Current Board Members

Dr Sally Mackey, Chair of the Board, is Deputy Dean of Studies and Reader in Applied Theatre at Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London. She has teaching and research interests in applying performance in a range of different contexts and set up a graduate company for this purpose prior to becoming Chair of Full House.

Judy Riley spent four seasons with the National Youth Theatre, trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, was a professional actor for 25 years and a founder member/director of Bedford Theatre Company. She contributed to Bedford Borough Council's Arts Development Strategy and then worked for two years with Bedford Community Arts. In 1999 Judy became Arts & Leisure Editor at Bedfordshire on Sunday and is now editor of the magazine, Living Locally. Judy is passionate about making theatre accessible to all.

Caron Bradshaw is a non-practising barrister. Since 1994 Caron has worked for the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales in various roles including as head of their ethics advice line and is now Head of Charity and the Voluntary Sector. Caron has knowledge of legal requirements in risk and compliance both in the business and not-for-profit sectors.

Barry Jefferd : http://www.georgehay.co.uk/team_barry_jefferd.htm

Shaun Armstrong www.linkedin.com/in/shaunarmstrong

Penny Mayes, following forays into prop making for television advertising, joined Trestle Theatre and over the next twenty years played a major role in establishing it as one of Britain's leading national and international touring theatre companies. She went on to raise £2million and convert a derelict 100 year old chapel in St Albans into the Trestle Arts Base.

Penny left Trestle in May 2002 and set up her freelance business, Dramatic Solutions. Over the years, a wide variety of jobs include fundraising for artsdepot, a £15 million arts centre in North London, where she orchestrated a private reception at 10 Downing Street hosted by Cherie Booth and the opening of the centre by HRH Prince Edward. She created a live and film community touring scheme for Bedfordshire, set up and ran a major festival of Central and Eastern European Arts and created club events for disabled and non disabled young people throughout Hertfordshire.

She created a feasibility study for Graeae Theatre Company towards the first, fully accessible production and training base for disabled artists which achieved a major building lottery award. As Project Manager for Free Word, the first home for literature and free expression in the old Guardian Newsroom in Farringdon Road, Penny managed the relocation of eight organisations and the creation of Free Word itself. 

Penny has served on a number of advisory panels including six years on the Arts Council drama panel and three years as Chair of Projects. She creates courses and regularly teaches for a number of organisations to include the MA Arts Admin course at Goldsmith University. She created and delivered the first ever BTEC National Certificate in Arts Management at the Bernie Grant Arts with several of her mature students gaining university places.

She regularly assists performing art companies in all aspects of performance arts management and company development.