Olivier Awards announce Gillian Lynne Award for Best Theatre Choreographer
January 2023
The Lynne and Land Foundation are delighted to partner with the 2023 Olivier Awards where the Best Theatre Choreographer Award will be named in honour of Gillian Lynne - it will be titled the Gillian Lynne Award for Best Theatre Choreographer.
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The Royal Academy of Dance Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award
November 2022
A very special occasion took place at the Royal Academy of Dance on November 16 to honour this year’s award recipient, Mikhail Baryshnikov. Earlier in the day at a special ceremony at Buckingham Palace, Her Majesty The Queen Consort presented him with RAD’s highest award, the QEII,
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Patrons at St James’s Church Christmas Gala Concert
November 2022
The inaugural St James’s Church Christmas Gala Concert was held on Thursday November 17.
The famous church on Piccadilly in the heart of London was designed by Sir Christopher Wren and dates back to 1684.
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Foundation Awards for 2022-23
October 2022
The Lynne and Land Foundation are delighted to partner with the 2023 Olivier Awards where the Best Theatre Choreographer Award will be named in honour of Gillian Lynne - it will be titled the Gillian Lynne Award for Best Theatre Choreographer.
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An Evening With Peter Land … or ‘How To Construct The Perfect Negroni’
June 2022
On Saturday July 2nd Peter Land will be performing at the OSO theatre in Barnes for a special evening of music, song, stories and laughter in honour and memory of his darling Gillie and to support the Foundation they established together.
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Dame Gillian Lynne Scholarship announced
October 2021
The Foundation has joined with the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama to create the Dame Gillian Lynne Scholarship. The scholarship will assist a student studying for a BA (Hons) Acting (Musical Theatre).
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Lynne and Land Foundation Bursaries announced for 2021/22
October 2021
Continuing Dame Gillian Lynne’s long standing relationship with ArtsEd, the Foundation have created two new bursaries to be awarded to students undertaking BA (Hons) Musical Theatre Course.
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Farewell to Foundation Patron and renowned visionary educator, Sir Ken Robinson
September 2020
Sir Ken Robinson 1950-2020
We were saddened to learn of the recent passing of Sir Ken Robinson, a wonderful supporter and Patron of our Foundation.
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Foundation Announces 2020 Awards
July 2020
The Lynne & Land Foundation is pleased to announce that the following institutions will receive Funding Grants for the 2020/21 academic year:
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J.R.Ballantyne announced as first recipient of Foundation Award
July 2019
The Foundation has awarded its first scholarship to ArtsEd student, J.R. Ballantyne, who will complete his degree course and graduate this summer.
Ballantyne’s first professional job and West End debut is in the revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat..
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To Gillie, With Love Gillian Lynne DBE - A Celebration
July 2019
To Gillie, With Love saw the great and good of the dance, theatre, film and TV industry come out in force to enjoy an unforgettable evening of stellar performances in celebration of the prolific and dearly-loved director choreographer, Gillian Lynne DBE at The Gillian Lynne Theatre, Drury Lane in London…
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