Ovation Theatres Limited is a highly successful theatre production company founded by John and Katie Plews in 1996.

Ovation Theatres is responsible for running Upstairs at the Gatehouse, a 140 seat fringe theatre in Highgate, North London.

The venue has a varied programme of musicals, comedy, drama and occasional one-off specials.  To view the current programme please visit www.upstairsatthegatehouse.com.

Theatrically Ovation have staged several productions at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival including Black Comedy (1996) and Forever Plaid (1999).  This high energy American musical then continued on a  national tour visiting over sixty venues around the UK. In 2001 Ovation returned to Edinburgh with Jessica Martin's acclaimed one woman show Veronique - a Lifelong Cult. In both 2005 and 2007 Ovation produced Jim Bowen's show at the Edinburgh Festival "You Can't Beat A Bit of Bully" which played to sell out audiences. Successful London productions include From a Jack to a King, It's Only Make Believe, A Slice of Saturday Night, Little Shop of Horrors, Starting Here, Starting Now, Side by Side by Sondheim, Return to the Forbidden Planet, Cole, Hot Mikado, The Wiz and The Young Ones.

For more information please visit www.ovationtheatres.com.