The Royal Shakespeare Company has announced five new trustee appointments after a “public and far-reaching recruitment campaign” for RSC board members.
The focus of the recruitment was to bring new and diverse experience from theatre practitioners, people who teach and write about Shakespeare and those who “have experience of leading change and challenging thinking”.
The five are cultural consultant and broadcaster Andrew Miller, founder director of Inc Arts UK Amanda Parker, playwright Winsome Pinnock, deputy artistic director of Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre and co-artistic director for the City of Culture 2021 programme Justine Themen and Ayanna Thompson, Regents Professor of English at Arizona State University.
RSC chair Nigel Hugill commented, "the public recruitment campaign generated enormous interest with almost 350 applicants. So many exceptional candidates showing a passion for theatre, the arts and education by putting themselves forward is an inspiration in these testing times.
"As we’ve moved through this pandemic, the board has continued to lead the RSC commitment to be diverse, progressive, relevant and ambitious. These five new appointments are unequivocal demonstration of those commitments and they share with all our board members terrific skills, great experience, enormous range and unwavering enthusiasm.”