Return to Archive
finborough theatre homepage
about the finborough theatre
booking at the finborough
contact the finborough theatre
finborough productions
finborough friends
home  about  travel  booking  contact

Staff Archive

Records are incomplete up until 1999.
Pplease do get in touch with us if you have more information.

For current staff, click here

Artistic Directors
1980-1982 - June Abbott
1982-1989 - Mike McCormack
1989-1991 - Jessica Dromgoole
1991-1993 - Cathryn Horn and Mary Peate
1993-1994 - Cathryn Horn
1994-1999 - Phil Willmott
1999-to date - Neil McPherson

Administrative Directors
In 1987 - Nina Grahame
1989-1991 - Kate Cronk
1993-1994 - Maddy Carbery

Associate Directors
1982-1988 - Colin Watkeys
1982-1988 - Lyall Watson
1982-1988 - Nica Burns
1994-1995 - Stuart Worden
1995 - Phil Kingston
1995-2001 - Tom Barrie
1995-2002 - Catriona Craig
1999-2002 - Mervyn Millar
2000-2002 - Abigail Anderson
2005-2008 - John Terry
2006-2009 - Kate Wasserberg

Literary Managers
1991-1994 - Graham White
1994 - Phil Kingston
1995 - Louise Mulvey
1995-1996 - Mark Ravenhill
1996 - Ali Robertson
1997-1998 - Catriona Craig and Alison Davis
1998-2000 - Gill Foreman
2000-2006 - No appointment
2006-2007 - Alexandra Wood
2007-to date - Jane Fallowfield

Playwrights-in-Residence
1999-2000 - Chris Lee
2004-to date - Laura Wade
2004-2006 - Steve Hennessey
2004-2006 - Anthony Melnikoff
2005-2006 - David Carter
2005-to date - James Graham
2006-to date - Al Smith
2007-to date - Peter Oswald
2007-to date - Alexandra Wood

Pearson Playwrights-in-Residence
2000 - Chris Lee
2005 - Laura Wade (winner of Pearson Award for Best Play)
2006 - James Graham (winner of Pearson Award for Best Play)
2007 - Al Smith

General Managers
1994-1996 - Lucy Powellbrett (responsible for theatre programming)
1996-1997 - Joe Gould (responsible for theatre programming)
1997-1999 - Mervyn Millar (responsible for theatre programming)
2005 - Jennifer Kelley
2006-September 2007 - Emma Reed
September-December 2007 - Cara Dunkling
January-March 2008 - Rachel Savage
March-May 2008 - Stuart Hurford
May 2008–July 2008 – Johanna Cartey
July 2008–August 2008– Rosie Jackson
August 2008 – Hayley Kaimakliotis
September 2008 to date – Julia Charteris

Resident Designers
1998-2000 - Rupert Tebb
2001-2002 - Fiona Hankey
2002-to date - Alex Marker
Associate Designer - 2007 to date - Nicky Bunch

Resident Assistant Directors
2005-2006 - Kate Wasserberg
2007 - Alexander Summers
January-July 2008 - Richard Bowen
July-December 2008 - Titas Halder and Ben Kidd

Technical Managers
1994-1996 - Stuart Stocks
1998-2004 - David Hermon
2004-2005 - Alex Watson
2008-to date - Tyler Lambert-Perkins

Development Producers
2005-2007 - Marie Bobin
2008 to date - Rachael Williams

Resident Companies
1980-1982 - Courtyard Productions/The Court Theatre Company
1982-1989 - The Good Company
1991-1994 - Finborough Productions
1994 to date - The Steam Industry
2003 to date - Concordance

Company Managers
2006-to date - Rachel Payant

Other Appointments
Financial Director in 1987 - Lorraine McCormack
Press & Publicity Officer in 1996 - Laura Smith
Box Office Manager 1995-1996 - Stephen Cook

Finborough Arms Pub Managers and Staff
Lessees unless otherwise stated.
1871-1901? - William Finch and Mary Ann L. Finch.
In 1881 - Fanny Bridger - Servant.
Annie Brown - Barmaid.
Ruth Channer - Servant.
In 1891 - Kate Gould - Servant.
Mary Annie Jones - Barmaid.
In c. 1895 – William Warring - potman
In 1901 - Martha Stephenson - Public House Manageress.
Percy F. Hunt - Public House Manager.
Alice Hagg - Barmaid.
Lottie Cook - Barmaid.
Matilda Page -Cook.
1991-1992 - John Gibson
1996 - Sheila English
1998-2001 - David Teakel
2001-2002 - J Hindmarsh
2002-2006 - Joshua Reid
2007 - Andrew Fay
2007 to date - Tracey Coles
2008 to date – Tim Futter. Head Chef.



finborough playscripts