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Who's Who

The Grand Theatre boards of directors and staff

Proprietors: Blackpool Grand Theatre Trust Limited

David Coupe - Chairman
Michelle Smith - Treasurer
Carl Carrington
Professor Stuart Hampton-Reeves
Katie M Lee MA
Gordon MacKeith FRIBA
Alan Sears FCA


Operators: Blackpool Grand Theatre (Arts & Entertainments) Limited

David Coupe - Chairman
Michael Muschamp FCA - Treasurer & Secretary
Sue Arthur MA
John Buck 
Tony Depledge
Graham Essex-Crosby BA, CPFA, ACMA
Julie Gillespie BA Hons
Philip McCandlish 
Karen Ann Ross
Anthony Stone LALAM
Amanda Thompson
Paul Walker
Tony Williams

Chief Executive & General Manager

Neil Thomson – Chief Executive & General Manager (Licensee)


Management Team

Phil Harrison – Programme Manager
Max Allatt – Technical Manager
Stephen Mercer – Marketing Manager
David Cass – Finance Manager


Front of House

Stephen Williams – House Manager
Linda Wong - Head Usher
Scott Butler
Steven Davis
Emma Fletcher
Katarzyna Michalak
Marin Sirbu
Daniel Stott


Marketing

Lyndsay Cambridge - Marketing Assistant
Andrew Howard – eCommerce & Design Manager
Sarah Jane Wright – Press Officer



Bars

Glen Marshall – Bar Management
Abi Harton
Tony Sanderson
Elaine Stoddard
Lucy Williams


Finance

Rose Rankin – Finance Officer


Reception & Administration

Robert Kearton – Administrator


Stage

John Hopwood – Chief Electrician

Mark Harrison - Technician (Lighting and Sound) 
Zach McAleer- Technician (Lighting and Sound)
Anastasiya Tsyntaryuk - Technician (Lighting and Sound) 

Kelvin Wolski – Stage Technician

Keith Barton - Night watch
David Shergold - Night watch
David Fletcher – Operations Assistant
Lawrence Wright – Stage Door


Box Office

Mary Stewart - Sales Manager
Simon Frisby – Deputy Sales Manager
Paul Hollowood - Senior Sales Assistant
Peter Watkins - Senior Sales Assistant
Matthew Armistead
Katrina Carroll
Christopher Greenwood
Laura Woodhouse
Pat Wright

Housekeeping

Julie Acton
James Draycott
Roy Hindle
Stephen Rutter



Friends of the Grand Committee

John Buck – Chairman
Alan Sears FCA – Treasurer
Angela Smith – Secretary
Barry Band
Ken Bowe
Joyce Delves
John Grady
Kath Hayward MBE
Geraldine Porter
Ann Royle
Christine Watkins


Honorary Archivists

Geoff Tolson
Linda Tolson MBE


Theatre Chaplain

Andrew Sage


Vice-Presidents
Geoff Tolson
Barry Fothergill
Cllr David Owen


Previous Chairmen and Managers

Since reopening, the Board of Directors of Blackpool Grand Theatre Trust Limited, theatre proprietors, has been led by Chairmen John Hodgson (to 1981), W Geoffrey Thompson OBE (1982-1993), Samuel G Lee (1993-2003) and David Coupe (2003-).

The Grand has been managed and programmed by a succession of theatre managers: Brendan Sweeney (1981), John Shedwick (1982-1988), Paul Iles (1988-1992; 2005-2007), Will Quekett (1993-1994), Danny Moar (1995-1996), Stephanie Sirr (1997-2001), Peter Cutchie (2002-2005), Paul Iles (2005-2007) and Neil Thomson (2007-).

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