ABOUT HIGHTIDE // COMPANY

Patrons

Sinead Cusack
Sally Greene OBE
Sir David Hare
Bill Nighy  

Artistic Department

Founder & Artistic Director: Sam Hodges
Artistic Director: Steven Jon Atkinson
Producer: TBC
Literary Associate: Mark Richards
Casting Associate: Charlotte Bevan
Design Associate: takis
Sound Associate: Steve Mayo

Artistic Advisors

Jack Bradley
Robert Fox
Thelma Holt OBE
Tom Morris

Board of Directors

Mary Allen (Chairman)
Mary was Chief Executive of the Royal Opera House and previous to that Secretary General of the Arts Council England.

Emily Blacksell
Emily works for Sally Greene, the Chief Executive of the Old Vic Theatre, Old Vic Productions (that co-produces Billy Elliot), Greene Light Films and Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club. Before joining Old Vic Productions, she assisted Sir Paul McCartney for five years and prior to that, John Barton at the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Sue Emmas
Sue is Associate Artistic Director of London's Young Vic Theatre and leads the Genesis Directors Project.

Rosie Hunter
Rosie is Executive Director of BAC and was formerly Northern Stage's programming coordinator, an arts development officer for Warrington Borough Council and the administrator of the Actors Centre.

Joyce Hytner OBE
Formerly Head of Development at the Royal Court Theatre and consultant to Granada Media, Joyce is also on the Boards of the Old Vic Theatre, the Royal Court Theatre and Royal Exchange Manchester.

Clare Parsons
Clare is Chief Executive of Lansons Communications, one of the UK's leading independent public relations and public affairs consultancies.

Stephen Pidcock
Stephen is Press Officer at the Royal Court Theatre.

Dallas Smith
Dallas is an agent at United Agents, where his clients include Kate Winslet, Sienna Miller, Rosamund Pike and Hugh Dancy.

Gaby Styles
Presently Trust and Statutory Fundraising Development Manager at Breast Cancer Care, Gaby was previously Senior Management Manager at the Royal Court Theatre and is also a Trustee of Children's Discovery Centre in Wandsworth.  

Financial Advisor:
James Midgley
James' clients are drawn from performers, producers, their agents and managers, and film and television production companies. He is a director of the Royal Court Theatre and the Actors' Centre and an adviser to a number of theatre companies.   
 

  
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