Our Departments

The Producing, Programming, Touring and Creative Programmes team oversees all creative activities at Curve, from producing our critically acclaimed productions and commissioning new work to programming shows for our theatre spaces.

Off-stage, the team also delivers our educational work for schools and universities, runs Curve Young Company and supports and develops emerging artists.

Contact the Producing, Programming, Touring and Creative Programmes team

Schools & workshops: [email protected]

Programming: [email protected]

Auditions: [email protected]

Opportunities for artists: [email protected]

Curve Young Company: [email protected]

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Nikolai Foster

HEAD OF CREATIVE PROGRAMMES
Beth Shouler

SENIOR PRODUCER 
Tess Ellison

PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR
Petra Jagusic

CREATIVE PROGRAMMES MANAGER
Kay Hardiman

CREATIVE PROGRAMMES CO-ORDINATOR
Paul Rogers

CREATIVE PROGRAMMES PRACTITIONER
Cara Nolan

The Communications Team strategically and tactically manages all internal and external communications for Curve.

We are the central contact for all marketing and publicity and our core aim is to raise the local, national and international profile of Curve and encourage as many people as possible to visit our building and see a show.

Contact the Communications team: [email protected]

Contact the Press Office: [email protected]

DIRECTOR OF AUDIENCES
Claire Ward

HEAD OF COMMUNICATIONS
Stephen Chalmers

PRESS & DIGITAL MANAGER
Fiona Moore

SENIOR COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER
Chetna Ratan

COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER
Clare Geeson

AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT & ACCESS OFFICER
Nicola Allen

GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Justin Gladwin

GRAPHIC DESIGN ASSISTANT
Luke Billings

COMMUNICATIONS PLACEMENT STUDENT
Ines Martins

Our Box Office team members are responsible for taking bookings for all Curve shows, activities and workshops, as well as answering any questions our customers may have.

The Box Office team schedules Curve’s access performances, building tours and provides a dedicated booking service for groups and schools.

Call the Box Office on 0116 242 3595

Contact the Box Office team: [email protected]

Contact the Group Sales team: [email protected]

For queries about access performances, please contact: [email protected]

SYSTEMS & DATA MANAGER
Lee Hunt

BOX OFFICE MANAGER
Charlotte Powell

BOX OFFICE SUPERVISORS
Georgia Bailey & Ciara Wynne

BOX OFFICE CO-ORDINATOR 
Elizabeth Ellis

SYSTEMS & DATA ASSISTANT
Louise-Ann Dennard

BOX OFFICE ASSISTANTS
Johnathon Peace & Jessica Dobbie

GROUP SALES MANAGER
Layla Eyres

As a registered charity (number 230708), Curve relies on the support of individuals, trusts and businesses to help us achieve our mission of creating exceptional and compelling experiences. Our Fundraising team are responsible for raising awareness of Curve’s charitable status and the difference philanthropic income makes to the work we do.

We actively work with friends of Curve to generate charitable income to enable us to engage and inspire a modern, diverse audience both through our work on stage and in the community.

Friends of Curve have the opportunity to support our charitable work whilst also saving money through our Membership scheme.

Curve and the Leicester Theatre Trust Limited are registered with the Fundraising Preference Service.

Contact the Fundraising team: [email protected]

HEAD OF FUNDRAISING & PARTNERSHIPS
Magdalena Korytkowska

MEMBERSHIPS & FUNDRAISING CO-ORDINATOR
Eve Wills-Wilson

Our Facilities team members are responsible for the upkeep of our award-winning building. The team also plays an important role in ensuring the building is running efficiently by monitoring energy usage and ensuring all equipment is run and maintained to maximum capacity.

In 2013, we were awarded an Industry Green certificate in recognition of our strong commitment to managing Curve’s carbon footprint and improving our environmental impact.

For more information on our Environmental Strategy or with any enquiries relating to Facilities, contact [email protected]

BUILDINGS & TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Jay Bridges

SENIOR MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN
Andy Gibbs

MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN
Will Kenny

The Finance team look after funding, budgeting, forecasting and cashflow operations of Curve, keeping control of our finances so that Curve can continue to produce great quality productions and creative activities for all to enjoy.

As a team they also provide support to all areas within the theatre and to our external stakeholders.

Contact the Finance team: [email protected]

FINANCE DIRECTORS 
Linda Dixon & Mark Davidson

SENIOR FINANCE OFFICER
Peter Jackson

FINANCE OFFICER
Pam Grant

PAYROLL ADMINISTRATOR
Diane Walker

The Hospitality and Operations team oversees all Front of House and public aspects of our building, including our Stage Door Bar and Green Room Café.

The team continuously strives to deliver excellent customer service whilst maintaining the comfort, safety and security of audiences, customers, visitors and staff.

Contact the Visitor Experience Hospitality team: [email protected]

Contact the Visitor Experience Operations team: [email protected]

HEAD OF HOSPITALITY & OPERATIONS
David Ross

VISITOR EXPERIENCE MANAGER – HOSPITALITY
Michelle Rossington

VISITOR EXPERIENCE MANAGER – OPERATIONS
Thomas Preston

CUSTOMER SERVICE OFFICER
Roma Alarakhia

DUTY MANAGERS
Colette Davies, Yasmin Gordon

SENIOR HOSPITALITY SUPERVISOR
Hannah Holden

VISITOR EXPERIENCE ADMINISTRATOR
Sarah Williamson

HOSPITALITY SUPERVISORS
Ali Hassan Elsayed & Yuliya Zlatkova

STAGE DOOR RECEPTIONISTS
Lindsey Heslop, Megan Cliffe, Anna Westlake & Kiera Madine

KITCHEN ASSISTANT
Binoy Jacob

SECURITY OFFICERS
Simon Henry & Carl White

The Human Resources team is responsible for managing employees’ time with Curve for the whole of their employment life cycle.

As well as the day to day administrative HR tasks including recruitment, coordinating work experience and apprentice placements, we also work on larger projects in order to continually improve employees’ experience of Curve and to attract the best people into our organisation.

Contact the HR team: [email protected]

HR OFFICER
Shilpa Mistry

HR ADMINISTRATOR
Steven Riley

The ICT team provides, supports and maintains all IT and communication services at Curve, for and on behalf of all departments.

Contact the ICT team: [email protected]

ICT MANAGER
Chris Moore

ICT TECHNICIAN
Jake Murphy

Curve’s technical team attracts some of the most highly skilled technicians in the industry. The team looks after lighting, sound, video, stage and wardrobe and provide technical support to visiting companies as well as working on our own Curve productions and supporting off-stage activities around the building.

A typical week can see us working on all aspects of a Curve musical in the Theatre – from making costumes to running stage management – as well as supporting a visiting production in the Studio, setting up for a conference for hundreds of delegates around the building, working on a children’s show in a Rehearsal Room and managing performances on the Foyer Stage.

Contact the Technical team: [email protected]

HEAD OF PRODUCTION
Andy Bartlett

HEAD OF LIGHTING & TECHNICAL
Jonathan Laidlow

HEAD OF SOUND & VIDEO
Dave Norton

HEAD OF STAGE & AUTOMATION
Edward Hingley

HEAD OF WARDROBE 
Edd Lindley

ASSISTANT HEADS OF STAGE & AUTOMATION
James Dainty & Martin Pickard

ASSISTANT HEAD OF LIGHTING
Steven Ratcliffe

ASSISTANT HEAD OF SOUND & VIDEO
Angel Rossell De Pablos

ASSISTANT HEAD OF WARDROBE
Lucy Duncan

TECHNICAL CO-ORDINATOR
Dylan Morris

SENIOR LIGHTING TECHNICIANS
Joe McDonald & Nathan Clamp

SENIOR SOUND TECHNICIAN
Jack Harper

STAGE & AUTOMATION TECHNICIANS
Mark Kenny, Milton Robinson, Jasdeep Singh, Emily Walker & Jonathan Painting

SOUND AND VIDEO TECHNICIANS
Sean McCabe & James Simpson

LIGHTING  TECHNICIANS
Jude Michell, Judith Moulton, Aaron Patchett, Niall Hickey & Rhys Parker

FOLLOWSPOT TECHNICIAN
Steph Modd