Press Release: London Theatre Consortium

The London Theatre Consortium (LTC), in partnership with the MOBO organisation, have appointed three Executive Fellowships to address the lack of diversity at executive level in UK theatre buildings. The Fellows began this week (20 January 2016), meeting the Artistic Directors and Executive Directors / Executive Producers as they attended their first LTC meeting.
The recipients are Rachel Brogan, Director of The Television Workshop in Salford, Raidene Carter, Head of Creative Programmes at The Albany and Nisha Modhwadia, Senior Producer at Birmingham Repertory Theatre.

The fellows will work alongside LTC over a period of six months, getting access to and demystifying the Executive leadership of these 14 theatres.
The aim of the Executive Fellowships is to create the capacity for diversity in the leadership pool by supporting mid-career leaders and offering them mentoring, shadowing, access and skill sessions to help provide pathways to break through into Executive leadership.

Commenting on the initiative Lucy Davies, Executive Producer at the Royal Court Theatre and Chair of LTC states;
“All of the LTC theatres are profoundly committed to using our collective power to create opportunity and make change happen. This Fellowship process has enabled us to meet some incredible talent coming through in British theatre and Rachel, Raidene and Nisha are all outstanding leaders in the making. We want them to make change with us, as much as we can make change for them.”

Kanya King, MBE Founder adds;
“The MOBO Season was launched to celebrate established and future talent across the creative industries and a crucial part of the MOBO Season is to create new platforms and opportunities. This is why we applaud the work that LTC are doing in offering these Executive fellowships and providing invaluable experiences and support.”

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For more information or images please contact Anoushka Hay on 0207 565 5063 / AnoushkaHay@royalcourttheatre.com
Notes to Editors:

London Theatre Consortium (LTC) is a consortium of London’s major not-for-profit theatres; Almeida Theatre, Battersea Arts Centre, Bush Theatre, Gate Theatre, Donmar Warehouse, Greenwich Theatre, Hampstead Theatre, Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, Royal Court Theatre, Soho Theatre, Theatre Royal Stratford East, Tricycle Theatre, Unicorn Theatre and Young Vic.

The MOBO (Music of Black Origin) Awards were established in 1996 by Kanya King and Andy Ruffell. The MOBO Awards are held annually in the UK to recognise artists of any ethnicity or nationality performing black music.