Committees
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Various committees and sub-committees kept the theatre functioning over the decades: stage management, backstage, workshop, children's theatre, maintenance, premises, social. Overseeing operational and artistic matters were separate management and production committees who met fortnightly, sometimes deliberating until late at night. All members were unpaid volunteers.
The official position of President was created with the formation of the Workers' Art Club in 1932.
PRESIDENT
- George Finey 1932-3
- Jerry Wells 1934-
- Jean Blue 1942-8
- Leon Sherman
- Maurie Keane -1952
- Graeme Stewart 1952-6
- John Armstrong
- David Milliss
- Eddie Allison
- Roger Milliss
- Arthur Rudkin
- John Short
- Marie Armstrong
- Frank McNamara 1991-
- Leigh Rowney
- Rosane McNamara 2005-
Jean Devanny was the Workers' Art Club's first "director". Choosing shows became a collective decision in collaboration with the Secretary, and it seems that it was not until the 1970s that Artistic Directors assisted by Playreaders (renamed Play Assessors) were elected committee positions.
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
1970s:
- Jenni Campbell
- Alan Docker
- Cedric McLaughlin
- Paul Quinn
- Frank Barnes
- Jon Williams
1980s:
- Frank Barnes
- Frank McNamara
- John Carey
1990s:
- Anne-Louise Luccarini
- Rosane McNamara
- John Rado
- Mary-Anne Gifford
- Gill Falson
2000s:
- Pete Nettell
- Alice Livingstone
- Anne-Louise Luccarini
- Louise Fischer
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