David Silverman Chair Expand David is a Main Board Director of Derwent London PLC, the largest central London focused Real Estate Investment Trust. Appointed to the Board in January 2008, David’s responsibilities include overseeing the Group’s investment acquisitions and disposals. David is past Chairman of Westminster Property Association.
Dave Carey Senior Creative Producer – Music / Senior Development Manager – Enterprise Expand Senior Creative Producer – Music – Music/Senior Development Manager – Enterprise Dave Carey studied Performing Arts at Middlesex University and William Patterson College, USA. On qualifying he joined a specialist music publisher before returning to playing the keyboards with The Hollies, touring and recording extensively. In 1995 he joined Chickenshed full time, initially as an assistant music director to founder Jo Collins. In 1997 he extended his work beyond music to writing scripts and devising shows. Since then he has written much of Chickenshed’s professional out-put including the critically acclaimed "As the mother of a brown boy..."' and "Crime of the Century" both in collaboration with Chris Niering. Most recently they created the domestic abuse themed “In absence of Silence”. His other credits include The Rain That Washes, Globaleyes, Slender Threads. As a writer/composer he has also written over a dozen Christmas shows. His passion for taking the work of Chickenshed out of London has led him to far flung places of the earth, running and creating projects and shows in Shanghai, Malawi, Moscow and Helsinki amongst others. His most recent project is working with orphaned girls to create a piece of theatre that tells their stories in Shijiazhuang, China.
Sebastian Gonzalez Inclusive Recording and Technical Support Manager Expand Inclusive Recording and Technical Support Manager Sebastian joined Chickenshed from an early age, training and performing throughout his school years. He left briefly to complete a BA (Hons) in Photography, Sculpture, Dance and Theatre at the University of Brighton. He then went on to further his dance training at the Laban Centre for Movement and Dance. He has appeared in several films, television programmes, commercials and music videos, working with organisations such as B.B.C, E.M.I, Factory Films, L.W.T, Ridley Scott Associates, The Really Useful Group, Urban Conceptz Theatre, Wall to Wall Media, Yes/No Productions, and C.B.B.C. Sebastian also delivers visual, performing and creative arts workshops in schools, colleges and organizations to groups of all ages, backgrounds and abilities. He has over 15 years’ experience in Play work and Youth work with mainstream and mixed ability groups of children and young people. He currently works within both the artistic and education departments at Chickenshed, performing, teaching on the Level 3 Extended Diploma, Foundation Degree and BA courses, as well as filming, video editing and set/props design for the education shows and many recent studio theatre productions.
Belinda McGuirk Level 3 Programme Manager – Year 2 Expand Level 3 Programme Manager – Year 2 From the age of 3 Belinda has been involved in theatre – from learning poems like Daddy Fell in to the Pond, to playing Puss’n Boots, to Bernard in the Young Visitor’s, to the Angel Gabriel… all this and much more before joining Chickenshed at the age of 14. Since then, some of her highlights include going to Ethiopia and China, teaching in all disciplines across the level 3 course, working with the Children’s and Youth Theatres, and playing the mother in As the Mother of a Brown Boy. She was most recently seen performing in An Adventure to Oz!, Trumpets and Raspberries, and Refugee Boy.
Jojo Morrall Higher Education Programme Manager / Support and Mentor Team Co-ordinator Expand Higher Education Programme Manager / Support and Mentor Team Co-ordinator Jojo was a member of Chickenshed’s Children’s and Youth Theatre and then completed the Foundation Degree in Inclusive Performance. She completed a BA at Middlesex University in Inclusive Education and then went on to get her PG Cert in Higher Education at Anglia Ruskin University. Jojo is also part of the Outreach team taking Chickenshed ethos into a variety of places and countries including Finland, Gurnsey, Wales, Houses of Commons, Young Offenders Institutes and Prisons. JoJo performs and directs at Chickenshed. She was most recently part of a show that toured to Wales called In the Absence of Silence, Jojo also takes on the role as a co-director for Chickenshed’s Christmas, Spring and student shows.
Corporate Funders Expand AHMM Arts Club Avis Budget Group Barclays Real Estate Berkeley Homes BH2 Canary Wharf Contractors Cisco Finchley Golf Club Hard Rock Cafe Incisive Media iProbono ITV Image Nation JDC Scaffolding John Lewis Knight Frank London Fire Solutions Multiplex Orion Capital Solutions Peter Jones Prater River Island Sounds and Pictures TSB Cockfosters branch UGO Foods Warner Bros. Entertainment UK
Trusts Expand ACT Foundation Andor Charitable Trust Angle House Foundation BBC Children in Need Birkdale Trust for Hearing Impaired Boris Karloff Foundation British Council Chapman Charitable Trust City Bridge Trust CW+ EBM Charitable Trust Ernest Hecht Charitable Foundation Garfield Weston Foundation Greenoaks Charitable Trust Hobson Charity Ian Mactaggart Trust ICAP Charity Day International Music and Art Foundation John Horniman’s Children’s Trust John Lyon’s Charity Joseph Levy Foundation M and C Trust Mackintosh Foundation Makers of Playing Cards Charity M and C Trust M K Rose Charitable Trust Newman’s Own Foundation Popli Khalatbari Charitable Foundation Rayne Trust Red Hill Trust Reed Foundation Roddick Foundation Rogers Stirk Harbour Charitable Trust Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Royal Victoria Hall Foundation RTR Foundation Shanly Foundation Sidney Kingsley Trust St James' Place Foundation The Childhood Trust The Kirby Laing Foundation The Worshipful Company of Builders Thomas’s Schools Foundation Thompson Family Charitable Trust Utley Foundation Vandervell Foundation Westway Charitable Trust
Community Expand Bute House School British School in the Netherlands Caldicott School Champneys Enfield Cameo Club (Cockfosters) Enfield Council Finchley Golf Club Francis Holland Sloane Square Lower School Garden House Parent’s Association JDC Scaffolding London The Harrow Masonic Centre Iris Fashion Peter Jones Pembridge Hall The Rotary Club of Barnet The Rotary Club of Edmonton The Rotary Club of Enfield The Rotary Club of Golders Green The Wednesday Club (St Barnabus Church) Sahara Clothing Sainsburys Cockfosters Sedos SHY Southgate School Trent Park Running Club TSB Cockfosters Branch
Josh Berger CBE Chair of Chickenshed Theatre Trust; Director of American Friends of Chickenshed Expand Josh Berger is President & Managing Director, Warner Bros. UK, Ireland and Spain, overseeing Warner Bros.’ business activities in the three territories, and the President of Harry Potter Global Franchise Development, leading Warner Bros.’ expanded creative partnership with J.K. Rowling. A 27-year veteran of the Studio, he has lived and worked in the UK for 20 years and has been a British citizen since July 2011. Josh is the Chairman of the British Film Institute (BFI), having been a BFI Governor since 2011. He is also a Member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), the Creative Industries Council, and the British Screen Advisory Council; a Council Member of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA); a Director of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences; and the Chair of Chickenshed Theatre Trust. Josh was appointed a CBE in the Queen’s 2012 Birthday Honours List for services to the UK’s creative industries. Josh has been a long-time supporter of Chickenshed and became Chair of the charity in April 2012, after seeing first-hand the sense of purpose and outlet it provides for those involved to express themselves in ways they never thought possible.
Matthew Rose Treasurer and Deputy Co-Chair of Chickenshed Theatre Trust; Treasurer of Chickenshed Property Company; Treasurer of American Friends of Chickenshed Expand Matthew is a Chartered Accountant who is Vice-President - Tax at Seadrill Management Ltd. Matthew and his wife Francesca have been constant and strong supporters of Chickenshed, having their two children in our children’s and youth theatre since 2005, with one now having become a BTEC student. The whole family has been massive ambassadors of the work of Chickenshed, and Francesca - a qualified Speech and Language Therapist - has been a volunteer (sometimes paid) Voice Consultant and coach to Chickenshed for several years. Matthew has been a Director & Treasurer of Chicken Shed Property Company since August 2012. He is also Director/Treasurer of Chickenshed Theatre Trust (since November 2011) & Director/Treasurer of American Friends of Chickenshed since 2013, and a member of our Finance Committee. Matthew gives us many hours of his time & expertise with all finance-related issues.
Jonathan Morton Senior Creative Producer – Acting Development Expand Senior Creative Producer – Acting Development Jonathan has been a performing member of Chickenshed for over 40 years as well as an Education Manager working on the Level 3 and undergraduate programmes since 2005. He trained as an actor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and has worked extensively as an actor in theatre (including RSC, National Studio, Royal Exchange, Chickenshed and West End), TV (including Poirot, Daliez and Pascoe, Casualty and Sooty) and film (Midsummer Night’s Dream). He has also directed many productions (including Blood Wedding, The Would Be Gentleman, 1984 and Animal Farm.)
Robin Shillinglaw Youth Theatre Programme Manager / Level 3 Programme Manager - Year 1 Expand Youth Theatre/Level 3 Programme Manager Robin Shillinglaw has been a member of Chickenshed since early childhood and began working as a member of staff in 2001 after graduating from Brighton University. Since then he has worked for Chickenshed on many different projects and in many different capacities within the performance, outreach, education and membership work. Within these areas of work Robin teaches, performs, leads workshops, directs, and choreographs, working extensively with Chickenshed's diverse mix of participants. A significant project was in 2002, when as part of team, Robin worked in Ethiopia with the dance group, Adugna and this inspired him to work in Ethiopia as a volunteer for a further 8 months in 2003 and was able to bring back many developed skills from this experience to share with Chickenshed. Robin has also been involved in a variety of outreach projects both nationally and internationally (Russia, Ethiopia, Costa Rica and more recently Kosovo).
Lady Jane Rayne Lacey Director and Trustee Expand Jane Rayne Lacey (Trustee since 24.09.92 /Founder Member and Director) was President of Trustees until her daughter Natasha took over in 2013. Lady Rayne Lacey, with her family and in particular her late husband, Lord Rayne, helped to turn our dreams into reality when we opened our own theatre in Southgate. 'Max and I got such lumps in our throats,' she says, 'when we first saw the children of Chickenshed performing in a church hall in Whetstone in 1987 - we felt they just had to have their own permanent home.' Jane continues to support us with the annual Fundraising Gala (now Chaired by Natasha), which has taken place every year since 1989 in the autumn. 'I love the inclusivity, the energy, and the originality that the children always display,' she says. 'Chickenshed makes their world, and the whole world, a better place.' Jane is also Patron & Trustee of The Rayne Foundation and Trustee of the Jerusalem Foundation.
Executive Management Expand Gill Dodge - Managing Director Paul Morrall - Director of Education & Training Louise Perry - Director of Strategic Development & Impact Lily Elizabeth Davies - Director of Marketing, Fundraising & Commerce Lou Stein - Artistic Director
Fundraising Expand Julie Wood - Partnerships Fundraising Manager Clara Westmorland - Senior Development Manager Donna Hayter - Trusts Development Officer Sian Slater - Trusts Development Manager Gemma Kirk - Senior Development Manager Rory Poole - Corporate Development Manager Claire Cook - Events & Philanthropy Manager Sam Carmicheal - Development Officer
Marketing Expand Liz Clark - Senior Marketing Manager Sue Staples - Marketing Manager, Performance Vanita Wason - Marketing Manager, Business Development
Communications and Commercial Development Expand Kevin Metchear - Head of Communications & Commercial Development Alesha Bhakoo - Communications Officer Susan Jamson - Press & PR Manager Penny Deller - Box Office Manager Richard Bodek - Front of House and Hospitality Manager Gill East - Front of House Manager Barbara Bakhurst - Box Office Supervisor Maureen Wright - Deputy Box Office Manager Sehnaz Harrison - Deputy Box Office Manager Aisling Hayes - Box Office Staff
Human Resources Expand Moira Conlon - Head of HR Toulla Theophanous - HR Manager Ruth McNeill - HR and H&S Officer Jenny Kettleton – Volunteer Co-ordinator
Property and Procurement Expand Frances Thomas - Head of Property & Procurement Ruth McNeill - HR and H&S Officer Peter Barrell - Building Manager Christopher Maphosa - Building Supervisor Andrew Philippou - Building Supervisor Mark Barrell - Building Supervisor Lou Kourra - Building Supervisor Sarah Goldsmith - Building Supervisor Quenten Pearsall - Building Supervisor Perry Dawson - Building Supervisor Simon Moor - Building Supervisor Stelios Zacharias - Buildings Supervisor Salih Hasan - Building Supervisor Andy Pritchard - Building Supervisor Katarina Kovacova - Buildings Administration Officer Mary Cassidy - Health and Safety Officer
Finance and IT Expand Daniel Beacock - Head of Finance & IT Karen Reid - Finance Officer Polly Baker - Assistant Accountant Polymeros Achaniotis - Senior IT Manager
Membership Expand Matthew Lyons - Head of Membership Charlotte Bull - Children’s Theatre Director Robin Shillinglaw - Youth Theatre Director Milly Rolle - Membership Administrator Georgie Jacobs - Artistic Staff Louise Reen - Artistic Staff
Theatre and Performance Expand Zeeta Jacobs - Production Manager Dave Carey - Senior Creative Producer, Music Jonny Morton - Senior Creative Producer, Acting Development James Dunbar - Creative Producer, Kensington & Chelsea Peter Dowse - Creative Producer, Performances to Children Fiona Carey - Creative Producer, Voice Dina Williams - Creative Producer, Projects Rachel Yates - Creative Producer, Projects Malcolm Gorrie - Artistic Projects Loren Jacobs - Artistic Staff Nigel Spurgeon - Artistic Staff Sarah Connolly - Artistic Staff Emma Cambridge - Artistic Staff Phil Haines - Sound Technician Joe Massey - Junior Lighting Technician Emma Gale - Costume Supervisor Nicole Bowden - Wardrobe Assistant Andrew Caddies – Technical Manager / Chief Electrician James Gallagher - Deputy Stage Manager Daniel Turner - Music Trainee Melanie Wheeler - Artistic Staff Natalia Hyson - Artistic Staff Tom Harvey - Artistic Staff Ottie Kark - Deputy Stage Manager