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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-).