Jamie Budgett

Director

Fisher Theater/Ambassador Theatre Group

Jamie graduated from Bristol University with a BA in English Literature and joined ATG Entertainment on their inaugural Graduate Training Programme, a two-year training scheme in theatre management. Upon completing the scheme, Jamie has taken up various roles within his 10-year tenure with the organization, including in the central Business Development Team, before becoming Deputy General Manager of the Milton Keynes Theatre and General Manager of The Ambassadors Theatre and Savoy Theatre in London’s West End. During the COVID-19 pandemic, ATG Entertainment acquired the Fisher Theatre from the Nederlander Organization in May 2021, and Jamie moved to Detroit in June 2021 as the General Manager of Broadway in Detroit. Over that time he has overseen the reopening of the Fisher Theatre’s after the Covid shut-down along with a $1m capital improvement project. Jamie feels privileged to be a part of the City’s Arts And Cultural scene and to play a part in ensuring we can bring the very best of Broadway and other live entertainment to the City of Detroit.