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Artistic Director - Damian Cruden

Damian is the Artistic Director of York Theatre Royal.

He has directed many inhouse productions including: Death of A Salesman, Patient No 1, Twinkle Little Star, Enjoy, The Dumb Waiter, The Hare and the Tortoise, Pygmalion, Broken Glass, East is East, Enjoy, Hay Fever, Macbeth, Brassed Off, Caitlin, A Taste of Honey, Bouncers, Kafka’s Dick, Romeo and Juliet, Getting On, The Three Musketeers, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, All My Sons, Piaf, Dead Funny, Educating Rita, Neville’s Island and Private Lives.

Before York, Damian worked for various regional theatres as a freelance director and was Associate Director for Hull Truck. He trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama between 1982 and 1986.




Chief Executive - Liz Wilson

Liz has been Chief Executive of YTR since December 2009.

Previous to York she worked at Oldham Coliseum as Executive Director.




STAFF LIST

BOARD OF GOVERNORS
Professor Dianne Willcocks (Chair)
Tom Cantrell
Cllr. Sonja Crisp
Martin Ibbetson
Patrick Kelly
Graham Kennedy
Cllr. Janet Looker (Company Secretary)
Tim Moat
Cllr. Ann Reid
Cllr. Carol Runciman
Johanne Spittle
Jenny Topper
Tina Wright
Jenny Zobel

Amos Jacob Youth Theatre Representative
Roseanna Smith Youth Theatre Representative

SENIOR STAFF
Chief Executive Liz Wilson
Artistic Director Damian Cruden

ADMINISTRATION
General Manager Vicky Biles
PA to the Directors Katy Nelson
Head of Finance Janis Smyth
Payroll Officer~ Jean Harvey
Accounts Assistant~ Jackie Raper
Accounts Assistant~ Claire Flanagan
Receptionist Carol Morrill
Honorary Archivist~ Christine Roberts

IT & FACILITIES
IT & Facilities Manager Matt Savage
Maintenance Technician Richard Cregan

EDUCATION
Associate Director Juliet Forster
Youth Theatre Director Kate Plumb
Education Associate* (PET)~ Jenna Drury
Education Administrator Jessica Fisher
Education Associate (PET) Julian Ollive
Education Intern Joy Waters
Youth Theatre Freelance Practitioners~ Paul Birch, Paula Clark, Jessica Fisher, Nicolette Hobson, Victoria May
Youth Theatre Trainee Hannah Draper
Youth Theatre Assistants~ Emily Barrett, Jennifer Crossley, Emma Donaghy, Sam Hazeldine, Isabel Saunders, Ellie Taylor, Anna Wilcox, Emma Thompson, Will Standish, Emily Moxon, Owain Davies
Youth Theatre Volunteers~ Catherine Gunby, Lucy May Orange, Eleanor Ineson, Vivienne Litherland, Rachel Stubbs, Natasha Martins, Amos Jacob, Lou Sophocleous, Cat Tottie, Abi Darton, Emma Thompson, Eve Ellis, Theo Williams

COMMUNICATIONS
Head of Communications Abbigail Wright
Press and Media Manager Rebecca Storey~~
Marketing Officer Sam Freeman
Marketing Assistant Tom Gladstone

Box Office Manager Rachel Naylor
Box Office Supervisor Karen Burborough
Box Office Assistants Peter Birkinshaw~, Leola Cruden Smith~, Judy Dickinson~, Ann Forshaw, Siân Francis~, Sarah Jones~, John Wilkinson~, Alex Wright~

PRODUCTION
Production Managers Judith Cloke, Paul Veysey

Stage Manager Anna Belderbos
Deputy Stage Managers Amy Bending
Assistant Stage Managers Clare Morse

Deputy Chief Electrician David Simpson
Assistant Electrician Christopher Randall
Assistant Technician Chris Bewers

Stage Technicians Terry Bounds, Andy Furey
Propmaker & Scenic Artist Beckie May
Freelance Propmaker Jodi Maddix
Stage Crew Tom Barker, Dan Lewis, Andy Pilliner

Head of Wardrobe Juliette Berry
Cutters Janet Hull, Paula Grosvenor
Wardrobe Assistants Emma Atkinson, Catherine Chapman, Caroline Drinkeld, Kate Gardner, Pauline Rourke
Costume Hire Supervisor~ Pauline Rourke
Costume Hire Assistant~ Rosemary Bentley

Stage Door Keepers~ Rosemary Bentley, Brian Morrison, Charlotte Deadman

FRONT OF HOUSE
Front of House Manager Kaeli Wishart
Deputy House Manager Maria Bewers
Duty Managers~ Madeleine Frost, Rachel Naylor, Karen Burborough

Ushers~ Luke Adamson, Kareen Andrews, Rosemary Bentley, Karen Burborough, Charlotte Deadman, Jenna Eames, Hilary Ellis, Jeanette Elwell, Claire Flanagan, Sarah Jones, Chris Lakin, Jean McDonald, Mark McDonald, Paul McDonald, Vicky Myres, Collette Nassau, Danielle Nassau, Sylvia Nicholls, Pat Norton, Lucy Popplewell, Rita Ridgeon, Mark Turner, Susan Whitehouse

Cleaning Supervisor~ Collene Plant
Cleaners~ Samgeles Bonelar, Alexandro Brandao, Rosangela Goes, Maura Ferreira, Kathleen Stubbs

CATERING
Café Bar Supervisor Amy Christmas
Kitchen Supervisor Lynda Leslie
Bar Supervisor Jorvik Kalicinski-Chrzanowski
Café Bar Assistants~ John Adamthwaite, Bryony Benjamin, Naomi Benjamin, Anna Blenkharn, Heidi Carberry, Nicola Dawson, Zoe Forsyth, Anneka Spence, Ellie Taylor, Naomi Telfer, Frasier Tomlinson, Natalia Wilson

AUDIO DESCRIBERS / CAPTIONERS
Describers Helen Anderson, Sandra Broadfoot, Maureen Dow, Chris Gallagher, Carmen Harland, Gill Kendall, Ted Kendall, Jenny Major, Jacqui Taylor
Captioners Ann Forshaw, Pam Lydiate


THEATRE CHAPLAIN Rev'd. Allan Hughes

~ Denotes part-time position
~~ Denotes a position shared with Pilot Theatre Company
* York Theatre Royal gratefully acknowledges
the support of the City of York Council in the funding of this position.
# York Theatre Royal gratefully acknowledges the support of the York Children's Fund in the funding of this position.

  Artistic Director - Damian Cruden


 
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