Mark Goucher is new boss of Cheltenham Everyman

Published: 25 January 2017
Reporter: Steve Orme

Committed: Mark Goucher

Established independent producer Mark Goucher is the new chief executive of the Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham.

Goucher, 50, will continue to run his own production company alongside his duties at the theatre. He takes up his appointment on 31 March, replacing Geoffrey Rowe who is stepping down after 11 years.

Goucher said, “Cheltenham is the only theatre I have ever had an interest in running. Gloucestershire is my adopted county and is where I call home.

“I’ll embrace this challenge to work with the staff and trustees to continue to present high-quality and diverse work for the whole of Gloucestershire. I’m fully committed to the subsidised work here both in the community and the studio but would like to see the theatre extend its influence both regionally and nationally.

“I have a strong artistic vision and will want us to work with high-profile directors and writers to deliver a programme of exciting work. I’ll continue to run my own producing company and hope that my existing relationships with other producers and theatres will propel The Cheltenham Everyman into the premier division of regional theatres.”

Clive Thomas, chairman of the board, added, “the trustees and directors of the Everyman are terrifically excited with the appointment of Mark Goucher as chief executive, building on the considerable achievements of Geoffrey Rowe and helping us to move this already excellent regional theatre to a new level with even more national prominence for the quality of its work and contribution to the region and community it serves.”

Mark Goucher Productions’ current work includes Ronald Harwood’s The Dresser with Ken Stott and Reece Shearsmith at the Duke of York’s Theatre in the West End, the UK tour of Million Dollar Quartet which features a recording session involving Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley and Gryff Rhys Jones in a new adaptation of Molière’s The Miser which will open at the Garrick Theatre in March.

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