About

Amanda Malpass was a theatre publicist for 40 years before retiring in 2026.

Amanda Malpass PR operated from February 2010 to May 2026, providing bespoke, creative and effective media campaigns within the performing arts. The company's energy, focus and passion were key to their commitment to the client, with all members of the team involved in the day-to-day press management of all their clients' productions. In 2022, Amanda decided to downsize, with her team and many of her former clients moving to Buchanan PR. Amanda then acted as a freelance publicist and PR consultant until retirement.

Productions and clients included The Addams Family (Tour), All That Fall starring Michael Gambon and Eileen Atkins (London), Art (Tour), the original production of Back to the Future (London), the original production of The Band (London and Tour), the original London production of Big (London), Birdsong (Tour), James Graham's adaptation of Boys from the Blackstuff (London), Breakfast at Tiffany's (London and Tour), Brief Encounter (London), the original UK production of The Cher Show (Tour), Chicago (London), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Tour), the UK premiere of Death on the Nile (Tour), Educating Rita (Tour), Frank and Percy starring Ian McKellen and Roger Allam (London), the original production of The Girls (London), Grease (London and Tour), Jersey Boys (London and Tour), Lord of the Dance (London), Magic Mike Live (London), Mamma Mia! (London), Mamma Mia! The Party (London), the original production of Midsomer Murders: The Killings at Badger's Drift (Tour), Million Dollar Quartet (London), the UK premiere of Murder on the Orient Express (Tour), Pride & Prejudice* (*sort of ) (London), the original production of The Prince of Egypt (London), The Railway Children (London), Rent (Tour), South Pacific (London and Tour), Stomp (London), Strangers on a Train (London), the original production of The Time Traveller's Wife (London) and the original production of Tony! (The Tony Blair Rock Opera) (London and Tour).   For all past productions and clients, see Projects.

For 20 years, Amanda was the Associate at Peter Thompson Associates (PTA). Whilst at PTA, West End musicals Amanda worked on included the original production of Cats (1990-2001), the original production of Les Misérables (1990-2010), the original production of The Phantom of the Opera (1990-2010), the original production of Miss Saigon (1990-2003), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Palladium & Adelphi Theatre), the original production of Sunset Boulevard, Grease (Dominion Theatre), the original London production of Crazy For You (Prince Edward Theatre), the original London production of City of Angels (Prince of Wales Theatre), the original London production of Rent (Shaftesbury Theatre), Disney's Beauty and the Beast (Dominion Theatre), Jesus Christ Superstar (Lyceum Theatre), Oklahoma! (Hugh Jackman), Oliver! (directed by Sam Mendes and again by Rupert Goold), the original London production of Chicago (1997-2010), the original London production of Saturday Night Fever (London Palladium), the original production of MAMMA MIA! (1999-2010), the original production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the original London production of The Producers (Nathan Lane & Lee Evans), Guys and Dolls (Ewan McGregor, Patrick Swayze, Don Johnson), the original London production of The Lord of the Rings, the original London production of Hairspray,the original London production of Jersey Boys (2008-2010) and the original London production of Sister Act.

Plays included All's Well That Ends Well (Judi Dench), Art (1996-2003), The Breath of Life (Judi Dench and Maggie Smith), Burn This (John Malkovich), The Caretaker (Michael Gambon, Rupert Graves, Douglas Hodge), A Christmas Carol (Patrick Stewart), Cryptogram (Eddie Izzard), Death of a Salesman (Brian Dennehy), Elling (John Simm), Equus (Daniel Radcliffe & Richard Griffiths), God of Carnage (Ralph Fiennes), The Graduate (Kathleen Turner, Jerry Hall, Lynda Gray, Amanda Donohoe, Anne Archer), Hay Fever (Judi Dench), The Lady in the Van (Maggie Smith), A Month In the Country (Helen Mirren, Joseph Fiennes), The Play What I Wrote (dir. Kenneth Branagh), Seven Year Itch (Darryl Hannah), Three Sisters (Kristin Scott Thomas, Eric Sykes).

Comedy stage shows included French & Saunders, The League of Gentlemen and Steve Coogan.

Other clients included Raymond Gubbay, with all his ventures into opera, dance, classical music, circus and ice shows, Harvey Goldsmith's arena opera productions, the Bolshoi Ballet, the overall publicity for two years of the Edinburgh International Festival, and the launch of Cirque du Soleil in the UK.

Amanda began her career in theatre as press officer at the Chichester Festival Theatre (1986-1989), before going to the Croydon Warehouse as joint administrator (1989) and then to the Leicester Haymarket Theatre as marketing manager (1990).