The Stables
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The Stables is a music venue situated in Wavendon
, a small village on the south-east edge of Milton Keynes
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The Stables hosts over 350 concerts and around 250 education events a year including the National Youth Music Camps which take place over the summer.
and Dame Cleo Laine
in 1970 in the old stables block in the grounds of their home. It was an immediate success with 47 concerts given in the first year. It now presents over 350 concerts and around 250 education events in its two auditoria - The 400 seat Jim Marshall Auditorium and smaller studio space - Stage 2. On 6th February 2010 it celebrated its 40th anniversary with a gala concert which was tinged with sadness because of the death earlier in the day of Sir John Dankworth. The venue was completely rebuilt in 2000, with the new foyer following the plan of the original theatre, with a subsequent development in 2007 to create Stage 2.
A holding company, Wavendon Allmusic Plan Ltd (WAP), is a private company limited by guarantee and a registered charity. It is managed by a board of trustees which is responsible for policy and strategic direction. Then there are three wholly owned subsidiary companies, Stables Theatre Ltd, Stables Events Ltd and Stables Trading Ltd, which carry out the operational activities of the company.
Dame Cleo Laine is Life President and Dame Evelyn Glennie and Sir George Martin both patrons. Monica Ferguson is the Chief Executive and Director of IF: Milton Keynes International Festival founded in 2010 - a new multi-arts festival running for 10 days in central Milton Keynes produced by The Stables. www.ifmiltonkeynes.org
Wavendon
Wavendon is a village and civil parish in the south east of the Borough of Milton Keynes and ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire, England. The village name is an Old English language word, and means 'Wafa's hill'. In the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in 969 the village was recorded as Wafandun. The...
, a small village on the south-east edge of Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes , sometimes abbreviated MK, is a large town in Buckinghamshire, in the south east of England, about north-west of London. It is the administrative centre of the Borough of Milton Keynes...
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The Stables hosts over 350 concerts and around 250 education events a year including the National Youth Music Camps which take place over the summer.
History
The Stables was founded by Sir John DankworthJohn Dankworth
Sir John Phillip William Dankworth, CBE , known in his early career as Johnny Dankworth, was an English jazz composer, saxophonist and clarinetist...
and Dame Cleo Laine
Cleo Laine
Dame Cleo Laine, Lady Dankworth, DBE is a jazz singer and an actress, noted for her scat singing and vocal range...
in 1970 in the old stables block in the grounds of their home. It was an immediate success with 47 concerts given in the first year. It now presents over 350 concerts and around 250 education events in its two auditoria - The 400 seat Jim Marshall Auditorium and smaller studio space - Stage 2. On 6th February 2010 it celebrated its 40th anniversary with a gala concert which was tinged with sadness because of the death earlier in the day of Sir John Dankworth. The venue was completely rebuilt in 2000, with the new foyer following the plan of the original theatre, with a subsequent development in 2007 to create Stage 2.
Organisation structure
The Stables is run by a group of four companies:A holding company, Wavendon Allmusic Plan Ltd (WAP), is a private company limited by guarantee and a registered charity. It is managed by a board of trustees which is responsible for policy and strategic direction. Then there are three wholly owned subsidiary companies, Stables Theatre Ltd, Stables Events Ltd and Stables Trading Ltd, which carry out the operational activities of the company.
Dame Cleo Laine is Life President and Dame Evelyn Glennie and Sir George Martin both patrons. Monica Ferguson is the Chief Executive and Director of IF: Milton Keynes International Festival founded in 2010 - a new multi-arts festival running for 10 days in central Milton Keynes produced by The Stables. www.ifmiltonkeynes.org