Our Distinguished Members

The ABTT Council recognises those who have truly excelled in assisting the Industry or the ABTT itself by appointing them Fellows and/or Honorary members.

Sheffield Crucible 2010 ABTT Visit

Words fail me and I’m really moved to have this honour, thank you ABTT. Having been Chairman of ABTT, taking over from John Faulkner, who did a fantastic job in turning the ABTT round in important, if not difficult days, we’ve moved on since then and many Chairmanship’s later, the ABTT continues to grow and be an industry leader!
David Wilmore, Fellow 2017

ABTT Fellows

The ABTT only bestows its top honour, an ABTT Fellowship, to those who have truly excelled in assisting the Industry.

Award Specification

To be presented with a Fellowship to the ABTT, you must have rendered signal service to the technical aspects of the art of the theatre.

Fellows of the ABTT are entitled to the privileges and rights of Full Members.

Current ABTT Fellows:

David Adams
Ian Albery
Peter Angier
Jason Barnes
Tony Bond
David Blyth
Will Bowen
William (Bill) Dudley
John Faulkner
Tim Foster
Roger Fox
Chris Higgs
Geoffrey Joyce
Iain Mackintosh
Richard Pilbrow
Peter Roberts
Paul Sadler
John Simpson
David Staples
David Spink
Mark White
David Wilmore

Past Fellows:

Fred Bentham 1911-2001
Richard Brett 1939-2014
Rod Ham 1925-2017
Ethel Langstreth 1930-2004
Maurice Marshall 1934-2010
Francis Reid 1931-2016
Ken Smalley

ABTT Honorary Members

Honorary Membership are bestowed on those who have truly excelled in assisting the ABTT. This is an internal nomination by ABTT Council Members.

Award Specification

To be presented with a Fellowship to the ABTT, you must have rendered signal service to the technical aspects of the art of the theatre.

Fellows of the ABTT shall be entitled to the privileges and rights of Full Members.

Current Honorary Members:

Douglas Cornelissen
Brian Legge
Robert Anderson
Alan Cohen
Stephen Hocking
Timothy O’Brien
Rikki Newman
Paul Drage
Stephen Tyrrell
John Offord
Bruce McLean
Jack Watling
Maggie Saxon
Heather Van Wijk

Past Honorary Members:

Richard Southern
Corry Percy
Ian Dow
John Horton
Ivor Dykes
Ken Bennet-Hunter
Barry Shaw
Ralph Koltai C.B.E
Howard Bird

How to nominate:

You can nominate anybody to receive an ABTT fellowship - members or not!

To nominate someone for a fellowship you can do so by emailing the ABTT Office on office@abtt.org.uk or use our nomination form here to provide an explanation of who you wish to nominate and why you believe they should be given this recognition.

You should be able to provide examples of how the candidate has committed themselves to benefiting change in the Industry as a whole.

For more details on the different types of awards and recognition the ABTT provides, please see here more details here.