![Liz O'Neill, CEO and Artistic Director, Z-arts Liz O'Neill, CEO and Artistic Director, Z-arts. O'Neill is a white woman with short, blonde hair. She has a fringe and is wearing round, brown sunglasses on her head. She is smiling at the camera. The photo is taken outside, in front of a lake. She is wearing a white shirt with a necklace.](https://www.artsprofessional.co.uk/sites/artsprofessional.co.uk/files/styles/100_by_157_profile_picture/public/profiles/photos/liz_oneill_ceo_and_artistic_director_z-arts.jpg?itok=nGKvJKQT)
Organisation:
Z-arts
Job Title:
Chief Executive Officer and Artistic Director
Liz O'Neill is CEO and Artistic Director of Z-arts, the UK’s only arts centre dedicated to children and families. She is also chair of the Big Imaginations network of children’s theatre programmers in the North West and Co-Chair of MADE, Manchester’s Cultural Education Partnership.
Her previous roles included establishing and running PANDA (Performing Arts Network Development Agency), a short stint as interim Executive Director at Contact, and roles in producing, programming and finance at Green Room, Peshkar and Unity. She ran her own theatre company for 13 years, touring internationally.