Contact Theatre appoints junior Chair

Assistant Content Producer at the BBC and freelance writer JUNIOR AKINOLA has joined Contact Theatre as its new Chair. He will work alongside the current Chair STEVEN LINDSAY for a 6-month handover period before taking on full responsibilities next year.

Following a governance review, the theatre vowed to ensure that 50% of its board consisted of people under the age of 30 and it has also appointed 26-year-old Creative Producer ALI WILSON to the board of trustees. She joins JOSH WILKINSON and GRAINNE FLYNN who also sit on the board as Young Trustees.