Really Useful Group
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The Really Useful Group (RUG) is an international company set up in 1977 by Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber. It is involved in theatre, film, television, video and concert productions, merchandising, magazine publishing, records and music publishing.
History
Really Useful Theatre Company
Responsible for the production and management of shows, mainly, but not limited to those written by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Also responsible for licensing productions world-wideReally Useful Films
Production of film versions of Andrew Lloyd Webber's catalogueReally Useful Records
Production of Cast albums etc.Really Useful Theatres
Owns and manages West End theatres including: The Adelphi Theatre (1/2 share), The Cambridge Theatre, Drury Lane (Theatre Royal), , Her Majesty's Theatre, The London Palladium, The New London Theatre and The Palace Theatre.On 11 July 2005, the company announced that it was selling four theatres (The Apollo Theatre, The Duchess Theatre, The Lyric Theatre and The Garrick Theatre) to Nimax Theatres Ltd, a company owned by Broadway producer Max Weitzenhoffer and Nica Burns, currently production director of Really Useful Theatres. Lloyd Webber invested GBP 10 million of the proceeds from the sales (which took effect on 1 October 2005) into improvements to his remaining eight theatres.
Really Useful Music Publishing
Other interests
The Really Useful Group has, in the past, also set up sub-labels to cater for pop and dance acts such as Carpet Records, featuring Timmy Mallet's Bombalurina and It Records, home to My Life Story in the late 1990s.
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