

Staff, Trustees & Volunteers
We are the OctagonWe are an ensemble and work with a wide range of people on our staff and as freelancers to create the life enhancing work on and off our stages.
Staff, Trustees & Volunteers
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