Four new trustees are joining Covent Garden theatre the Donmar Warehouse.
NEIL BLAIR is Founding Partner of The Blair Partnership and Chairman of Pottermore. He was previously Head of Business Affairs, Europe, for Warner Bros and has worked as an Executive Producer for Warner Bros and the BBC.
He said he looks forward to working with the team “to continue to tell stories, engage audiences and deliver the Donmar’s mission”.
SARAH CARSON is Head of Campaigns at UNICEF UK and was previously Head of Youth, Movements and Campaigns at Plan International. She has volunteered with young offenders at Holloway women's prison and now works with survivors of violence at the Women and Girls Network.
“The Discover programme is a powerful platform for young people to tell new stories, challenge ideas and provoke debate. It's an impressive team and I'm really looking forward to supporting this work,” she said.
JONATHAN KANAGASOORIAM is Head of Content Strategy for BBC Sounds and a trustee of The Whitechapel Gallery and Hofesh Shechter Company.
He said he was “honoured and excited” to take on the new role, describing Donmar Warehouse as “an organisation that represents the very best of live performance, creativity and art in the UK”.
Professor HANNAH THOMPSON is a partially blind academic and activist. She is Professor of French and Critical Disability Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London, and studied at Newnham College, Cambridge where she earned her PhD in French Literature.
“As a partially blind theatre goer, I understand what a difference creative and world-leading access provision makes. I’m excited to be part of a forward-looking team who understand the benefits of making theatre accessible to everyone,” she said.