Our People

Naomi (she/her) started work on Brighton People’s Theatre in 2015 and established it as a Community Interest Company in 2017. She did this because she was fed up with how out of touch theatre often is and wanted to do something to change this. She has a background in both community development and theatre. She has worked for organisations such as the Hangleton and Knoll Project, Locality, Battersea Arts Centre and The Old Vic. She is a 2019/2020 Clore Leadership Fellow for Theatre. Email Naomi here.

Niamh (she/her/they/them) has a background in arts marketing, communications, and project management. She has 10+ years of experience in the arts sector and specialises in working with vulnerable and underrepresented communities. Their passion lies in using arts for social change and removing barriers to participation. Niamh has worked for Creative Future, Cardboard Citizens, Lighthouse and Sussex Dance Network, both in communication and producing roles. Email Niamh here.

Jack (he/him) is a performer, theatre-maker, writer and facilitator. Prior to his work with BPT, Jack worked as a teacher, musician and actor and experimental film-maker Egg (2016), The Hex (2017) and Words (2018). Jack retrained in Theatre Laboratory at RADA in 2019 and now his practice focuses on co-creating physical theatre through play using embodied approaches influenced through his time working with David Glass Ensemble, Theatre Re, Peta Lily, Gabrielle Moleta Company and Gecko. Jack currently works with the devising ensemble Kreants, Saksi Bisou and Bunkum, whose recent experimental film Dangling Man was in the official selection at the London International Film Festival and the Montreal Film Festival. Email Jack here.

Lily is an artistic and strategic consultant, creative and cultural producer, writer, and coach. She specialises in community and participatory arts. Organisations Lily works with include Complicité, Stratford East, ENO, Studio 3 Arts, Company of Others, Bounce, Donmar, Camden People’s Theatre and the Crafts Council. Lily produced adult community work at the Young Vic for seven years. Lily’s work is centred around cultural democracy and care as an aesthetic and creative practice.

Thomas is a director and writer. He trained at Central School of Speech and drama, on the National Theatre Studio Directors course, and on the BBC’s emerging director scheme. After twenty years working in theatre, he now predominantly directs TV drama, and in 2017 he was named on the BBC’s Talent Hotlist. In 2019 he moved to Brighton and is delighted to be joining the board of BPT. Much of his work in theatre centered on community engagement, and so it is thrilling to be able to connect with his new local community through the work of BPT. He currently sits on the board of Stage Directors UK and was their executive director for five years.

Paul was born and brought up in Brighton, living most of the time in Whitehawk and attending the local schools. He served in the Army for 15 years with most of that time in Germany. He became a social care manager for adults with learning disabilities. All his theatre experience has been with BPT in the last two years.

Anna is a fiction writer and playwright. She has written for stage and screen since 2005. She has had two novels published with Orion, Winging It and Nailing It and is currently working on her third novel. She is the founder and co-director of Broken Leg Theatre and has written and toured five plays.
Anna is an experienced workshop leader and facilitator. She is Co-Director of Writing Around the Kids. The project enables mothers of young children to write creatively, working in partnership with regional museums and a network of published female authors. She began the project having recognised how difficult it is to carve out creative time amidst family life. Anna works part-time as Theatre Relationship Manager at Arts Council England. She lives in Brighton with her husband and two children.

Jenni has maintained a long portfolio career as an international creative producer, cultural broker, consultant and curator. She is also the founding director of Urbanflo Creative – a socially engaged collective of arts professionals who share a vision of equity and excellence. Her core practice involves developing innovative creative platforms to connect communities across traditional, geographical, cultural, generational, social and economic divides.

Munya is a Creative Artist, multi-award-winning choreographer and entrepreneur from Brighton, working as a dance choreographer/teacher and filmmaker. Talented visionary and Director of Thirty 10 Arts formed in 2018, a platform for performing arts creatives which grew from a dance company ‘Visual Poets’ founded in 2013. He is a cultural leader who works with artists to push their creative development.