butto be part of developing thinking andeffecting change within the sector for thebenefit of all. It is why here at Pilot Theatreour mission of inspiring creativity is at thecore of all the work we do and it informs allour practice. On behalf of the core team andthe Board I would like to thank you for yourcontinued support; onwards and upwards!

Marcus Romer, Artistic Director

Pilot Theatre have had an exciting, creativeand productive year managing to bothproduce engaging and creative theatre foryoung people and also pioneering the use ofdigital technologies in our work. I'm lookingforward to the continued creative growth ofPilot as a theatre and digital pioneer over thenext few years.

Dave Moutrey, Chair, Pilot Theatre Board

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TEN YEARS OFLORD OF THE FLIES900 performances by 33 actors supported by a creativeand touring team of 45, seen by an audience of nearly½ a million at 83 venues.And the only one to work on every show is the pig…

By William GoldingAdapted for the stage by Nigel WilliamsIn association with York Theatre RoyalBy arrangement with Robert Fox Ltd., and Faber and Faber Ltd.

“Outstanding,unforgettable theatre”Daily Telegraph

“William Golding meetsQuentin Tarantino”Financial Times

“Terrifying and exhilaratingproduction...heart stopping”The Guardian

TMA nominated production

M.E.N. Award winning production

RAYMOND BRIGGS’FUNGUS THE BOGEYMANAdapted and directed by Marcus RomerA co-production with artsdepot, London

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“You will have the slime of your lifeat this fabulous show” York Press

“a gorgeous production” BBC

THIS CHILDBy Joel Pommerattranslated by Nigel GearingDirected by Suzann McLean for Pilot TheatreIn association with Company of Angels, and The Junction,Cambridge: each company worked with a different cast toproduce their own version of the play and contributed to a‘shuffle’ performance at Theatre Café 2008 on 13thNovember.

“By British standards, this isastonishingly grown-up andhard-hitting theatre for young people...British theatre companies for childrenand young people should take note.”The Guardian on co-production

INTERNATIONALEUROPEMagic Net2009 saw the final year of our six yearEuropean project, Magic Net. Thiscollaboration of European theatrecompanies was funded by theEuropean Commission under Culture2000. The project’s final co-productionOne Day in Europe was devised in andtoured to Palmela, Portugal; Bratislava,Slovakia; Jelenia Góra, Poland;Schwerin, Germany; Zaandam,Netherlands; Molde, Norway.

EunetArt Annual FestivalAmsterdam 2009A week of workshops, discussions,performances and training for theEuropean Network of ArtsOrganisations for Childrenand Young People

Development meeting for Platform 11+in Pilsen, Czech Republic, a newEuropean Project for 2009-2012

USA, NEW YORKMeeting with the New YorkMetropolitan Opera who thenpresented at Shift Happens. Researchand development week for Catcher inTheir Eye

MALAYSIA, KUALA LUMPURProject Connect:Commonwealth Youth ExchangeIn partnership with Soho Theatre,London, Cloudbreak and Dram Projects,Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia andYork Theatre Royal.Inspired by their immediateenvironments and boxes of treasureexchanged by participants in Kuala

Lumpur, London and York, youngwriters, directors and performers cametogether to create new, challengingtheatre.

RUSSIASamara Theatre Festival Workshops,Volga Federal District, RussiaPractical Workshop programme withteachers and students as part of theSamara International Festival

BERMUDALord of the Flies performed atBermuda Festival of Performing Arts

CHINA, BEIJINGACAMIS High School Fine ArtsFestival in partnership with DonValley High School, Doncaster

ENGAGEMENTOne of the country’s leadingcompanies dedicated to theatrefor young people, Pilot Theatrecreates work that is relevant toour target audience.

Our productions are supported bya programme of educationresources for teachers andstudents including a nationalprogramme of schools’workshops aimed to encourageactive participation and giveyoung people direct contact withprofessional artists. We arecontinuing to develop theapplication of digital technology toextend opportunities forengagement beyond these livesessions, including a well-used

website and a presence on thesocial networking sites familiarto young people.

This year we ran over 60workshops in schools in the UKand Bermuda to accompany ourproduction Lord of the Flies,which also inspired participantsdevising their own work in oursummer Play in a Week projectsat York Theatre Royal andHelmsley Arts Centre.We also took Play in a Week toBeijing, China where studentstook Kafka’s The Metamorphosisas a starting point. “The students really enjoyed the session, and it was

lovely for me as their teacher to see them workingmaturely and creatively in a professional atmosphere.”Holyrood Community School

Pilot Theatre are always keen to embrace thepotential of new and popular technology andhave an ongoing commitment to exploring thecreative and engagement opportunities the newdigital technologies allow. Social networkingsites such as Facebook and Twitter help us keepin touch with audiences and colleagues, and thePilot website continues to be a well-usedresource.

We are looking at ways of using the technologyto overcome restrictions on time and space andminimize our impact on the environment withoutcompromising the live performance: livestreaming and virtual environments such as ourhub in Second Life are exciting developments.We are proud to be one of the organisationsspearheading this digital revolution in the arts,and as such are working with York TheatreRoyal, Creative York and Arts Council England,Yorkshire to develop a conference to debate itspotential for arts organisations.

At York Theatre Royal

Shift happens in digitaltechnology. Building on thesuccess of the first ShiftHappens conference lastsummer, this two-day event isproduced by Pilot Theatre inpartnership with York TheatreRoyal, Arts Council England,Yorkshire and Creative York.With inspiring speakers thatinclude Charlie Leadbeater, BillThompson, Andy Hobsbawm,Lyn Gardner, Lucy Wurstlin andthe National Theatre, delegatescan find out about the latestdevelopments and applications

in digital technology, try themout in workshops, learn fromcase studies, network, findpartners for futurecollaborations and explorehow working digitally canopen up new areas of fundingand sustainable working fororganisations. Includes a livestreamed performance of PilotTheatre’s work in progressCatcher in Their Eye byRichard Hurford, directed bySuzann McLean. Find out moreand book your place atshift-happens.co.uk

FORTHCOMING PRODUCTIONS

Adapted by Nick LaneDirected by Amanda J SmithYork Theatre Royal in associationwith Pilot Theatre

Thu 11 – Sat 27 June 2009York Theatre Royal Studio

By Naomi WallaceDirected by Katie Posnerand Marcus RomerIn association with York Theatre Royal

Autumn 2009York Theatre Royal Studio and touring

in development forstage and screenBy Anthony McGowanAdapted by Marcus Romerand Kit Monkman

Spring 2010

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5CIRCLES2012

The 2012 OlympicGames will beaccompanied by anational Cultural

Olympiad. As part of the build upPilot Theatre are working withKMA on the first phase ofresearch and development for aproject funded by YorkshireForward: 5circles2012.com.Launching in Yorkshire but with aglobal reach this will be aninteractive choreographed lightand performance space that willengage, entice and inspire.

5circles2012.com

PLATFORM 11+Our seven year involvement inMagic Net was inspiring, and gavePilot Theatre and the young peoplewe work with many opportunitiesto develop and collaborate. Weare delighted therefore to beembarking on a new internationalproject funded by the EuropeanCulture Programme. Platform 11+will create a many layered portraitof a young European generationbetween the ages of 11-15. It willexplore and facilitate theirexpression through activities suchas theatre commissions,conferences, festivals, training andseminars. Participating companiescome from Italy, Norway, Finland,Hungary, Germany, Estonia, CzechRepublic and the Netherlands.

platform11.net

BACKSTAGE PASSWe’ve just launched a newMembership scheme that gives youthe chance to come behind thescenes, work with our creative teamand much more!

pilotbackstagepass.com

Ali AllenLucy BenjaminMelody BrownHelen CadburyDominic DoughtyMark ElliotJames FarncombeStuart FarnellEbony FeareFrancesca FinneyEamonn FlemingDavood GhadamiVicki HackettTony HasnathKarl HaynesAsha KahlonDavid KendraMark KnightleyMichael LambourneVictoria MayLachlan McCall

Suzann McLeanRhiannon MeadesCarl MoirSarah MuskAnthony OfoegbuCaroline Lena OlssonPhilip D’OrleansNaomi ParkerKatie PosnerHannah PriddleElliot QuinnMarise RoseRebecca RidleyBen SewellMichael SewellCharlotte StanleyCathy StewartIvan StottJoanna SwainPete WattsOliver Wilson

Partner organisations

ArtsdepotCompany of AngelsKMAMagic NetSoho TheatreThe Junction, CambridgeYork Theatre Royal

Raymond Briggs’Fungus the BogeymanPerformance weeks: 12Number of shows: 87

One Day in EuropePerformance Weeks: 4Number of shows: 13

This ChildPerformance weeks: 3Number of shows: 7

Lord of the Flies08/09 tourPerformance weeks: 21Number of shows: 153

Total Performances: 260

Total audience members: 54502

Education sessions: 100

Education participants: 1805

Website visits: 330759

YouTube Channel: 25 videos49526 views

Members of Facebook groups: 1191

Twitter followers: 480

Actors employed: 19

Freelance staff employed: 23

Work experience placements: 10

Pilot Theatre would like to thank all theActors, Stage Management andFreelance staff who have contributedso much to a fantastic year’s work.

Awards:Winner, TMA Theatre Awards 2008, Best Show for Children & Young PeopleNominee, Manchester Evening News Awards 2008, Best Studio Production (Contact)Nominee, Yorkshire Digital Awards Best Application of Internet Technology &Best Entertainment Site

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PILOT TEAMMarcus Romer Artistic DirectorMandy Smith Administrative ProducerSarah Seddon Company AdministratorKatie Fathers Projects Co-ordinatorCharles Moore Finance DirectorJackie Raper Finance AssistantTracy Cochrane Marketing ConsultantRichard Hurford Associate ArtistJames Molyneux Production ManagerHannah Priddle Education AssociateHelen Cadbury Education Associate

BoardChair – Dave MoutreyGeoff AlvyTim EvisonStephen MasonKully ThiaraiJenny WardPete WhelanAnn WishartTina Wright

PatronsStan BarstowMelvin BurgessJudy CarverAnne CassidyReece DinsdaleDolly DhingraJonathan HarveyAyub Khan-DinPhilip RidleyNigel WilliamsRoy Williams

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Pilot TheatreYork Theatre RoyalSt Leonard’s PlaceYork YO1 7HD

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With special thanksto all the staff at YorkTheatre Royal