Rose Fenton OBE and Lucy Neal OBE were the co-founding directors, from 1980– 2005, of LIFT – the London International Festival of Theatre. The Turning World: Stories from the London
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Kate Waters
Kate Waters (aka Kombat Kate) is an Equity-registered Fight Director, a status she acquired in 2001, after gaining qualifications in fencing and martial arts. Since then she has worked across
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Kully Thiarai is the Creative Director and CEO of Leeds 2023, Year of Culture. She has spent her career changing systems and structures in the arts world that are barriers
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Michelle Terry is an Olivier Award–winning English actress and writer, known for her extensive work for Shakespeare’s Globe, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre, as well as
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Saviana Stănescu (Condeescu) is a Romanian-American playwright, poet and ARTivist, with Roma and Balkan roots, based in New York City/Ithaca, New York. Hailed as one of the most exciting voices
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Jenny Sealey has been Graeae’s Artistic Director since 1997. Sealey was encouraged to carry on dancing after becoming deaf at the age of 7. Although she could no longer hear
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Daryl Roth is an American award-winning producer whose mission is to champion meaningful, inspiring work on-stage. She is honoured to hold the singular distinction of producing seven Pulitzer Prize-winning plays:
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Until recently, Pip Robinson worked for the O2 Arena as Deputy Production Manager where she was responsible for the technical management of the arena and its assets for major touring
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Emma Rice is the proud Artistic Director of her company, Wise Children, and an internationally respected theatre-maker and director. For Wise Children, Emma has adapted and directed the productions, Angela
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Winsome Pinnock’s stage plays include: Rockets And Blue Lights (National Theatre, Manchester Royal Exchange and BBC Radio 3), Glutathione (Young Vic Theatre), The Principles of Cartography (The Bush Theatre), Tituba
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Kate O’Donnell is an award-winning transgender performer, activist, theatre and cabaret maker. In 2016, she founded Trans Creative, a trans arts company whose aim is to help trans people tell
Read moreLynn Nottage
Lynn Nottage is a playwright and a screenwriter, the only woman to have won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice. Her plays have been produced widely in the United States
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