Live Theatre, Newcastle announces new
board members and chair
Live Theatre, Newcastle has appointed a new chair of its board of
trustees and six new trustees with experience drawn from the commercial and
creative sectors, to strengthen its board.
Lucy Winskell OBE
DL, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Employment and
Partnerships at Northumbria University
who has been a trustee of Live Theatre for almost 9 years becomes Chair, taking
over from Paul Callaghan, Chairman of the
Leighton Group and Trustee of Sunderland Music, Arts and Culture Trust who
steps down as Chair of the Board after almost 9 years, but remains on the
board.
Lucy Winskell OBE DL, the new chair of Live Theatre’s board said: “We owe Paul a huge debt of gratitude for
his outstanding leadership guiding Live Theatre through its ambitious capital
redevelopments and artistic successes, and for his support and inspiration to
the whole team. I am delighted to be taking over from Paul as chair of Live
Theatre, an innovative and exciting place which challenges the way I think with
every production it creates.”
New Trustees with extensive theatre and arts experience joining the
board include award-winning playwright Ishy Din, whose play Approaching
Empty comes to Live Theatre in February after premiering at Kiln Theatre,
London; Robin Cantrill-Fenwick, former Deputy Executive Director of the Mercury
Theatre in Colchester, and Brenna Hobson, Deputy Chief Executive and Executive Producer at National Theatre of Scotland.
Live Theatre and NTS have been forging a successful cross border co-producing
partnership which started with Lee Hall’s Olivier Award-winning hit play Our
Ladies of Perpetual Succour, and will continue with John McGrath’s classic Scottish play The Cheviot, The Stag, and
the Black, Black Oil in Summer 2019, with Live Theatre being the only
English date on the new production’s tour.
Joining the board of trustees from the commercial sector are Lucy
Robson, a qualified accountant and audit partner at a mid-tier professional
services firm with extensive experience advising
and auditing business, charity and education sector clients, Paul Shevlin, an Employment Rights
lawyer and Partner at Thompsons’ Solicitors based in their Newcastle and
Leeds Office, and Ross Elgie, Chief Financial Officer at Kilfrost.
Jim Beirne, Chief Executive, Live Theatre said “Live Theatre wants to
thank Paul Callaghan for time as Chair of the Board of Trustees, and for his
support and generosity for the organisation. We are delighted to welcome Lucy
Winskell as the new Chair of Live Theatre’s trustees. Lucy brings extensive experience
in the education and cultural sectors. We are also delighted to welcome the six
new trustees who bring a wealth of experience from a wide range of sectors.”
The new Trustees were co-opted in December 2018 and will start in the
new year joining existing Trustees Sue Emmas, Associate Artistic Director Young
Vic Theatre; Professor Peter Fidler CBE, Retired Vice Chancellor, University of
Sunderland; Cllr Mick Henry, CBE, Retired Leader Gateshead Council; Arts
Council England North Area Council member; Rhys McKinnell, Store Director
Newcastle, Fenwick Ltd; Michelle Percy, Assistant Director, Corporate
Development, Newcastle City Council; Susan Wear, Former Director of Corporate
Affairs at Port of Tyne; Sue Wilson, CBE (Lady Gibson), Chair, Emmaus Gateshead
and Jim Beirne MBE D.Litt. FRSA Chief Executive, Live Theatre.
Live Theatre is dedicated to developing and producing new plays, by
discovering, nurturing and championing new talent. It is the only English new
writing theatre outside London to do this.
For almost 50 years, Live Theatre has been creating compelling, award
winning plays that speak to the people of the North East, with universal truths
that appeal to a broad, national and international audience. Located on
Newcastle upon Tyne’s Quayside, Live Theatre is based in a carefully restored
complex of five Grade II listed buildings, combining state-of-the-art
facilities in a unique historical setting with a flexible and welcoming theatre
space, studio, rehearsal room and writers’ rooms. Live Theatre draws on a
broad portfolio of income streams and is recognised as a national leader in
developing new strategies for increasing income and assets to support its work.
For more information see www.live.org.uk
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