The Stage Newspaper's 100 Most Influencial People In Theatre

Luvvies' favourite The Stage has released a list of the 100 most influential people in British Theatre. Topping the list this year is Cameron Mackintosh (pictured), who has had successes including Les Miserables, Avenue Q and The Phantom of the Opera. Despite this however, he has been off the top spot for the last 7 years (primarily losing out to a certain Mr Lloyd-Webber) - so no doubt his smugness can now be well and truly restored.

So, to all the thousands of you struggling actors out there, this is where you should be addressing those CV's...

1. Cameron Mackintosh
2. Andrew Lloyd Webber
3. Howard Panter/Rosemary Squire (Ambassador Theatre Group)
4. Nicholas Hytner (National Theatre)
5. Nica Burns/Max Weitzenhoffer (Nimax)
6. Bill Kenwright (producer)
7. David Ian (Live Nation)
8. Michael Boyd (Royal Shakespeare Company)
9. Nick Thomas/Jon Conway (Qdos Entertainment)
10. Vicky Featherstone/John Tiffany (National Theatre of Scotland)
11. Sonia Friedman (producer)
12. Dominic Cooke (Royal Court)
13. Michael Grandage (Donmar Warehouse)
14. Kevin Spacey / Sally Greene (Old Vic)
15. Jonathan Church (Chichester Festival Theatres)
16. David Lan (Young Vic)
17. Graham Sheffield (Barbican)
18. Bill Taylor (Stage Entertainment) – New Entry
19. Jude Kelly (Southbank Centre)
20. Rupert Goold (director) – New Entry

...and 80 more too numerous to mention, including Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Daniel Radcliffe, Anne-Marie Duff, Ewan McGregor, Lee Mead, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Trevor Nunn, Carlos Acosta and most surprisingly of all, Damon Albarn...!