Staff Archive
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Artistic Directors
1980-1982 - June Abbott
1982-1989 - Mike McCormack
1989-1991 - Jessica Dromgoole
1991-1993 - Cathryn Horn and Mary Peate
1993-1994 - Cathryn Horn
1994-1999 - Phil Willmott
1999-to date - Neil McPherson
Administrative Directors
In 1987 - Nina Grahame
1989-1991 - Kate Cronk
1993-1994 - Maddy Carbery
Deputy Chief Executive
2009 to date – Alex Marker
General Managers
1994-1996 - Lucy Powellbrett (responsible for theatre programming)
1996-1997 - Joe Gould (responsible for theatre programming)
1997-1999 - Mervyn Millar (responsible for theatre programming)
September-December 2005 - Jennifer Kelley
2006-September 2007 - Emma Reed
September-December 2007 - Cara Dunkling
January-March 2008 - Rachel Savage
March-May 2008 - Stuart Hurford
May 2008–July 2008 – Johanna Cartey
July 2008–August 2008 – Rosie Jackson
August 2008 – Hayley Kaimakliotis
September 2009 – Jason Ho
September 2008-December 2008 – Julia Charteris
December 2008-March 2009 –- Ben Cooper
March 2009-June 2009 – Anna Bartholomew
June 2009-September 2009 – Jake Orr
September 2009-January 2010 – Stefanie Wardow
January 2010-April 2010 – Benjamin Jacobs
April 2010-June 2010 – Gemma Bealing, Benn Cody
June 2010-August 2010 – Angela Horn
August 2010-to date – Sanne Berntsen, Holly Chivers
Associate Directors
1982-1988 - Colin Watkeys
1982-1988 - Lyall Watson
1982-1988 - Nica Burns
1994-1995 - Stuart Worden
1995 - Phil Kingston
1995-2001 - Tom Barrie
1995-2002 - Catriona Craig
1999-2002 - Mervyn Millar
2000-2002 - Abigail Anderson
2005-2008 - John Terry
2006-2009 - Kate Wasserberg
Leverhulme Bursary Director in Residence in association with the National Theatre Studio )
2009 – Blanche McIntyre
2010 – Ria Parry
Literary Managers
1991-1994 - Graham White
1994 - Phil Kingston
1995 - Louise Mulvey
1995-1996 - Mark Ravenhill
1996 - Ali Robertson
1997-1998 - Catriona Craig and Alison Davis
1998-2000 - Gill Foreman
2000-2006 - No appointment
2006-2007 - Alexandra Wood
2007-2009 - Jane Fallowfield
2009-2010 (as Literary Associate) - Titas Halder
2009-2010 (as Senior Reader) - Eleanor Rhode
2010-to date – Van Badham
2010-to date (as Literary Assistant) - Daniel Burgess
2010-to date (as Senior Reader) – Laura Jessop
Playwrights-in-Residence
1999-2000 - Chris Lee
2004-to date - Laura Wade
2004-2006 - Steve Hennessey
2004-2006 - Anthony Melnikoff
2005-2006 - David Carter
2005-to date - James Graham
2006-to date - Al Smith
2007-to date - Peter Oswald
2007-to date - Alexandra Wood
2008-to date - Anders Lustgarten
2009-to date - Simon Vinnicombe
2009-to date - Bekah Brunstetter
Pearson Playwrights-in-Residence
2000 - Chris Lee
2005 - Laura Wade (also winner of Pearson Award for Best Play)
2006 - James Graham (also winner of Pearson Award for Best Play)
2007 - Al Smith
2009 - Anders Lustgarten
2010 - Simon Vinnicombe
Associate Designers
1998-2000 - Rupert Tebb
2001-2002 - Fiona Hankey
2002-to date - Alex Marker
Resident Assistant Directors
2005-2006 - Kate Wasserberg
2007 - Alexander Summers
January-July 2008 - Richard Bowen
July-December 2008
- Titas Halder and Ben Kidd
January-July 2009 - Ellie Browning, Tim Newns and Eleanor Rhode
July-December 2009 - Daniel Burgess, Amy Draper and Tim Newns
January 2010-July 2010 - Rachel Heyburn and John Kachoyan
July 2010 to date - Bethan Dear
Technical Managers
1994-1996 - Stuart Stocks
1998-2004 - David Hermon
2004-2005 - Alex Watson
October-December 2008 - Tyler Lambert-Perkins
January 2009 – Oliver Luff
2009 to date - Dan Cloake
Development Producers
2005-2007 - Marie Bobin
2008-2009 - Rachael Williams
2009 to date - Sarah Loader (as Fundraising Associate)
Resident Companies
1980-1982 - Courtyard Productions/The Court Theatre Company
1982-1989 - The Good Company
1991-1994 - Finborough Productions
1994 to date - The Steam Industry
2003 to date - Concordance
Company Managers
2006-2008 - Rachel Payant
Other Appointments
Financial Director in 1987 - Lorraine McCormack
Press & Publicity Officer in 1996 - Laura Smith
Box Office Manager 1995-1996 - Stephen Cook