About

Peter J Holland is a theatre and arts producer with over 15 years experience in the subsidised and commercial sector and executive producer of Rebel productions.

Enjoying the opportunities of freelance work, Peter has recently worked with production company Wessex Grove, Factory International and the Roald Dahl Story Company to strategise and develop their portfolio of titles for the stage, Peter’s career has taken him across the world developing and producing work for the stage including the WhatsOnStage Award nominated new musical ‘Bloody Elle’ and online with work including podcast docs-series’s ‘Passing Out’ and digital captures of stage work.

Before joining the team at Roald Dahl, Peter worked with ETT as their producer working with Artistic Director of Richard Twyman and Executive Producer Sophie Scull. Peter produced the UK National Tour of The Importance of Being Earnest directed by Denzel Westley-Sanderson, earning over 8 nominations in various awards including Excellence in touring at the UK Theatre Awards and oversaw the remount of the UK Theatre Awards Best New Play winner, Mugabe My Dad and Me, written and performed by Tonderai Munyevu. Peter is proud to have worked for ETT who during his time with the organisation picked up the UK Theatre Excellence in Inclusivity Award in autumn 2022.

Prior to ETT Peter produced for Internationally renowned physical theatre company Frantic Assembly and produced a season of work to celebrate the company’s 25th Anniversary including the brand new production of I Think We Are Alone by Sally Abbott and Co-directed by Kathy Burke and Scott Graham. Peter was also the producer at the Lyric Hammersmith in West London working on productions such as Tipping the Velvet by Laura Wade, the Filter Co-production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the UK and Australian premiere of TERROR by Ferdinand Von Schirach. Peter also proudly produced the annual Pantomime at the Lyric Hammersmith for four years.

Previous to the Lyric, Peter was the General Manager for the Birmingham Stage Company in London working on UK touring productions such as James and the Giant Peach, Phillip Pullman’s The Firework Makers Daughter, George’s Marvellous Medicine, and the hugely popular Horrible Histories productions. Peter is also responsible for securing the rights for the Olivier Award Nominated production of David Walliam’s Gangsta Granny which recently completed a two year tour and a West End residency at the Garrick Theatre.

Peter has extensive knowledge of producing and production management of UK and international touring having overseen productions to New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai, Bahrain, Ireland and Australia.

Peter is a proud to serve as Vice Chair on the board of Zest Theatre Company who were recently invited to join the Arts Council National Portfolio, securing substantial annual funding for the next three years and in 2019 Peter was recently invited to join the Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts.

Rebel is Peter’s production company for individual projects spanning from theatre to live events. The company was formally registered in 2019 and is currently developing new projects and establishing new audiences.

Current Work

the f**gots and their friends between revolutions - opera

Commissioned by Factory International, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Bregenzer Festspiele, the Southbank Centre and NYU Skirball in association with Holland Festival.

Recruited by Factory International i’m proud to have produced and project managed the remount of this production, reunited the truly international cast of performers for the presentation at the Southbank Centre to sold out audiences in the Queen Elizabeth Hall.

Based on the 1977 cult book by Larry Mitchell and Ned Asta, The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions is a music theatre piece that reimagines the history of the world through a queer lens.

In this musical adaptation by composer Philip Venables and director Ted Huffman, the original text is taken on a kaleidoscopic journey by a cast of actors, singers and musicians.

Cast includes: Kerry Bursey, Jacob Garside, Kit Green, Conor Gricmanis, Deepa Johnny, Mariamielle Lamagat, Eric Lamb, Themba Mvula, Yshani Perinpanayagam, Meriel Price, Collin Shay, Dan Shelvey, Joy Smith, Sally Swanson and Yandass

tHE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

An ETT, Leeds Playhouse and Rose Theatre production, supported by a grant from the Royal Theatrical Support Trust.
Touring this autumn, i’m delighted to lead produce The Importance of Being Earnest, directed by RTST Sir Peter Hall Director Award Winner, Denzel Westley-Sanderson. Designed by Lily Arnold, Lighting by Zoe Spurr, Sound by Beth Duke with Movement and Choreography by Tinovimbanashe Sibanda and Dramaturgy by Phillippe Cato.

The Tour came to a close at the end of 2023 but has recently been nominated for numerous notations and awards including

Winner: Abiola Owokoniran - Best Performance - Iain Charleston Award
Winner: Best Non-Binary Performance - Phoebe Campbell - The Black British Theatre Awards
Winner: Excellence in Touring - UK Theatre Awards
Nomination: Best Play - The Black British Theatre Awards
Nomination: Best Director - Denzel Westley Sanderson - The Black British Theatre Awards
Nomination: Best Movement - Tinovimbanashe Sibanda - The Black British Theatre Awards
Nomination: LGBT+ Champion - Daniel Jacob (Vinegar Strokes)
Nomination: Best Director - The Stage Debut Awards

Cast includes
Justice Ritchie, Abiola Owokoniran, Adele James, Anita Reynolds, Joanne Henry, Phoebe Campbell, Valentine Hanson and Daniel Jacob (Vinegar Strokes).

The production marked a happy return to touring theatre after a long hiatus due to covid reaching Leeds Playhouse, Cambridge Arts Theatre, New Wolsey, Liverpool Playhouse, Northern Stage and Rose Theatre, Kingston.

LEeds university teaching fellow

Following recent work with students of the School of Performance and Cultural Industries at Leeds University and was delighted to been formally invited to join the school as Visiting Teaching Fellow with an emphasis on educating students on genuine career pathways in the arts and working with the University to formulate a scheme of work for arts careers. At a time when careers within the industry are deemed a risk I look forward to helping students navigate their journey into forming their careers and reaching their potential.

Featured production portfolio.

- Entire works -
Vicious Women, Leeds Carriageworks - Horrible Science, UK Tour - Charlottes Web, Derby Playhouse - Horrible Histories Barmy Britain, UK Tour/Sydney Opera House/ West End - The Jungle Book, UK Tour - James and the Giant Peach, UK Tour - Horrible Histories (Awful Egyptians, Ruthless Romans, Terrible Tudors, Vile Victorians, Kensington Palace), Birmingham Stage Company - Skellig, New Victory NYC - Bagpuss, Soho Theatre, Tom’s Midnight Garden, UK Tour - George’s Marvellous Medicine, UK Tour - David Walliams’ Gangsta Granny, UK Tour - Tipping the Velvet, Lyric Hammersmith - Herons, Lyric Hammersmith - Bugsy Malone, Lyric Hammersmith - Shopping and f***ing, Lyric Hammersmith - City of Glass, 59 Productions - The Seagull, The Lyric Hammersmith - Things I Know to be True, Frantic Assembly - Jubilee, Lyric Hammersmith - The Plough and the Stars, The Abbey Theatre - Dick Whittington, Lyric Hammersmith - Leave 2 Remain, Lyric Hammersmith - Aladdin, Lyric Hammersmith - Cinderella, Lyric Hammersmith - Jack and the Beanstalk, Lyric Hammersmith - Raymond Briggs’ Father Christmas Lyric/MAC/Hong Kong - Secret Theatre, Lyric Hammersmith - A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Filter/Lyric/UK Tour/Australia/Dublin - Fatherland, Frantic Assembly - I Think We Are Alone, Frantic Assembly - Sometimes Thinking, Frantic Assembly - The Unreturning, Frantic Assembly - Bloody Elle - A Gig Musical, Rebel/Manchester Royal Exchange - The Importance of Being Earnest, UK Tour - Mugabe, My Dad and Me, UK Tour/Brixton House - The Cherry Orchard, The Yard/HOME - 4:48 Psychosis, Royal Opera House/Lyric - Pleasure, Royal Opera House/Lyric - Fantastic Mr Fox, UK Tour - Seventeen, Lyric Hammersmith - Monochrome Man, ZooCo - Citizen Squid, Puppets with Guts - Happy Meal, Edinburgh - The Enormous Crocodile, Leeds Playhouse - The F**gots and their friends between revolutions, Factory International/Southbank Centre.