Park Theatre Staff
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Jez Bond
Artistic Director
Jez Bond
Artistic Director
Founder and Artistic Director, Jez Bond, graduated Hull University with a BA Honours in Drama and was awarded the Channel Four Theatre Director Bursary. An award-winning director, he has been named in GQ’s 100 Most Connected Men and Evening Standard’s 100 most influential Londoners.
For Park Theatre, directing includes; Shakespeare, Tolkien & You (Ian McKellen’s one man show), the Whodunnit [Unrehearsed] series (involving a different celebrity guest each performance inc. Gillian Anderson, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Benedict Cumberbatch, Harry Hill, Damian Lewis, David Mitchell and Emma Thompson), the first ever English language production of the play La Cage aux Folles (translated by Simon Callow), Madame Rubinstein (starring Miriam Margolyes), Winner’s Curse (starring Clive Anderson), When It Happens To You (starring Amanda Abbington), Building The Wall, Hurling Rubble at the Sun and Adult Supervision.
Outside Park Theatre, credits include; Oliver! (starring Rowan Atkinson), I Have Been Here Before (Watford Palace Theatre), Sleeping Beauty (Salisbury Playhouse), Canaries Sometimes Sing (Kings Head & France), A Season in South Africa (Old Vic) plus tours of Austria, Switzerland and Hong Hong.
As a writer, credits include; Sleeping Beauty, Jack & the Beanstalk, Whodunnit [Unrehearsed] 1, Rapunzel, Whodunnit [Unrehearsed] 2, Whodunnit [Unrehearsed] 3, all co-written with Mark Cameron. He is currently adapting Ross Kemp’s autobiography into a one-man show, is co-writing a new a cappella comedy Dracapella, and is on commission to write a West End spin off of the Whodunnit series using audience members on stage. He has also written over twenty original songs for theatre.
As a dramaturge he has developed a number of plays which have gone on to great success both in London and New York. In addition, having led the capital conversion of Park Theatre, Jez has been a consultant for a number of new build projects and guest speaker at various conferences around the world.
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Catherine McKinney
Executive Director
Catherine McKinney
Executive Director
Catherine joins Park from Soho Theatre, where she was Deputy Executive Director.
She has 15 years theatre management experience of high-profile cultural buildings and operations, including Soho Theatre and the grade II* listed Almeida Theatre. She has worked for Arts Council England, Bow Arts, National Student Drama Festival and the Norfolk & Norwich Festival, as well as spending a couple of years underground managing the Shunt Lounge venue in London Bridge. Catherine is a trustee of Tangled Feet theatre company.
When not making theatre, Catherine enjoys running, cycling and gin, but not all at the same time.
Artistic
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Joshua Goodman
Producer & Programmer
Joshua Goodman
Producer & Programmer
Josh is a multi award-winning producer, theatre maker and writer, and joins Park Theatre after an extended period as an independent producer and freelance artist.
Producing clients have recently included multiple and long term projects for accessible theatre industry leader Zoo Co, along with a range of diverse and radical theatre companies including Tangled Feet, Next Door But One, Freedom Studios and Omnibus Theatre. As a writer, composer and performer, Josh’s work has been presented at venues such as Barbican Centre, Brighton Festival, Nottingham Playhouse, York Theatre Royal, Birmingham Rep, Leeds Playhouse and Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch, as well as in New York, Germany, Denmark and New Zealand.
Away from the theatre, Josh loves to travel, cook, and keep houseplants alive, which is a work in progress.
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Ellen Harris
Producing & Programme Coordinator
Creative Engagement
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Carys Rose Thomas
Creative Engagement Manager
Finance
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Elaine Lavelle
Finance Director
Elaine Lavelle
Finance Director
Elaine has a solid financial background in the Theatre industry for over 30 years, being the finance director for producing houses and touring companies such as the English Shakespeare Co and the Young Vic, as well as on the more commercial side of the Theatre including arts marketing servicing companies. Elaine has also worked as a freelance accountant offering finance and tax assistance to individuals and small companies predominately in theatre throughout 3 decades. Juggling her busy schedule with a growing family Elaine loves travelling and cooking and says her favourite activity will always be laughing!
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Nicola Brown
Finance Officer
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Pinar Kurdik
Finance Assistant
General Management
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Tom Bailey
General Manager
Tom Bailey
General Manager
Tom’s career journey before Park Theatre included highlights at iconic venues including Sadler’s Wells and the Barbican. Even a stint at the science museum (don’t mention October half term – it still makes him twitch!)
Upon first joining the Park Theatre in 2015, Tom undertook bringing the catering operation in-house after nearly two years of being externally managed. Countless bottles of wine and plates of pizza later (many of which he served himself!), Tom embarked on a new adventure, shifting his focus to General Management for the theatre. At the English National Ballet School, he played a pivotal role in reopening the building after the challenges posed by the pandemic. He also joined the Tower Theatre as their General Manager, adding another chapter to his journey.
Tom is very excited to have rejoined Park Theatre. Beyond the job, and his love of wine and pizza, Tom even tried his hand at a short stand up gig – an experience he humorously describes as the worst two and half minutes of his life!
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David Hunter
Deputy General Manager
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Mariah Sayer
Administrator
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Amber De Ruyt, Leiran Gibson, Zara Naeem, Laura Riseborough, David Hunter, Shaun Joynson & Wayne Morris
Duty Venue Managers
Park Pizza
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Luke Rogan & Toby Schuster
Supervisors
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George Gehm, Bradly Doko, Jordon Goodlitt, Hugo Harrison, Alex Kristoffy, Maddie Stoneman, Ruairi McGonagle, Saron Tariku, Harry Taylor, Athena Vlachos & Jessie Williams
Team Members
Sales & Marketing
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Dawn James
Sales & Marketing Director
Dawn James
Sales & Marketing Director
Dawn has over 15 years’ experience in Arts Marketing and joined Park Theatre in 2016, having previously been Marketing Manager at Tricycle Theatre (now Kiln Theatre) in Kilburn. Dawn has also worked at venues such as Polka Theatre, Akademi South Asian Dance and Watermans Arts Centre.
Dawn is a Trustee of the Kings Head Theatre in Islington, a guest lecturer in Arts Marketing at Mountview Drama School and has previously guest lectured at Brunel University. Dawn has mentored many people through the Arts Marketing Association mentorship scheme, is a Culture Hive Digital Marketing Academy 1.0 graduate, has twice participated in the Culture 24: Let’s Get Real digital/ cultural research programme and spoken at the Culture 24/ Google Cultural Institute conference at BALTIC in Gateshead.
In January 2025, Dawn and Park Theatre’s Sales & Marketing team were thrilled to be awarded the inaugural Campaign of the Year Award at The Stage awards for their work on Kim’s Convenience, a co-production with Adam Blanshay Productions.
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Nicci Allt
Sales & Marketing Director (Maternity Cover)
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Matthew Barker
Head of Ticketing
Matthew Barker
Head of Ticketing
Matt studied English at the University of York, then Acting at Central School of Speech and Drama, after which he spent twelve years treading the boards, working in the west end and regional theatres, as well as touring internationally with companies such as Propeller and The Reduced Shakespeare Company. Since deciding to enter the world of theatre ticketing full-time, he has worked at Hampstead Theatre, with TodayTix, and with KX Tickets, setting the box office for a brand-new venue, Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre. As a North London resident, he is tremendously excited to be joining Park Theatre and can’t wait to be a part of its next chapter.
Matt is unhealthily obsessed with movies and Newcastle United. He has been playing guitar for twenty years, somehow not managing to improve in the last nineteen.
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Lou Egan
Sales & Ticketing Manager
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Monique Walker
Marketing Manager
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Eliza Jones
Marketing Officer
Eliza Jones
Marketing Officer
Eliza studied English Literature at Durham University, graduating in 2021. She has since worked as a copywriter for a content marketing agency and volunteered in her spare time for a range of theatre companies, from Clean Break to the Globe Theatre. Eliza also lived in Canada for a while, where she continued to get involved in the arts as a runner for film and theatre festivals, including Vancouver’s Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival, and Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Since returning to the UK, Eliza has worked on several freelance projects, including UCL’s Trellis Programme as one of their Young Producers, where she helped organise an art exhibition focussing on communities in east London. She is passionate about theatre and enjoys producing plays with her friends for their shared theatre company, TOMBOY, which seeks to platform queer writers and creatives.
When she’s not working, Eliza loves watching films and can often be found in the BFI making the most of their £3 cinema tickets.
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Jacquie Cassidy, Belinda Clark, Natasha Green, Gareth Hackney & Maddie Stoneman
Box Office Supervisors
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Mobius Industries
Public Relations
Technical & Building
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Gianluca Zona
Technical & Building Manager
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Teddy Nash
Deputy Technical & Building Manager
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Michael Bird
Venue Technician
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Mark Cameron
Associate Artist
Mark Cameron
Associate Artist
Mark began his career as an astonishingly average stand-up comedian before winning a scholarship to drama school; a huge relief for him but more so for comedy club audiences throughout the UK.
Since then, he has appeared regularly on stage and screen and works extensively as a voice-over artist for both radio and television. He has written four plays, all with the Artistic Director of Park Theatre Jez Bond and all produced at Park Theatre. Whodunnit Unrehearsed 2 marks their fifth collaboration.
For Park Theatre: La Cage aux Folles [The Play]; Whodunnit [Unrehearsed] 1&2 (co-writer and co-director, actor Whodunnit [Unrehearsed] 2); Hurling Rubble at the Moon; Rapunzel; Sleeping Beauty and The Daftas Ceremony Host in Park Theatre Review.
Television includes: regular characters in Tina and Bobby, Coronation Street, Steel River Blues, Eastenders, Emmerdale, Doctors and guest roles include: Good Omens, Brief Encounters, The Royals, Law and Order, Casualty, Holby City, Waterloo Road, The Roman Mysteries, Vincent, The Royal, Fifty-Five Degrees North.
Other credits include: Sleeping Beauty (Salisbury Playhouse); Mathematics of the Heart (Theatre 503 and winner of Brighton Fringe Festival Best Play); The Game of Love and Chance (National Tour); The Breakfast Soldiers (Contact Theatre, Manchester); Life Imitates Art (Camden Peoples’ Theatre); The Bergman Project (Tristan Bates Theatre); The Country Wife (The Gatehouse); Blue Funk (Old Red Lion) and The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare in the Park).
Film includes: The Damned United (as Norman Hunter), Tomo (Sundance Film Festival Winner), Scar Tissue, The Boss (Reed Festival short film winner).
Writing: Sleeping Beauty, Jack and the Beanstalk (both published by Methuen), Rapunzel (published by PlaydeadPress) and Whodunnit Unrehearsed and Whodunnit Unrehearsed 2 all written with Jez Bond.
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Melli Marie
Creative Director Emeritus
Melli Marie
Creative Director Emeritus
Melli is an actress, theatre practitioner and choreographer. Melli is the Co-founder and Creative Director Emeritus of Park Theatre in Finsbury Park, which opened in May 2013.
Melli fell in love with the stage at age four learning ballet, tap and jazz. She joined youth theatre companies, performing at outdoor and indoor theatres. She went to The University of South Carolina where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and English and as a postgraduate student she went to the University of Hull for a Master of Arts in Theatre Production. During and post university Melli lead drama workshops for young people in Los Angeles, Delaware, Hong Kong and London. Between 2005 and 2011 Melli co-lead the New End Theatre Academy in Hampstead.
In 2001 Melli hit London’s fringe theatre scene. Simultaneously, she started a voice career playing roles in radio plays for BBC. She progressed into television and film work and has worked non-stop in the gaming industry, voicing hundreds of characters, as well as performing in motion capture. As a commercial artist Melli can be seen in adverts around the globe. Melli has choreographed for musical theatre and pantomimes, such as Oliver! at Summer Fields School in Oxford – where actor Rowan Atkinson played ‘Fagin’, prior to his West End run.
For Park Theatre, as Creative Director and Associate Artistic Director, Melli was responsible for many aspects of the company. Melli curated the Park 90 seasons, co-curated the Park 200 seasons, designed, launched and ran the Creative Learning Programme and curated art exhibitions for the gallery space featuring work of both local and foreign artists -often as a parallel to the work onstage. Melli created and lead Script Accelerator, a new writing programme at Park Theatre with the aim to support emerging practitioners and novice theatre makers. Several Script Accelerator’s plays would go on to have full productions in Park 90.
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Jeremy Bond † (1939–2020)
Founding President
Board of Trustees
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Anthony Clare
Chair
Anthony Clare
Chair
Anthony joined the board of Park Theatre as Chair in January 2022. He is also a director of The Institute of Cancer Research, one of the world’s most influential cancer research organisations.
He previously served as trustee and Deputy Chair of both Curve Theatre, Leicester (a leading Arts Council NPO) and The Babraham Institute, Cambridge (one of Europe’s leading bioscience research institutes).
As an independent theatre producer, Anthony is a member of The Society of London Theatre. He was awarded the 2019 Stage One Start-Up Award for Emerging Producers, having acted as lead producer of Sue Townsend’s The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ – The Musical (Ambassadors Theatre) and co-producer of An Officer and a Gentleman – The Musical(UK national tour).
Originally from Yorkshire, he lives in Crouch End with wife Lisa and their two daughters.
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Ibukun Alamutu
Trustee
Ibukun Alamutu
Trustee
Ibukun Alamutu is a Senior Associate Consultant at Bain & Company London, a global strategy consulting firm. Prior to joining Bain, she worked at PwC London, where she advised on corporate finance mergers and acquisitions; and qualified as an ICAEW Chartered Accountant.
Raised in Nigeria, Ibukun graduated from the London School of Economics with a BSc. in Accounting and Finance. In addition to her accounting, finance and strategy experience, she brings experience supporting social enterprises from her time as Co-director at The Young Consultant London – a student consulting organisation focused on small businesses and charities; and her time at Amplified Arts Academy, a performing arts academy with a mission to provide accessible programmes.
She is a dance enthusiast and is currently a member of Boy Blue Entertainment’s training company, an Olivier Award winning dance company. She performed in their biennial show at The Barbican in March 2022.
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Professor Kurt Barling
Trustee
Professor Kurt Barling
Trustee
Kurt Barling is Professor of Journalism at Middlesex University. He was an award-winning BBC investigative journalist and film-maker until 2015. Kurt worked across BBC News and Current Affairs from 1989. Assignment, Newsnight, The Money Programme, Today, Black Britain and BBC News among other programmes. He was Special Correspondent in London from 2001-2014. Amongst his many journalism awards Kurt is proud of the 5 national awards for his reporting of race in Britain, the US, Africa and the Caribbean. He is author and editor of books on German history, Terrorism, Economic Development and the polemic The R Word: Racism. Kurt gained a first-class degree in Languages & Politics before graduating with a Masters and PhD from the London School of Economics. He was an LSE lecturer in International Relations from 1986-89. He sits on an advisory Board at the British Library and is adviser to a successful Silicon Valley Breaking News Platform which is transforming the landscape of American journalism. He was raised in North London to a family that has supported Arsenal FC since 1915. As a member of the National Youth Theatre in the 1980s he learned to love the value of theatre to enrich lives.
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Hedda Beeby
Trustee
Hedda Beeby
Trustee
Hedda Beeby has worked in theatre all her life. For 12 years she was co-director at Oxford Playhouse where she was jointly responsible for re-opening the theatre after a 4 year closure and overseeing a £4 million capital refurbishment. From Oxford she joined ATG where she was Group General Manager with her role particularly focussed on production development and overseeing the Group’s satellite companies with Carlton TV, Trademark Films and Natural Nylon. She then joined Eric Abraham’s Portobello Theatre where she worked on West End productions and with the South African township company, Isango Portobello, creators of the award-winning MAGIC FLUTE. A life in the country beckoned and for 9 years Hedda was Artistic and Executive Director at The Watermill Theatre. Hedda is now a producer at Fiery Angel, one of the UK’s leading theatre producers, creating shows for the West End, internationally and throughout the UK and running the Children’s Theatre Partnership.
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Jonathan Edwards
Vice Chair
Jonathan Edwards
Vice Chair
Jonathan Edwards is a senior civil servant at HM Treasury. He has advised ministers on a range of financial stability and corporate finance matters, including a series of transactions to return the government’s banking assets to the private sector.
Jonathan joined HM Treasury in 2013 from Slaughter and May, where he advised on corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions, having qualified as a solicitor in 2009.
Jonathan has a degree in Modern History from Oxford University and lives in the local area.
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Kathleen Heycock
Trustee
Kathleen Heycock
Trustee
Kathleen is a partner at a City law firm specialising in employment law and safeguarding with particular expertise in advising cultural and charitable organisations. She has been a Trustee of the Park Theatre since September 2023.
Originally from Yorkshire, Kathleen developed a love of theatre as a child at a local theatre group in The Bradford Playhouse. With her family, she regularly visited the excellent regional theatres in West Yorkshire. As an adult, she has lived in Finsbury Park for 20 years and has children at local Haringey schools. She is a keen theatre-goer and values the diverse cultural opportunities London provides.
Kathleen firmly believes in the key role of Park Theatre as a place of community and opportunity for local and national performers and directors as well as its importance in offering new and exciting experiences for the wider community.
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Jacqueline Hurt
Trustee
Jacqueline Hurt
Trustee
Jacqueline is partner in the film and television team at Sheridans – a full service media and technology boutique law firm. She specialises in all aspects of production, financing and distribution of films and television programmes providing not only legal but also commercial strategic advice in any transaction. Her clients include US studios, leading UK and European producers and distributors, SVOD platforms, banks and investment funds. She has been named a leader in her field by the Legal Media Group’s Expert Guide to the World’s Leading Technology, Media and Telecommunication Lawyers, Legal Business’ Legal Experts, by Chambers UK and by The Legal 500.
Jacqueline is equally passionate about theatre as well as film and television and is also on the board of Headlong Theatre.
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Joe Smith
Trustee
Joe Smith
Trustee
Joe begun his career working at the National Theatre under Richard Eyre and then Trevor Nunn. His time there culminated in producing the Transformation Season in 2002.
From there he went on to work in New York for four years for Broadway producer Ron Kastner where he co-produced a number of shows including Life x3, Gypsy, Talking Heads and Retreat from Moscow both on and off Broadway.
On returning to London Joe was Executive Producer of Old Vic Productions: from 2006 until early 2017. Joe lead the OVP team in producing a wealth of productions including the Olivier Award-winning Jerusalem, Clybourne Park and the critically acclaimed Passion Play, Private Lives, Good People and The Pajama Game. In addition, he represented the company in its role as co-producer with Working Title Films of the smash hit, Billy Elliot The Musical in London and worldwide.
Joe also runs his own production company, Smith & Brant Theatricals, with his partner John Brant. Before the formation of Smith & Brant Theatricals in 2013 Joe was a Partner of McCabe/Smith. There his producing credits included Broadway hit revivals How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying and Promises, Promises. In the West End he produced Million Dollar Quartet, and the multi award-winning Sweeney Todd and Spring Awakening.
For Smith & Brant Theatricals a selection of Joe’s West End credits include: Come From Away (also Broadway and Worldwide), True West, Bitter Wheat and the national tours of Gaslight, Strangers on the Train and Fatal Attraction.
Alongside running Smith & Brant Joe is also the Theatre Producer for Rocket Entertainment; Elton John and David Furnish’s production company. There he is currently producing the original musical Tammy Faye in collaboration with the Almeida Theatre.
For the past 10 years Joe has headed up Stage One as Chief Executive and strongly believes in nurturing and supporting the next generation of commercial producers. In 2014 he was instrumental in creating the One Stage season at the St James Theatre.
Joe has just finished his tenure as Chair of the Board at the Gate Theatre, in Notting Hill. As a passionate supporter of new writing, he was proud to Chair the Board of one of London’s leading new writing theatres.
Joe lives in Alexandra Palace with his family.
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Julia Tyrrell
Trustee
Julia Tyrrell
Trustee
Julia Tyrrell is an independent Literary Agent representing writers for Theatre, Film and TV.
She has a background in performing arts, having worked as a dancer after training at London Contemporary Dance School; she has been in love with the theatre since the age of four. She went on to work offstage, with Noel Gay Theatre, on West End productions and progressed within Noel Gay Organisation to become a writers’ agent with her own list. She then spent six years with talent and literary agency Hamilton Asper Management, before leaving to set up her own company in 2002.
Julia Tyrrell Management specialises in a personal style of management representing established award-winning talent and exciting emerging voices.
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Pia Richards-Glöckner
Trustee
Pia Richards-Glöckner
Trustee
Pia Richards is a theatre maker, performer, disability and youth arts advocate. Pia gained a lot of her experience as a young person participating and performing with Company Three and eventually going on to work at Company Three and the Barbican Centre. Since then she has worked in various support roles working with theatre writers and Directors in an Access Support capacity working with disabled artists helping to disassemble barriers that make working in the arts difficult. She has also been working as an Assistant Director/ Touring and Participation Director on Juniper and Jules- Soho Theatre & FAUN- Cardboard Citizens & Theatre 503 and on Spare Tyres On The Beach. Most recently assistant directing Company Three’s Grow Up at The Park Theatre.
Ambassadors
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Meera Syal
Ambassador
Meera Syal
Ambassador
Meera Syal CBE, graduated Manchester University with a double first in English & Drama. Her many acting credits include Beatrice in the RSC’s Much Ado About Nothing, Zehrunissa in David Hare’s Behind The Beautiful Forevers (National Theatre) and The Nurse in Kenneth Branagh’s production of Romeo and Juliet. She was also writer-performer in the multi award winning comedy series Goodness Gracious Me and The Kumars At Number 42. Her screenplays include Bhaji On The Beach, Anita And Me and My Sister Wife. Her first novel Anita And Me won the Betty Trask Award and is on the national schools curriculum. Her other critically acclaimed novels, Life Isnt All Ha Ha Hee Hee and The House Of Hidden Mothers she adapted for television. Meera is the recipient of several national awards including 2 British Comedy Awards, 2 International EMMYS, a BAFTA nomination, the Whats On Stage Award for Best Solo Performance for Shirley in Willy Russell’s Shirley Valentine, 2 AFA, 2 RIMA awards and the Women In Film And Television Award for Creative Innovation. She holds honorary doctorates from SOAS and Manchester and Birmingham Universities and was visiting Professor Of Drama at Oxford University in 2012. She was awarded the CBE for Services To Drama And Literature in 2015.
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David Horovitch
Ambassador
David Horovitch
Ambassador
David Horovitch has had a long and distinguished career. He has played leading parts all over the country, most notably at The Royal Exchange, Manchester where his many appearances have included Prospero in The Tempest and Undershaft in Major Barbara. More recently he has played opposite Alison Steadman in Losing Louis (Hampstead and Trafalgar Studios); appeared in two Ayckbourn plays in The West End – Absurd Person Singular (Garrick) and Bedroom Farce (Duke of York’s); Mary Stuart (Donmar and The Apollo); two plays by Ronald Harwood – Taking Sides and Collaboration (Chichester and The Duchess); Life is a Dream (Donmar) and When We Are Married (Garrick). At the RSC he has played the title role in Cymbeline and at the Royal Court has appeared in Spinning into Butter and Seven Jewish Children.
On television he is best remembered for his performance as Inspector Slack in the Miss Marple series with Joan Hickson and has also appeared in many other programmes including Foyle’s War; Midsomer Murders; Piece of Cake; Just William; The Sculptress; Deceit; and Ivanhoe.
His films include Max; 102 Dalmatians; and the Oscar nominated Solomon and Gaenor.
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Celia Imrie
Ambassador
Celia Imrie
Ambassador
Described as “one of the greatest Britsh actresses of recent decades” Celia Imrie began her prolific career in the early 1970s. Her comic timing and sympathetic performances have made her a fixture on our screens, where she is known for her television performances in Sparkhouse, Acorn Antiques, Mr Harvey Lights A Candle and Kingdom ‐ and, on film, in Calendar Girls, Bridget Jones’s Diary and St Trinian’s. On stage she has performed extensively at the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company and won an Olivier Award for her performance in Trevor Nunn’s Acorn Antiques the Musical.
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Sean Mathias
Ambassador
Sean Mathias
Ambassador
Sean is a British theatre director, film director and writer. He has worked at the Royal National Theatre and in the West End, the Kennedy Centre, The Mark Taper Forum, Off-Broadway and also several times on Broadway, as well as Paris, Sydney, Cape Town and Los Angeles.
Sean has written a number of plays including the award winning A Prayer For Wings, and the screenplay for the award winning BBC film The Lost Language Of Cranes.
In 2009/2010 Sean was the Artistic Director of Theatre Royal Haymarket and his legendary production of Waiting For Godot played two seasons at the theatre, as well as touring the UK and internationally.
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Hattie Morahan
Ambassador
Hattie Morahan
Ambassador
Hattie Morahan is an award-winning actress of stage and screen. Her work in theatre includes The Real Thing (Old Vic); The Seagull, Three More Sleepless Nights, Time and the Conways, …some trace of her, Iphigenia at Aulis and Power (National Theatre); The Family Reunion (Donmar); The City (Royal Court); See How they Run; Arsenic and Old Lace (West End). Her work outside London includes Plenty (Sheffield Crucible); Twelfth Night (WYP); and for the RSC, Night of the Soul, The Prisoner’s Dilemma, Hamlet, Love in a Wood and Huis Clos.
She’s shortly to be appearing as Nora in Simon Stephens’ new adaptation of A Doll’s House at the Young Vic.
Her extensive TV and Film work includes her recurring role of Jane in Outnumbered; Eternal Law; Money; Lewis; Bodies; Marple: A Pocket Full of Rye; The Peacock Spring; The Bank Job; The Golden Compass; the forthcoming Summer in February; and her award-winning portrayal of Elinor Dashwood in the BBC adaptation of Sense and Sensibility.
As a North London local for the past ten years, she’s hugely excited about Park Theatre and everything it represents.
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Tamzin Outhwaite
Ambassador
Tamzin Outhwaite
Ambassador
Tamzin is an award winning actress who has performed successfully across the media of theatre, film and television. She trained at London Studio Centre and began her career in musical theatre, where she performed in a great number of productions including Carousel (National Theatre), Grease and Oliver (both West End) – plus a season of plays at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough. More recent theatre credits include Breathing Corpses and Flesh Wound (both at the Royal Court), Boeing Boeing (West End), Sweet Charity (Menier Chocolate Factory & West End) and Di, Viv & Rose (Hampstead Theatre).
Bringing her musical theatre experience to television, Tamzin has performed on Over the Rainbow and appeared on the judging panel for Don’t Stop Believing. She is most known on television for her four year long portrayal of Melanie Healy in Eastenders. Other television includes leads in Red Cap, Final Demand, Walk Away and I Stumble, Hotel Babylon and The Fixer – plus guest leads on Hustle, Law and Order and Silent Witness. Film includes Out of Control, Great Expectations, Backwaters, Radio Cape Cod, 7 Seconds and Cassandra’s Dream. Tamzin was awarded an Honorary Degree for Services to The Arts and Entertainment Industry by the University of East London. She is delighted to be championing a new theatre on her doorstep.
Youth Board
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Max McMillan
Youth Board Member
Max McMillan
Youth Board Member
Max McMillan Ngwenya is an Actor, Writer and Creative Artist. He has performed at Stratford East Theatre in the production of Dungeness and Bush Theatre as part of their young company; as well as various film productions such as Christmas Time and The Fantastical Millipede. Max is passionate about bringing new ideas forward in the industry which has thus lead him into writing, he wrote, produced and starred in the Sci-fi/drama Horizon, which is currently going around the film festival circuit, and is working on his debut theatre play titled ’I’m The One’ which he hopes ignites new and exciting conversations to the public.
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Ra’eesah
Youth Board Member
Ra’eesah
Youth Board Member
Ra’eesah is a multi-disciplinary creative (namely an actor, singer and writer) and facilitator. She also performs spoken word poetry as a form of creative self-expression. She has spent many years working directly with young people to aid their personal development and also created opportunities for people from all walks of life to come together in a creative space, learn something new and have fun at the same time. Ra’eesah has joined Park Theatre’s youth board to contribute to the ongoing conversation of what young people want, and will benefit from, when engaging with theatres and cultural organisations. She hopes that with this informed insight it will help bring new ideas and opportunities into fruition within Park’s programming.
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Georgia Choudhuri
Youth Board Member
Georgia Choudhuri
Youth Board Member
Georgia is the Culture Coordinator at the National Theatre, focusing on inclusion, access and welfare. Her previous work has spanned multiple large scale Learning projects, such as NT Connections, the national Hamlet tour to primary schools, and GCSE & A-Level student conferences. She is also a very occasional performer, facilitator, writer and presenter, with recent presenting highlights including events at the Royal Opera House and Duke of York’s Theatre. Georgia’s background in performance, and training at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, has fuelled her commitment to accessible and positive youth and community theatre experiences; ensuring that young people can engage with theatre in a safe and joyful way. Following a year with Mousetrap Theatre Projects’ Youth Forum, Georgia is thrilled to be joining the Park Youth Board to continue to support creative engagement work at the heart of communities.
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Joseph Winer
Youth Board Member
Joseph Winer
Youth Board Member
Joseph is a producer, director and drama facilitator from Hertfordshire. He has recently made work for VAULT Festival, King’s Head Theatre, Watford Palace, Arcola, and Katzpace. He also delivers Drama and Healthy Relationships workshops in schools, youth group and community settings around London. His work often engages with queerness, climate, and community. He is also a recent alumnus of Soho Theatre Writers’ Lab, Artistic Director of PackPack Theatre Company, and currently works in the producing team at the Unicorn Theatre.
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Izzy Edwards
Youth Board Member
Izzy Edwards
Youth Board Member
Izzy is a director, dramaturg, producer, and TTRPG game master currently working as the Creative Development Assistant at Sonia Friedman Productions. She is also the co-founder of the dramaturgy company No Such Thing, and as a dramaturg and associate has previously developed work in both the US and UK with artists including Lauren Gunderson, Punchdrunk, and Mark Ravenhill. She received her MFA in Creative Producing from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
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Diana Hognogi
Youth Board Member
Diana Hognogi
Youth Board Member
After nearly a decade in online marketing and business, Diana transitioned into the world of theatre and the performing arts, pursuing an MA in Acting at East 15, followed by an MA in Writing for Stage & Broadcast Media at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
She writes for theatre, film, television, and audio, exploring both comedy and drama with influences from absurdism, thriller, and contemporary social realism. Her work often features female-driven narratives, elements of absurdist humour, and nuanced explorations of complex family relationships and societal themes.
She is based in London and has strong ties to both Romania, her country of origin, and the Czech Republic, where she lived for three years.
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Ella Clarke
Youth Board Member
Ella Clarke
Youth Board Member
Ella is an actor, producer, facilitator and recent graduate from Fourth Monkey Actor Training Company. She is currently working with Theatre for Life as an actor/musician on ‘Bringing the Outside In’, a piece about climate change and the importance of clean air, and also ‘The Feeling’, a piece about women’s health and the strain on and issues within the healthcare system. She is also currently working with Curious Pheasant on a physical theatre adaptation of Private Peaceful. In addition to this she produced and co-directed her first play Karaoke at the SU which went to The Vaults festival and Brighton Fringe and received great reviews, she is currently producing a new play Please don’t fall in love with me which is going to Camden Fringe this summer! She also works as a freelance facilitator for Shakespeare Birthplace Trust performing and giving workshops on classical text to young people and local communities. Ella also performed as part of the Community Chorus with Park Theatre’s Whodunnit [Unrehearsed] 3.
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Pia Richards-Glöckner
Youth Board Member
Pia Richards-Glöckner
Youth Board Member
Pia Richards is a theatre maker, performer, disability and youth arts advocate. Pia gained a lot of her experience as a young person participating and performing with Company Three and eventually going on to work at Company Three and the Barbican Centre. Since then she has worked in various support roles working with theatre writers and Directors in an Access Support capacity working with disabled artists helping to disassemble barriers that make working in the arts difficult. She has also been working as an Assistant Director/ Touring and Participation Director on Juniper and Jules- Soho Theatre & FAUN- Cardboard Citizens & Theatre 503 and on Spare Tyres On The Beach. Most recently assistant directing Company Three’s Grow Up at The Park Theatre.
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