TROUBADOURTRUST - Key Persons
Aaron Ross: Chair of Trustees, is Executive Chairman of Kuba a global transport ticketing provider and Chairman of Hubble making hybrid working easy. Former chair of the Diana Award and United World Colleges he has a passion for youth advocacy and enterprise.
With a life-long love of theatre Alan has been on both sides of the red curtain as an arts writer for a national newspaper and as a company manager for plays at the Edinburgh Fringe and the Royal Court. With a post graduate diploma in marketing management, an international career in business development, including as an international contact partner for global accounting and audit firm RSM, Alan has expertise and great insight into the management of a successful and financially well-run organisation. Other charity roles include press officer for an arts legacy and marine conservation project in India and fundraising and events organisation for David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation.
Bria began teaching music and drama in the classroom before leaving the formal education sector to complete an MA in Community and Participatory Arts at Goldsmiths, University of London. She has developed and delivered education and community engagement projects for organisations and charities including Opera North, Respond, The Anti- Bullying Alliance, The Ministry of Stories, UNESCO and The Royal Shakespeare Company. She is an experienced venue and event manager and has worked as a theatre manager for The Railway Children, In the Heights, The Donmar Shakespeare Trilogy, Lazarus and Phantom of the Opera. For eight years she has programmed and managed the family areas at Green Man festival. She is an experienced fundraiser and creative producer, committed to developing high quality, enjoyable, inter-disciplinary participatory and learning projects.
Job Titles:
- Director of Artistic Programme at Birmingham Hippodrome Added
"We are delighted to be partnering with Rambert on the creation and world premiere of Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby. The opportunity to collaborate on a production that is so synonymous with our city is incredibly exciting and we cannot wait for audiences to experience the thrill of seeing the well-known characters from the show come to life on our stage in this sensational adaptation by Steven Knight."
Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby, is a Rambert production in association with Birmingham Hippodrome, co-produced with The Lowry, inspired by the television series Peaky Blinders created by Steven Knight, in association with Caryn Mandabach Productions.
David Mortimer works in financial services with a background mostly in regulatory driven change programmes. He previously served as a trustee of Hazel's Footprints Trust.
Job Titles:
- CEO and Executive Producer of Rambert Added
"Rambert has always been committed to making dance that resonates with audiences across the country and we're incredibly honoured to be trusted by Steven Knight with his nationally beloved Peaky Blinders. It's so fitting that we start the journey in Birmingham, where Rambert has been touring to since the 1930s. We look forward to welcoming a new generation of audiences to theatres with a story that speaks to so many people."
Job Titles:
- Founder and CEO of the Kagency
Karrie Goldberg is the Founder and CEO of The Kagency, an international, one-stop-shop for corporate clients sourcing locations, immersive events and brokering artistic talent in the US and UK. Clients include American Express, Conde Nast, Jimmy Choo and Nike, record labels promoting artists Duran Duran, John Legend, Depeche Mode and Madonna. For over a decade she has been active with a number of charities across women's health, animal rights and social welfare, initiating round-ups at restaurants, venue donations, talent buying and luxury brand donations. Karrie is a joint venture partner with Outernet Venues, operating two new live venues (2000 pax and 250 pax) in central London.
Director Marianne Elliott's‘life-affirming and unmissable' (Time) smash-hit production brings Mark Haddon's best-selling novel to thrilling life on stage."
Nigel Davies is a leading entertainment lawyer with an unparalleled working knowledge of the industry working with talent, technology creators, content owners and distributors, brands and sponsors, promoters and venues. He is steeped in charitable work including having co-run Versus Cancer in Manchester and is currently closely integrated into several charities.
Pip Baker is an X-Googler, Entrepreneur and Startup Advisor. He brings with him a wealth of experience in developing, funding and evaluating social impact investments at a global scale, as well as working with Google worldwide on diversity and inclusion initiatives. A lover of and active investor in the arts, he also founded the viral glee group the Adam Street Singers.