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Who's Who

The Grand Theatre boards of directors and staff

Proprietors: Blackpool Grand Theatre Trust Limited

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


Operators: Blackpool Grand Theatre (Arts & Entertainments) Limited

Anthony Stone LALAM - Chairman
Tony Depledge OBE - Vice Chairman
Michael Muschamp FCA - Treasurer & Secretary
Sue Arthur MA
John Buck 
Cllr. Graham Cain
David Coupe
Graham Essex-Crosby BA, CPFA, ACMA
Julie Gillespie BA Hons
Neil Jack
Philip McCandlish 
Karen Ann Ross
Amanda Thompson OBE
Lorraine Pickles


Chief Executive & General Manager

Neil Thomson – Chief Executive & General Manager (Licensee)


Management Team

Phil Harrison – Programme Manager
Max Allatt – Technical Manager
David Cass – Finance Manager
Andrew Howard – Marketing Manager


Front of House

Stephen Williams – House Manager
Emma Fletcher - Acting Head Usher
Paul Carolan
Jonathan Flower
Robert Sanderson
Daniel Stott


Marketing

Hannah Curtis - Marketing Assistant
Hannah Dornford-May - Marketing Assistant
Joseph Bottomley - Marketing Assistant


Development

Colin Johnston - Development Director


Engagement and Learning

Celine Wyatt - Engagement and Learning Manager


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) 
Anastasiya Tsyntaryuk - Technician (Lighting and Sound)

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 Swan
Pat Wright

Housekeeping

Julie Acton - Head Housekeeper

Margaret Arstall
James Draycott
Roy Hindle



Friends of the Grand Committee

John Buck – Chairman
Alan Sears FCA – Treasurer
Christine Watkins – Secretary
Kevin Bennett
Ken Bowe
John Grady
Chris Mason
Geraldine Porter
Ann Royle

Grand Youth Theatre Company

Colin Snell - Youth Theatre Director

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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