The team
To contact a staff member e-mail: first name [at] graeae.org.
To contact Jenny e-mail: kate [at] graeae.org
Jenny Sealey MBE CEO / Artistic Director
Jenny’s directing career began with Interplay Theatre, co-directing Sea Changes, then directing Stepping Stones and Mad Meg. Jenny has been Graeae’s Artistic Director since 1997. Directing credits for Graeae include: Blood Wedding (in a co-production with Dundee Rep and Derby Theatre); The Threepenny Opera (with Pete Rowe in a co-production with New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich, West Yorkshire playhouse, Nottingham Playhouse and Birmingham Rep); Belonging (with Vinicius Daumas and performed in Brazil & London); also Reasons To Be Cheerful; Signs of a Star Shaped Diva; Static; Blasted; Whiter than Snow; peeling; Bent; Iron Man and Rhinestone Rollers. International credits include: Blood Wedding (Setagaya Public Theatre, Tokyo); Romeo and Juliet (Saitama Arts Theatre, Tokyo); and at Greenwich+Docklands International Festival (GDIF) then touring outdoor arenas: Against the Tide; The Garden; The Limbless Knight – A Tale of Rights Reignited. Jenny co-directed the London 2012 Paralympic Opening Ceremony alongside Bradley Hemmings (GDIF). She also won the Liberty Human Rights Arts Award and was on the h.Club100 2012 list of the most influential people in the creative industries.
Kevin Walsh Operations Director
Contact regarding: fundraising, HR, maintenance
Charles Mills Finance Director
Contact regarding: financial strategic planning
Amit Sharma Associate Director
Contact regarding: scripts, commissions
Jodi Alissa Bickerton Creative Learning Director
Contact regarding: workshops, outreach, training
Richard Matthews Marketing and Development Manager
Contact regarding: marketing, advertising, press, PR
Hetty Shand Freelance Producer
Contact regarding: productions, international touring
Chloe Todd Fordham Literary Coordinator
Contact regarding: Write to Play, new writing
Helen Jackson Lyall Access and Learning Coordinator
Contact regarding: workshops, training, access bookings, access support, Access to Work
Kate Baiden Projects Coordinator
Contact regarding: productions, touring, Jenny Sealey availability, conferences
Suks Malka Finance Assistant
Contact regarding: invoices, accounts
Charlotte McCabe Administration Assistant
Contact regarding: room bookings, equipment hire, placements, students, general information
For space hire please e-mail: info@graeae.org
Board Members: Dawn Langley (Chair), Fabio Santos, Jacqui Adeniji-Williams, Sarah Howard
Patrons: Richard Wilson OBE, Dame Harriet Walter, Jenny Agutter OBE, Sir Peter Blake CBE, Nabil Shaban, Mat Fraser, Sadie Frost
