Team and Board

Staff Team

We are a small but passionate team:

Polly Risbridger

Chief Executive Officer

Elizabeth Als

Operations and Communications Manager

Rebecca Ainscough

Arts and Education Manager

Will Davies

Film Learning Learning Leader

Sophie Barnard

Programme Coordinator & Duty Manager (Benbow Arts Space)

Alison Roberts

Venue Coordinator (Barn Theatre and Museum)

Darren Traynor

Groundsman and Caretaker

We have a longstanding and committed board:

John Bright – Chair

Lyn Fletcher – Co Chair

John Hayward

Jenny Ireland

Gay Nebel

Una Nicholson

Sean Williams

We have a teachers advisory group who help us to develop our programmes for schools and groups. Current members are:

Tessa Courtney-Bennett - Art Coordinator and SENCO, Sacred Heart Primary School

Thom Kofoed - Independent Artist and Educator

Rebecca Reed - Headteacher, Chantry Community Primary School

Georgia Sawers - Independent Artist and Educator (Arty Farty Malarky)

Billy Thompson - Assistant Head of Faculty for Creative Arts & PE, St Leonards Academy

Niall Whitehead - Head of Drama, Ark Alexandra Academy

Barn Theatre & Museum
Rodgers Farm
Stonestile Lane
Hastings
East Sussex
TN35 4PH

Registered address:
2 London Road
St Leonards-on-Sea
East Sussex
TN37 6AE

01424 559020