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Gabrielle Nimo has worked with Talawa Theatre Company and Emergency Exit Arts on Creating Routes, a training programme for facilitators. Since then she has taken on a number of roles including Dance Captain for Everything That Rises Must Dance (Complicité Theatre), Movement Director for Nouveau Riche’s TIMBUKTU (Gerry’s Cafe, Theatre Royal Stratford East), Director of Harrow Arts Centre Youth Theatre and most recently, Movement Director for Unknown Rivers (Hampstead Theatre).
Alongside her work in theatre, Gaby currently teaches Movement at Foundation, BA (Hons) and MA Level in Drama Schools.
DEIRDRE O’HALLORAN
Deirdre O’Halloran is the Associate Dramaturg at the Bush Theatre, working to identify and build relationships with new writers, commission new work and guide plays to the stage. At the Bush she’s dramaturged plays including Fringe First winner Baby Reindeer by Richard Gadd, and An Adventure by Vinay Patel. Deirdre was previously Literary Associate at Soho Theatre, where she worked as a dramaturg on plays including Girls by Theresa Ikoko and Fury by Phoebe Eclair-Powell. She led on Soho Theatre’s Writers’ Lab programme and the biennial Verity Bargate Award. As a freelancer, Deirdre has also been a reader for Out of Joint, Sonia Friedman Productions and Papatango.
Bush Theatre
We make theatre for London. Now.
The Bush is a world-famous home for new plays and an internationally renowned champion of playwrights. We discover, nurture and produce the best new writers from the widest range of backgrounds from our home in a distinctive corner of west London.
The Bush has won over 100 awards and developed an enviable reputation for touring its acclaimed productions nationally and internationally.
We are excited by exceptional new voices, stories and perspectives - particularly those with contemporary bite which reflect the vibrancy of British culture now.
Located in the newly renovated old library on Uxbridge Road in the heart of Shepherd's Bush, the theatre houses two performance spaces, a rehearsal room and the lively Library Bar.
Bush Theatre
| Artistic Director | Lynette Linton |
| Executive Director | Lauren Clancy |
| Marketing and Sales Officer | Shannon Clarke |
| Associate Director | Daniel Bailey |
| Technician | Francis Botu |
| Head of Marketing | Beatrice Burrows |
| Producer | Jessica Campbell |
| Technical Manager | Amy Clarey |
| Development Officer | Florence Collenette |
| Technical Intern | Poppy Templeton |
| Community Assistant | Katie Greenall |
| Head of Finance | Neil Harris |
| Community Coordinator | Izzy Hatton |
| Literary Assistant | Ifrah Ismail |
| Events Manager | Shaun Johnson |
| Theatre Administrator and PA to the Executive | Jessica Pentney |
| Head of Development | Sylvain Malburet |
| Assistant Venue Operations Manager | Tim McNiven |
| Digital Marketing Officer | Tasha Msanide |
| Associate Dramaturg | Deirdre O’Halloran |
| Assistant Producer | Oscar Owen |
| Press Manager | Martin Shippen |
| Community Producer | Holly Smith |
| Development Assistant | Eleanor Tindall |
| General Manager | Angela Wachner |
| Venue Operations Manager | Barbara Zemper |
| Marketing Intern | Gehna Badhwar |
Duty Managers
Liz Arday, Jack Albert Cook, Isabele Hernandez, Marissa McKinnon and Eljai Morais
Bar Supervisors
David Bolwell, Nieta Irons, Sidsel Rostrup, Melissa Stephen and Rafael Uzcategui
Box Office, Bar & Front of House Team