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Meet The Team


ALMEIDA
Artistic Director
Rupert Goold
Executive Director
Denise Wood
Associate Director
Rebecca Frecknall



ARTISTIC
Senior Producer
Natalie Crisp
Producer
Sam South
Head of Programming & Literary
Stephanie Bain
Deputy Literary Manager
Sarvat Hasin
Casting Associate
Amy Ball
Executive Assistant
Emma Ma



FINANCE & OPERATIONS
Director of Finance & Operations
Tania Clark
Finance Manager
Catherine Kirk
Finance Officer
Jurgita Kryzeviciute
Finance Assistant
Migle Grakauskaite
Operations Manager
Dervla Toal
Operations & HR Coordinator
Rowena Ferguson
Operations Assistant
Alexander Surtees
Access Officer
Miranda Yates
Archivist
Lorna Seymour



DEVELOPMENT
Director of Development
Gemma Cook
Head of Trusts & Foundations
Bernie Witham

Head of Individual Giving
Gwen Hanauer
Corporate Partnerships Manager
Rowan Turner-Powell
Individual Giving & Memberships Officer
Georgia Evans
Development & Events Assistant
Anya Edwards



MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
Director of Marketing & Communications
Alexander Milward
Marketing Manager
Amy Gough
Social Media & Digital Content Manager
Mika Schakowoski
CRM & Digital Marketing Manager
Jess Smith
Press Officer
Zoe Innes
Marketing Assistant
Karishma Kaur
Box Office Manager
Tina Farguson
Assistant Box Office Managers
James Bigham
Wendy Taylor
Box Office Assistants
Sofia Sousa
Nancy Netherwood
Sophie Taylor
Saoirse Laaraichi



PARTICIPATION
Director of Participation & Work for Young People
Dani Parr
Participation Producer
Beth Bowden
Schools Producer
Sebastian Gardner
Participation Coordinator
Alice Eve
Participation Assistant
Takiyah Kamaria



PRODUCTION
Head of Production
Tom Horton
Production Manager
Emily Brown
Production Assistant
Rebecca Dike
Chief Technician
Jason Wescombe
Lighting Technician
Fraser Craig
Sound Supervisor
Bryony Blackler
Theatre Technician
Robin Fisher
Head of Costume
Emma Ntinas 



THEATRE
Front of House Manager 
Shane Hough
Deputy Front of House Manager
Phil McDonnell
Duty Front of House Managers
Saoirse Laaraichi
Bethany McHugh
Heather Jones
Katryna Jordan
Bar Manager
Hannah Woolhouse
Deputy Bar Manager
Lanre Bankole
Duty Bar Managers
Ella Zgorska
Ella Kennedy
Frances Bennett
Migle Grakauskaite
Tallula White
Veronique Adair
Cook/Chef
Shannon Burke
Kitchen Assistants
Jemaine Williams
Tabish Arslan



YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD
Anoushka Chakrapani
Casper Davidson
Maxi Himpe
Zahra Jassi
Reuben Fox McClure
Selena McGuinness
Angelica Meneely
Hetty Opayinka
Madison Parker
Elina Oliva Romo
Kieton Saunders-Browne
Luke Zavrou-Blackstock



DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
Aliceson Robinson (Chair)
Jamie Arkell
Josh Brekenfeld
Rupert Gavin
Andrew Goldstone
Louise Hourigan
Avalon Lee-Bacon
Massimo Marinelli
Clare Parsons
Ivana Todd


Almeida Theatre Exterior Boy - Credit Philip Vile