Leadership

PA/Office Manager
Maria Grieco/Maria Taylor

ARTISTIC & PRODUCING
 

Head of Producing and Programming
Will Treasure

Producing and Programming Coordinator
Tabitha Rose Hughes

Resident Artistic Director
Dominique Reid

Graeae Beyond supported Artists
Oliver Cross & Nicole Hull

COMMUNICATIONS

Interim Head of Marketing & Communications 
Parvati Pindoria

Marketing Assistant 
Libby Murphy

Marketing Consultant 
Jen Tegg

Marketing Officer 
Nancy Hopkins
 

CREATIVE ENGAGEMENT

Children and Young People's Lead 
Leigh Hunter Dodsworth

Adults and Communities Lead
Alex Joynes

Family Engagement Lead
Taylor Barnes

Community Engagement Officer 
Niparun Nessa 

Community Theatre Director
Kyia KB

Youth Theatre Director
Ruth Allison

Creative Engagement Administrator
Aliah Brewster

Support Workers 
Isaac Kane, Natalie Fletcher, Evie Munro

CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
 

Head of Operations and Customer Experience

Marie Irving-Murphy 

Operations & Customer Experience Manager 
Andrew Hughes

Deputy Customer Experience Manager
Nat Murphy & Mya Williams

Relief Deputy Customer Experience Managers
Daniel Glynn

Customer Experience Supervisor 
Jade Parker-Cookson

Box Office & Ticketing Manager 
Lewis Poultney

Box Office Supervisor
Ben Lucas

Box Office & Welcome Assistants Lead
Nicola Starkie 

Box Office Assistants 
Dana Harrison, Rebecca Lee, Summer Turnball, Jess McDonagh, Libby Blay, Sue Croft, Libby Murphy, Catherine Clegg.

Food & Beverage Manager
Sam Hey

Food & Beverage Supervisor
Dana Harrison, Rebecca Lee

Event Support Lead
Rebecca Lee, Charlotte Wallwork

Chef
Sharon Mitchell

Kitchen & Bar Assistants 
Sue Croft, Darren Edgar, Rohan Macleod, Jess McDonagh, Rebecca Lee, Summer Turnball, Chevonne Openshaw, Freya Caldwell, Amelia Litchfield, Charlie Kedward, Catherine Schofield, Libby Murphy, Angela McMillan, Iman Zahra, Jane Schofield and Ciaran Stewart.

Ushers & Welcome Assistants
Libby Blay, Janet Graham, Katy Hambelton, Nicole Hull, Rohan Macleod, Emma Meehan, Doreen Vaughton, James Whaite, Jane Schofield, Sarah Porter, Charlotte Wallwork, Catherine Clegg, Sue Croft, James Doyle

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

DEVELOPMENT

Head of Development
Danielle Fearnley

Development Coordinator
Nicola Starkie
 

FINANCE

Head of Finance & Business
Keith Jones

Finance & Business Manager
Rubina Waka

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

Technician
Emma Parkinson

Wardrobe Manager
Su Newell

Wardrobe Assistant
Jessica Wild

Costume Technician Apprentice
Sophie Daily-Hunt

Scenic Artist & Prop Maker
Carly Whickman

Production Technician
Harry Hearne

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 and Simon Woolley.

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.

Customer Experience Volunteers
Austin, Nicola Chisnall, Billy Guffogg, Kath Parker, Lynne Pasquill, Barbara Platt, Therese Powell, Karen Lowe, Ming Possible, Penelope Osborne, Julia Woods, Enid Sinclair, Gaynor Caldwell, Joe Dale, Angela Yates, Gillian Clough, Alison Whittaker, Christina Wallwork, Carol McLeod, Patricia Hardy, Norma Rutherford, Trevlin Ong, Geoff Weilding, Julie Booth, Daisy-Mae Jones, Linda Duckworth, Frances Judge, David Wright, Duncan Macpherson, Carol Bradley, Lisa Birchall, Richard Moody, Judith Johnston, Angela McMillan, David Vernon, Helen Shenton, Jannine Donaghy, Wendy Armstrong, Patricia Bradley and Catherine Cropper.

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

Updated: October 2025