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COMPANY CHAIRMAN : JEFF KELLY
A Tower audience member for over thirty years, Jeff only became actively involved in the Company comparatively recently.
He has had an input to set designs for several productions
(Something's Afoot, Arcadia, Blithe Spirit, Humble Boy & Once a Catholic)
and was set designer for The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole - the Musical
and Boston Marriage. However, it was down to the talents of others (invariably
Keith Syrett and Alan Root) that they were realised. He has been an ASM (A Streetcar
named Desire and Popcorn) and was joint Stage Manager on The
Fantasticks. He once took to the boards as a suit of armour (in Peter Westbury's
second production of Something's Afoot) but the director wisely declined to give
him any lines. Jeff has been a member of the Company Committee since 2004, is the
Company Committee's representative at Friends' Committee meetings and since 2007 has been joint Chairman of
the Relocation Board. He hopes that his long experience as a local authority Town Planner will be of use to the Tower
in realising its future permanent home at Curtain Road.
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ARTISTIC DIRECTOR : NIGEL MARTIN
Nigel joined the Tower in 1971. Since then he has acted in 46
productions and directed 23 others. Leading roles include David Lord in
Say Who You Are, Abelard in Abelard and Heloise, The Cardinal in The
Duchess of Malfi, Squeezum in Lock Up Your Daughters, Estragon in
Waiting for Godot and Black Jim Smith in The Steward of Christendom.
His favourite directorial projects include The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, California
Suite, Bedroom Farce, The Gingerbread Lady, The Normal Heart,
Conduct Unbecoming, Lettice and Lovage and Shadowlands.
This year, he has directed Barefoot in the Park.
Nigel also enjoys costume design - most recently for Curiouser and Curiouser.
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ASSISTANT ARTISTIC DIRECTORS :
MARTIN JACKSON & PENNY TUERK
Martin has been a Tower member for eleven years, in which time he has acted in numerous
plays and musicals, most recently Torch Song Trilogy, acted as musical director (Good Fun), and
participated in many Friends evenings and cabaret events. He was also Assistant Director on Hedda Gabler last
October and this year has directed twice - The York Realist and Madame Melville.
Over the years Martin has also been involved in many other aspects of the Company's activities, such as Tower Fairs and
"manning the pumps" when we ran our members' bar at Canonbury Tower.
Penny joined the Tower in 1971 and over the years has become involved in many areas of the Company's activities -
principally as an actress and director, but also working in stage management, the box office and
with the French subtitles for the Paris tours. She has been Company Chairman twice for several
years each time, and between those periods was Artistic Director for three years. She is now
Chairman of Tavistock Repertory Guarantors Ltd. and joint Chairman of the Relocation Board.
This year she directed Curiouser & Curiouser, acted in Hay Fever and The York Realist,
and has worked backstage on The Crucible and
Twelfth Night. She is about to appear on stage again as The Narrator in The Mysteries.
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FINANCE DIRECTOR : NICK INSLEY
Nick has been a member of the Tower Theatre for 20 years. He generally
works back stage, particularly designing the lighting for many shows,
although he was once known to utter a few lines on tour at the Minack
Theatre.
Outside the Tower he has lit many shows over the years including productions
directed by Kenneth Branagh and Katie Mitchell and featuring Pete
Postlethwaite. He has lit venues including the Almeida Theatre, Oxford
Playhouse and the Minack Theatre.
He has been Company Manager of the Oxford Theatre Group, Technical Director
of the OUDS and was a member of the National Youth Theatre.
During the daytime he is a management consultant and has an MBA from
Cranfield School of Management.
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COMPANY
COMMITTEE
Elected until 2011 : Sheila Burbidge, Janet South
Elected until 2010 : Colin Guthrie, Jeff Kelly (Chairman), Meryl Griffiths, Karen Walker
Elected until 2009 : Pat Grosse, Sara Randall, Peter Westbury
Ex Officio : Nigel Martin (Artistic Director), Nick Insley (Financial Director)
The role of the nine
elected members of the Company Committee is to represent
the membership. The only Company officers who are
entitled to sit on the Committee are the Artistic
Director and the Financial Director. The Committee meets
once a month and it can
discuss anything from artistic policy to the state of the loos! Anyone is free to put an item on the
agenda, but the "bread and butter" of its
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FRIENDS
COMMITTEE Noreen Spall (Chairman)
Chris Holmes Roanne Insley
Eileen Marner
Celia Reynolds
Claire Rice
Despina Sellar
Eve Smith
Jim Spall
Nicola Stanhope
Tom Tillery
Friends of the
Tower : This essential
organisation is for anyone with an interest in vibrant
amateur theatre at its best in North London. For a £15
subscription, members receive :
- our
bi-monthly magazine, Noises Off, full of news,
reviews, pictures and interesting articles
- £2 off the
ticket price for most performances
- Tickets for children of Friends' at £5 each for all our productions in London
- occasional Members' evenings,
not always on a theatrical theme
- invitations
to special events and parties
Application to join
the Tavistock Repertory Company as an actor/actress is
subject to membership of the Friends and passing a
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GUARANTORS
BOARD Tavistock
Repertory Guarantors is a Limited Company and a
Registered Charity. Its aim is to support of the
work of the Tavistock Repertory Company by managing the
theatre's premises, staff and overall finances of the
organisation.
There are at present about 50 Guarantors - mostly also
long established members of the Repertory Company.
A Board of Directors (all unpaid), elected at the Annual
General Meeting, manages the company.
The Board comprises : Penny Tuerk (Chairman)
Martin South
Sheila Burbidge
David Holyoake
Jeff Kelly
Stephen Ley
Jim Spall
Laurence Tuerk
Dinah Irvine
The main business of the Board is involved in negotiating
the leases and managing premises for the theatre's
activities. It currently rents storage, office and rehearsal space
at the St. Bride Institute, and scenery workshop/storage space in Leytonstone.
It is currently negotiating
to acquire new permanent theatre premises.
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RELOCATION
BOARD
Penny Tuerk (Joint Chairman) Jeff Kelly (Joint Chairman) Julie Dark
Martin South
Laurence Tuerk
Sheila Burbidge
Nick Insley
John Cornwell
The Relocation Board is
managing the project to move to our new home. Key tasks
are :
1. To define the requirements of the Tower Theatre Company
2. To produce a project timetable
3. To identify potential alternative premises
4. To identify and pursue sources of finance
5. To identify and obtain relevant advice and assistance
6. To identify and allocate tasks
7. To define and implement a communications strategy.
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PUBLICITY
GROUP
Zizi Sulkin (Chairman)
Roanne Insley
John Morton
Chris Paddon
Emily Frith
Joyce Terry
Kate Banham
The
Publicity team promotes and markets the
Tower's activities.
It produces and distributes the Company's publicity
material and handles its Press Relations.
Joyce Terry is the Tower Press
Officer. She handles Press Releases and requests for information for each show.
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TECHNICAL GROUP
Moira McSperrin (Chairman)
Vacancy (Set Design)
Keith Syrett (Construction)
Stephen Ley (Lighting) Phillip Ley (Sound)
Alison Liney
Vacancy (Stage Management)
Richard Pedersen
Vacancy (Properties)
Laurence Tuerk (Technical Equipment Manager)
Eileen Mullen (New Members co-ordinator)
The objective of the Group is to oversee and allocate resources for all aspects of the Company’s Technical and Backstage Management. In order to do this the Group will :
- provide technical support and co-ordination for the running of seasons;
- co-ordinate the crewing (the recruitment of production teams) for productions;
- ensure that we conform to safety standards;
- provide additional support for technical and backstage crews;
- encourage new members to become involved in backstage work, developing their skills and experience.
The Group meets about once every 6 weeks to co-ordinate our plans, discuss forthcoming productions and cry on each other’s shoulders.
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WINE COMMITTEE
Peta Barker (Chairman)
Laurence Tuerk
Pam Barrett
Teresa Keating
Lesley Scarth
Colette Dockery
Bernice Molloy
Linky Trott
Dominic Ward
Since our lease in Canonbury expired, we have
not been able to run our own bar.
However, the Company is actively seeking a new home, and it is hoped that we can reopen
in the near future.
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