founded 1999 headquarters scarborough key people nick j thomas website qdosentertainment.co.uk qdos entertainment is one of the largest entertainment groups in europe . formed by nick thomas in 1999 it currently employs 1300 full time staff across its businesses . 1 the company s administration centres are in london s covent garden and scarborough with scenic & costume facilities in beverley and scarborough . contents 1 pantomimes 2 theatres and hospitality 3 artiste management 4 cruise ship entertainment 5 design and print 6 holiday and leisure entertainment 7 references 8 external links pantomimes edit qdos entertainment is the world s largest pantomime producer 2 with over 600 productions over the last 30 years . in the 2015 2016 season it produced 24 pantomimes . 3 notable cast members include david hasselhoff brian conley shane richie julian clary craig revel horwood gok wan lisa riley lesley joseph christopher biggins joe pasquale nigel havers may mcfettridge elaine c smith alan mchugh and jordan young theatres and hospitality edit qdos entertainment s subsidiary hq theatres & hospitality ltd is the second largest regional theatre operator in the uk . 4 venue location contract start year 5 seated capacity wycombe swan theatre high wycombe 2005 1076 6 wyvern theatre swindon 2005 635 7 cliffs pavilion southend on sea 2006 1657 8 palace theatre westcliff on sea 2006 611 orchard theatre dartford 2008 956 9 beck theatre hayes 2009 600 10 white rock theatre hastings 2009 1066 11 g live guildford 2011 1031 12 watford colosseum watford 2011 1392 13 crewe lyceum theatre crewe 2013 677 14 swindon arts centre swindon 2014 200 15 churchill theatre bromley 2016 785 the company also operates its own restaurants & bars in all hq theatres . 16 pub restaurants rooms and cottages hq theatres and hospitality also owns and manages the award winning 17 copper horse restaurant & cottages at seamer near scarborough the mayfield hotel in seamer 18 and the plough inn in scalby in north yorkshire plus numerous other accommodation properties offering in excess of 50 bedrooms . artiste management edit qtalent formerly international artistes looks after a number of high profile performers and actors as well as many of the uk s top writers producers and directors . cruise ship entertainment edit the company supplies and maintains productions to cunard queen victoria queen mary 2 and queen elizabeth cruise ships and the new p & o cruises ship britannia . design and print edit a subsidiary company called adverset media solutions is based in scarborough and provides design new media and printing services to the commercial tourism and entertainment industries in tandem with qdos entertainment s extensive in house requirements . holiday and leisure entertainment edit in april 2014 the ted group which was part of the qdos entertainment group was sold through a management buy out . 19 references edit the stage reviews the entertainment masters with the light touch nick thomas and jon conway . the stage . 2004 . retrieved 2010 08 25 . qdos and ffe sell more than 2m tickets in record financial year . the stage . 2010 . retrieved 2010 08 25 . qdos pantomimes . retrieved 4 july 2013 . smith alistair . atg s live nation purchase cleared by oft . the stage . retrieved 4 july 2013 . about hq theatres . retrieved 4 july 2013 . venue hire wycombe swan . retrieved 4 july 2013 . venue hire wyvern theatre swindon . retrieved 4 july 2013 . conferencing southend theatres . retrieved 4 july 2013 . venue hire orchard theatre dartford . retrieved 4 july 2013 . venue hire beck theatre hayes . retrieved 4 july 2013 . venue hire white rock theatre hastings . retrieved 4 july 2013 . venue hire g live guildford . retrieved 4 july 2013 . venue hire watford colosseum . retrieved 4 july 2013 . venue hire crewe lyceum theatre . retrieved 4 july 2013 . seating plans . retrieved 3 april 2014 . hq theatres hospitality . retrieved 4 july 2013 . gerrard neil . ten winners of les routiers 2012 awards announced . caterer and hotelkeeper . retrieved 4 july 2013 . futurist task group questions for stakeholders pdf . scarborough borough council . 2010 . retrieved 4 july 2013 . quinn michael 3 april 2014 . tedgroup breaks free from qdos in management buy out . retrieved 28 may 2014 . external links edit qdos entertainment website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title qdos entertainment & oldid 730838250 categories theatre companies in the united kingdom navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as 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