English Touring Theatre welcomes new board appointments

ETT (English Touring Theatre) has appointed AMY VAUGHAN as chair of its board, succeeding ROBERT DELAMERE who stepped down in December after nine years in post.

Vaughan will be joined by ALISON HOLDER and HARRIET MACKIE as new trustees.

Currently executive director at Battersea Arts Centre, a role she has held since 2022, Vaughan has previously worked as director of touring and as director of change programmes for Arts Council England.

She has held freelance advisory roles in theatre, including as a co-author of the National Theatre’s Scene Change report, chair of the London Theatre Consortium, and trustee at Gecko Theatre Company.

Holder is a theatre, short film, and audio producer while Mackie is currently the head of producing – development at the National Theatre and has worked at The Old Vic, Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh and Leeds Playhouse.

Vaughan said that she had “long admired” ETT’s work as “a company rooted in values I can really get behind”.

“In a sector that’s become increasingly challenging for touring organisations, I’m hoping that with my venue and policy background, and the team’s unwavering vision to create bold and brilliant theatre that builds audiences for venues right across the country, we can provoke and challenge, and bring some pretty big ideas to fruition.”

RICHARD TWYMAN, artistic director and CEO, and SOPHIE SCULL, executive producer added: “The experience of all three [appointees] will propel ETT forwards as we face the challenges and opportunities of the coming years.”