The Big
Brum team
Our people
Our people embody our purpose. By collaborating with each other, artists, teachers and our partners, our team enables Big Brum to support children and young people through the highest quality Theatre in Education.
Richard Holmes
- Artistic Director
Richard provides the artistic vision for our programme of work, directing our plays and leading the facilitation of our TiE programmes with children and young people.
Ben Ballin
- Educationalist
Ben is our education specialist, working with schools and universities in extended projects and leading on teaching and learning resources.
Judy Woodford
- Administration & Finance
Judy is our office manager, leading on all things financial and contractual, and is secretary for our management committee of charity trustees.
Zoe Simon
- Lead Actor Teacher
Zoe is our full time actress and facilitator.
Our trustees
Big Brum is very lucky to have a wealth of skills and experience from our four trustees that help run the charity:
Bob Lee, Head Teacher (Retd) - Chair.
Daniel Brown, Development Manager, Birmingham & Black Country Wildlife Trust - Vice Chair.
Roseanna Baggott, Yoga Teacher.
Mariyam Harunah, Solicitor for Squire Patton Boggs (UK) LLP.
Andrew Breakwell, Theatre Director (Retd).
Clare Drury, Ba(Hons) Applied Performance, PGCE (Drama), Teacher.
