Adrian Jackson - Artistic Director and Chief Executive Officer
Adrian@cardboardcitizens.org.uk
Cardboard Citizens’ Artistic Director Adrian Jackson founded the company in 1991. Since then he has directed over 20 productions for the company, devising and writing many of them. As well as producing many Forum Theatre pieces, Adrian has also directed all the company's larger-scale site-specific productions, including Pericles, co-produced with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He has worked as Augusto Boal's translator on five books Games for Actors and Non-Actors, The Rainbow of Desires, The Legislative Theatre, Hamlet and the Baker' Son (Boal's autobiography) and The Aesthetics of the Oppressed. He has led workshops with Boal on many occasions, and they collaborated on The Art of Legislation, an Artangel-sponsored piece of Legislative Theatre at County Hall in London.
He is also working on his own book, provisionally entitled The Art of the Joker. As a leading expert on the Theatre of the Oppressed, Adrian is a well-travelled teacher and speaker. He has taught Theatre of the Oppressed work in many contexts, throughout Britain and Ireland, and many places throughout the world, including France, Hong Kong, Mauritius, Namibia, South Africa, India, Colombia and Kosovo.
Cathy Weatherald - Project Manager - Youth & Employability Programmes
Cathy@cardboardcitizens.org.uk
Cathy joined Cardboard Citizens in 2006. As Project Manager she has managed a number of programmes focussing on outreach workshops (anything from Theatre to Samba). She visits hostels and other centres to engage with a wide range of people who go on to to particpate in more intensive performance projects with CC. Cathy is currently focussed on working with young people aged 16-25 on the ACT NOW Programme, in an innovative partnership with Centrepoint, National Youth Theatre and The Roundhouse. The programme aims to engage young people not in eduaction, employment or training in professional theatre training to improve their confidence, motivation and contacts which in turn helps them to engage with further training and employment opportunities. Cathy is part of the Programme Team which offers pastoral support to particpants on all projects and holds an NVQ level 3 in Advice & Guidance. She also co-ordinates the PEARL programme which accredits participants on our inclusive arts and performance projects. Prior to working at Cardboard Citizens, Cathy worked for The Big Issue and Carnival Collective in Brighton, Cathy graduated from University of Sussex with a degree in Anthropology.
Emilia Teglia - Fundraising Assistant
emilia@cardboardcitizens.org.uk
Emilia collaborated with Cardboard Citizens since 2001. Prior to her current role as part-time fundraising assistant, her jobs with the company included that of performer, joker and assistant director. A dedicated theatre practitioner, she has lectured on Theatre of the Oppressed and Community Theatre at London Metropolitan University. Emilia is founder and director of ISLaD, a drama project for speakers of other languages, where she also applies Augusto Boal’s methodologies in her teaching practice.
Jennifer Davies - Director of Development
jennifer@cardboardcitizens.org.uk
Jennifer joined in August 2011 to oversee the Development team. She is responsible for co-ordinating all aspects of fundraising and marketing at Cardboard Citizens - from applying for grants to keeping in touch with supporters, funders, company members and the general public.
Jennifer has worked in the charity sector for six years. Previous roles have included fundraising for Save the Family, a homeless and social exclusion charity; and business development for Fairbridge and Rathbone – both national youth charities.
Jennifer graduated from the University of Leeds with a BA in Spanish and Geography and is currently doing a Masters in Voluntary Sector Management at Cass Business School.
Kathrine Quiller-Croasdell - Programme Director
kathrine@cardboardcitizens.org.uk
Kathrine recently joined Cardboard Citizens to take responsibility for ensuring the effective delivery of the Hostel Tour, Outreach Programme and Youth Programme. Combined with this is the management of statutory contracts, and co-ordinating all aspects of our welfare and support work with members.
Prior to joining Cardboard Citizens Kathrine worked for over 7 years in a variety of roles within the Drug and Alcohol Sector, including outreach teams, registered care homes, supported housing schemes and community drug programmes. Kathrine’s most recent role in that sector held responsibility for overseeing the delivery of a Workforce Development Team and an Apprenticeship Scheme. Kathrine is also a freelance Dramatherapist (MA) and Creative Arts Clinical Supervisor.
Lisa Caughey - Deputy Chief Executive
Lisa joined Cardboard Citizens in April 2006 to contribute to the overall management and financial planning of the company. In close collaboration with the Chief Executive, Lisa is responsible for driving Cardboard Citizens forwards in strategic, developmental and organisational terms, as well as overseeing all ongoing aspects of the company's financial, contractual and legal obligations as a charity, a company and an employer.
Prior to working at Cardboard Citizens, Lisa managed a number of special events within the National Events Department for Cancer Research UK. Here she specialised in developing high value corporate, individual, celebrity and media partner support through creating and implementing high profile, arts projects. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Fine Art (National College of Art & Design, Dublin) and a Master of Arts Degree in Enterprise and Management for the Creative Arts (University of the Arts London). Lisa also completed the Clore Leadership Course.
Mike Sells - Project Manager - Hostel Tour, Workshop Programme and Membership Scheme
Mike Sells recently joined Cardboard Citizens. He will be project managing the hostel’s tour, the company’s core workshop program and the membership scheme. In the past Mike has worked for Centrepoint, Phoenix Futures and Streets Alive.
Petia Tzanova - Marketing Manager
petia@cardboardcitizens.org.uk
Petia is Cardboard Citizens’ Marketing Manager and an insatiable ‘people person’. She joined the company in June 2010, and works on much of the communications, marketing and fundraising events.
Prior to joining Cardboard Citizens she set up the marketing and communications for 3SC, a national third sector bidding consortia and was an Associate Consultant for Eastside Consulting, a leading third sector consultancy specialising in social enterprise and homelessness. She has also worked as theatre facilitator for workshops in the war-torn North East of Sri Lanka with charity Fun For Life and New Theatre Works, interned with Eudemonic, an agency for creative collaboration & development, ran a theatre company that specialized in devised and adapted theatre, taught the Youth Theatre at the Warwick Arts Centre, and ran a variety of festivals and events promoting international culture & dialogue.
She has a BA in Politics & International Studies and an MA in Creative & Media Enterprise, both from the University of Warwick. Petia comes from Bulgaria via Sri Lanka, Taiwan & the UK.
Stuart Grey - Administrator
Stuart@cardboardcitizens.org.uk
Stuart joined Cardboard Citizens in February 2008. He is responsible for running the office, all administrtive tasks, organising the company's Theatre of the Oppressed Professional Training and is also PA to Adrian, the Artistic Director. Recently, Stuart has been working as Assistant Producer on Cardboard Citizens production of Mincemeat. Before joining Cardboard Citizens Stuart worked as Deputy Sales Manager at the Royal Court Theatre. He graduated from Goldsmiths College with a degree in Drama and Theatre Arts.
Tasneem Afsaruddin - Information, Advice and Guidance Worker
tasneem@cardboardcitizens.org.uk
Tasneem recently joined Cardboard Citizens as an Information Advice and Guidance Worker which will see her working directly with members to assist them to progress with their education, training and employment related goals and to further develop the Information Advice and Guidance service offered by the organisation.
Prior to joining Cardboard Citizens, Tasneem was a Work & Learning Advisor to young people in Tower Hamlets for Look Ahead Housing and Care and completed an NVQ4 in Advice and Guidance. It was in her previous capacity that she came to be more familiar with the work of Cardboard Citizens as she played a key role in creating a partnership between Look Ahead and Cardboard Citizens to offer young people living in Look Ahead supported accommodation the chance to engage with the youth focused ACT NOW programme. Tasneem worked at Look Ahead Housing & Care for three years and accumulated solid experience of working across a range of different client groups including those with experience of homelessness, young people with a variety of high support needs and those with mental health issues. Tasneem graduated from University College London with a degree in French and Arabic.
Terry O'Leary - Associate Artist
terry@cardboardcitizens.org.uk
Terry joined Cardboard Citizens eight years ago. Since then she has acted in and directed numerous shows including The Wall, Urban Wildlife, Bean Street and Peckin' Me Shed. She is an internationally recognised Forum Theatre Joker (facilitator) and has led training workshops around the UK and abroad. Terry leads our work with socially excluded young people in schools, and homeless people and refugees at the Crisis Skylight centre.
Tony McBride - Director of Projects
Tony has been working as a theatre practitioner for over 20 years. He specializes in the techniques of Forum Theatre and other creative and participative ways of working. Alongside directing he has devised and led various training programmes for professionals and non-professionals, exploring the Theatre-making process as a site for learning with a broad range of community groups in many and varied contexts.
Tony is pleased to be back in post as Director of Projects with Cardboard Citizens, having experienced a previous incarnation as its Associate Director. Tony has directed 15 shows (and counting) for the company including work for arts centres, hostels, schools and peer forum projects. He is currently overseeing the development of the ACT NOW project, whilst contributing to and supporting other areas of the company’s eclectic workshops, training and performance programmes.
Yago De La Torre - Database Administrator
A former Biochemist, Yago joined Cardboard Citizens in 2004 when he started attending the Circus Workshop at the Crisis Skylight Centre. After a while he started volunteering in the office during a collaboration between Cardboard Citizens and Cirque du Monde, and helped devising what was to be the "Professional Circus and Street Artist" course that Cardboard Citizens ran in 2005-06, in which he also took part as a student. Once the course was finished he moved on from being a volunteer to becoming a full member of the staff and also completed a "Circus Arts" Higher Degree.
His main duties as the Database Administrator include overlooking the health of the database and all data collected from organizations and people who are in any way involved with Cardboard Citizens.
As of June 2010, Yago has also been appointed Environmental Officer adding to his resonsibilities the development and implementation of the company's Environmental Policy and Environmental Management System.
Zahid Tabbassum - Finance Manager
zahid@cardboardcitizens.org.uk
Zahid Tabbassum joined Cardboard Citizens in May 2010 as Finance Manager. Before joining as Finance Manager, He worked with the company as a freelance consultant for a couple of months. He did the major overhauling of the financial and accounting system of the company.
Zahids main responsibilities are to oversee financial controls and computerised accounting using QuickBooks, to ensure the compliance with charity financial guidelines and legislation, to ensure timely reporting financial information to external funders and to prepare for, and coordinate with, yearend audit. His day to day activities include producing monthly management accounts, managing payroll, suppliers and customers, managing cash flow and project/programme budgets and providing timely financial information to trustees particularly finance group.
