Theatre

We can advise you on:

• Development – acquiring underlying rights for productions, including books, films and other sources, commissioning agreements with writers and composers and copyright issues.
• Production arrangements – assisting with co-productions, creative team arrangements with directors, choreographers and designers.
• Theatre Tax Credit – structuring arrangements to qualify for the tax credit.
• Production Finance – advice on structuring and promoting investment.
• Production Licensing – the overseas licensing of successful productions.
• Transfers between the West End, Broadway and internationally – including finance, tax and structuring issues.
• Not-For-Profit – advice on commercial exploitation of not-for-profit sector productions and other arrangements between commercial and not-for-profit producers.
• Cross-sector exploitation – advice on exploitation of successful productions across other industry sectors such as film and television, including live or “as-live” streaming of performances.

The Book of Mormon

We advised on the West End production of the hit musical The Book of Mormon and continue to advise on touring productions both nationally and internationally.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

We advise globally on Harry Potter and the Cursed Child including on productions in the West End, on Broadway, and in Melbourne, Hamburg and San Francisco.

New theatre tax reliefs

After helping to launch the campaign for increased support for the UK’s theatre industry, we acted for the Society of London Theatre/UK Theatre Association as part of the industry working group advising the Government on the introduction of the new theatre tax relief. Today we continue to advise clients throughout the industry in connection with the application of the relief.

National Theatre transfers

We advise the National Theatre on the West End and Broadway transfers of its productions, including The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, Angels in America, Network and The Lehman Trilogy.

West End plays

We regularly act as production counsel for plays in the West End, including in recent years (to name but a few) Death of a Salesman, The Inheritance, Upstart Crow, Bitter Wheat, The Night of the Iguana and Quiz.

Punchdrunk

We advise Punchdrunk on their various productions, including exploitation in overseas territories, such as Sleep No More in Shanghai.