BANNER THEATRE - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Founder
- Artistic Director / Musician / Performer / Script and Songwriter
Dave is a founder member of the company and works as a singer, performer, scriptwriter, songwriter and researcher. Over the last 40 years he has created, or has helped to create, well over 50 Banner productions and 400 songs. Dave is also a long-time political activist and campaigner.
Dean has been working with Banner on and off since the early 1990s. He was Deputy Head of Sound for the Birmingham Rep for 8 years before becoming a freelance community artist and founder member of Infamous Community Arts CIC.
Mike joined the company in 2019, mainly playing guitars and other fretted stringed instruments. He has released three solo records and contributed to many more, regularly performing solo and with other groups. He teaches classical guitar from his home in Smethwick.
Job Titles:
- Administrator / Bookkeeper ( Volunteer )
A former primary school teacher of 30 years, Helena has volunteered to work with Banner for the past two years, in support of the company's aims and values.
Job Titles:
- Development Coordinator / Fundraiser
Ian has worked in local government, in arts administration and management and as a researcher and editor in the arts sector for more than 40 years. He had spells with Yorkshire Arts (1989-91) and North West Arts Board (1994-2000) prior to the re-organisation of the national arts funding system. He was tour organiser and administrator for Red Ladder Theatre in the early 1980s and has worked as fundraiser, tour organiser and development coordinator for Banner since 2001. He has a Master's Degree in Cultural Studies (1998).
Job Titles:
- Fundraiser / Development Consultant / Project and Education Facilitator / Current Productions Director
Jacqueline has been working off and on for Banner since the 1980s. She is an experienced arts manager and management consultant, having worked with New Perspectives in the East Midlands and Play-Train, Sampad, ArtSites and The Drum in Birmingham. Jacqueline plans to complete a PhD at the University of Warwick on Banner Theatre and the effectiveness of its cultural interventions.
Job Titles:
- Administrator / Project Coordinator / Writer
Based in Nottingham, Stuart has worked with Banner off and on in various capacities since the early 1990s, and has over 40 years' experience of working in the arts and theatre sector as an administrator, fundraiser, director and writer. Stuart is a former Producer with Nottingham Playhouse and has also worked extensively with refugees and asylum seekers across the East Midlands.