Leadership

Executive Assistant
Maria Taylor

ARTISTIC & PRODUCING
 

Head of Producing and Programming
Victoria Rope

Creative Associate
Jonnie Riordan

Interim Producing and Programming Co-ordinator
Lily Rudin

Resident Assistant Director
Maya Chawla

COMMUNICATIONS

Head of Marketing & Communications 
Ben Baughan

Marketing Manager
Anna Scott

Marketing Content Producer
Daisy Muir

Marketing & Sales Assistant 
Libby Murphy

CREATIVE ENGAGEMENT

Community Theatre Producer
Michelle Temperley

Community Theatre Director (Children and Families)
Maya Shimmin

Community Theatre Director (Youth)
Ruth Allison

Community Theatre Director (Adults and SEND)
Kyia KB

Agency Project Manager
Lizzy Thomson

Engagement and Impact Administrator
Aliah Brewster

Support Workers 
Natalie Fletcher, Evie Munro
 

CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
 

Head of Commercial & Customer Experience
James Duckworth

Operations & Facilities Manager
Yael Eardley-Dutton

Customer Experience Manager
Kyle Wilcock

Deputy Customer Experience Manager
Nat Murphy, Mya Williams, Jade Parker-Cookson

Relief Deputy Customer Experience Managers
Daniel Glynn

Box Office & Ticketing Manager 
Lewis Poultney

Box Office Supervisor
Ben Lucas

Box Office & Welcome Assistants 
Dana Harrison, Summer Turnbull, Jess McDonagh, Libby Blay, Sue Croft, Catherine Clegg.

Food & Beverage Manager
Sam Hey

Kitchen & Bar Supervisor
Dana Harrison, Mya Williams, Michael Harper, Ceyanne Johnson. 

Chef
Sharon Mitchell

Kitchen & Bar Assistants 
Sue Croft, Darren Edgar, Rohan Macleod, Jess McDonagh, Summer Turnbull, Chevonne Openshaw, Charlie Kedward,  Angela McMillan, Iman Zahra, Jane Schofield Jack Gallagher, Nick Bell, Suleman Patel and Pip Carew. 

Access Assistants 
Cat Clegg, Emma Mehan, James Doyle, Rohan MacLeod, Sue Croft

Event Leaders
Jane Schofield, Katy Hambelton, Sue Croft, Catherine Clegg

Cleaners 
John Hornby, Barry Bustard, Val Wild and Jane Schofield

DEVELOPMENT

Head of Development
Danielle Fearnley

Development and Supporter Engagement Manager
Nicola Starkie
 

FINANCE & Business

Head of Finance & Business
Keith Jones

Finance & Business Manager
Rubina Waka

People & Business Support Manager
Jayne Ryder-Kenyon

PRODUCTION

Head of Production
Chris Whitwood

Technical Manager
Keiran Meadowcroft

Technical Stage Manager
Ryan Greenfield

Senior Sound Technician
Gerry Marsden

Senior Lighting Technician
Tom Hawley

Technicians
Ellen Rogerson & Koly Tam

Wardrobe Manager
Su Newell

Wardrobe Assistant
Jessica Wild

Costume Technician Apprentice
Sophie Daily-Hunt

OCTAGON THEATRE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Darren Knight (Chair), Helen Bowdur, Esh Alladi, Cllr Hilary Fairclough, Tania Lewyckyj, Steve Plant, Ian Tabbron, Cllr Nadeem Ayub, Sharon Germaine-Cox, Helen Critchlow, Jack Leigh, Stephen McArdle, Natalie Amber, Simon Woolley, Cllr Deborah Newall, Jen Tegg AND Rob Greaves.

OCTAGON THEATRE PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
Darren Knight, Roddy Gauld

OCTAGON Catering Services Ltd Board
Darren Knight, Roddy Gauld, Ian Tabbron, Steve Plant

VOLUNTEERS

Creative Engagement Volunteers 
Pam Spurling, Kat Whitehead, Aarshiya Miah, Tom Armitt, Niamh Woodward, Lynne Moody, Halyna Pistun, Shahid Iqbal Khan, Alice Rogers, Heena Kausar,Josie Dickinson, Mary Williams, Ellie Harrington and Alan Oglesby.

Customer Experience Volunteers
Alison Whittaker, Angela McMillan, Anne McCurrie, Angela Yates, Barbara Platt, Billy Guffogg, Carol Bradley, Carol McLeod, Carole Anderson, Caroline Frankland, Catherine Cropper, Christina Wallwork, Christine Austin, Daisy-Mae Jones, David Wright, David Vernon, Doreen Vaughton, Duncan Macphearson, Emma Lee, Frances Judge, Gaynor Caldwell, Glenys Hughes, Jacob Lloyd, Jane Hodgkiss, Janet Graham, Jannine Donaghy, Jim Whaite, Joe Dale, Judith Johnston, Julia Woods, Julie Booth, Kath Parker, Lisa Birchall, Linda Duckworth, Lynne Pasquill, Ming Possible, Nathan Wood, Nicola Chisnall, Norma Rutherford, Pat Hardy, Paula Le Moignan, Phyllis Templeman, Richard Moody, Sue Stevens, Therese Powell, Trevlin Ong, Vincent Beaman, Wendy Armstrong

Wardrobe Volunteers
Susan Charlton, Nafisa Chhoangalia , Angela Coffey, Hillary Dawes, Pauline Dootson-Stevenson, Susan Fernside, Jacquie Fielding, Zeo Greenhalgh, Susan Griffiths, Anne Hardman, Lynn Hardy, Susan Knowles, Susan Loftus, Glynis Makinson, Julie Readyhough, Teresa Riley, Pam Smith, Barbara Swift, Veda Unsworth, David Valentine, Kathryn Waddington and Catherine Walmsley.

Updated: July 2026