After a significant period of independent industry consultation, and a rigorous recruitment process, Theatre Royal Plymouth has announce six creative appointments as part of a new creative strategy.
John Haidar, Malaika Kegode, Sara Rhodes and Tom Jackson Greaves will join Theatre Royal as associate directors, and Bee Jarvis and Natasha Pavey will join as artists for change.
The new team will join TRP’s chief executive and executive producer, James Mackenzie- Blackman, and executive director, Producing and Programming, Liz King, to deliver the strategy for all of the theatre’s creative and artistic activities, on-stage and off.
These new roles come after TRP announced a major reorganisation of their creative and producing team, to be led by a group of artists, instead of one artistic director. This new direction of creative leadership was influenced by industry colleagues who led an independent review of TRP’s creative leadership, commissioned by James Mackenzie-Blackman.
Of the appointments James said:
“I am delighted to welcome John, Malaika and Tom to join Sara and lead our creative strategy, make extraordinary work, and shape the future direction of our organisation. Thanks to funding from Jerwood Arts we have also appointed Bee and Natasha as our artists for change. Together these six artists promise to be a creative powerhouse here in our ocean city.”
Dame Darcey Bussell DBE, Theatre Royal Plymouth’s chair of the Board said:
“Under James’ leadership, TRP has led a nationwide search to help us evolve into a future-focused and artist-led organisation. My fellow trustees and I are so looking forward to seeing the exceptional work this new team will undoubtedly make together, enabling us to take work made in Plymouth to ever greater audiences.”
