Birmingham company The Other Way Works has appointed Mary Helen Young as its first executive director.
She will support artistic director Katie Day and will be in charge of business development and fundraising.
Mary Helen Young has almost 15 years’ experience working in the US and UK in the performing arts and international sectors. Her career in arts management began as a box-office manager in 2001 at the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington DC.
She said, “The Other Way Works already has a strong reputation for creating and developing progressive immersive theatre and technology to bring experiences to audiences in new ways. I’ll be looking to re-invent the way people engage with culture.”
Katie Day, artistic director of The Other Way Works, added, “building on the momentum of our sold-out 2015 tour of Black Tonic, we’re looking to expand our capacity to create, produce and present new work and to broaden our reach. Mary Helen will bring experience and structure to allow us to be flexible, responsive and ambitious with our future artistic goals.”