Our Core Staff
To contact one of our team please call 020 7709 8900 or use our contact form.
You can also use the following email addresses: admin@halfmoon.org.uk, development@halfmoon.org.uk, marketing@halfmoon.org.uk, schools@halfmoon.org.uk or youth@halfmoon.org.uk

Shohid Ahmed
Front of House Assistant (JET Placement)

Stephen Beeny
Communications Manager

Jolanta Bujauskiene
Cleaner

John Bunker
Cleaner

Saja Bushra Altamimi
Pastoral Support Worker

Androulla Constantinou
Head of Creative Learning

Jackie Eley
Administrative Director

Chris Elwell
Director/CEO

Lydia Hallam
Creative Learning Administrator

Natral Joseph
Box Office Assistant

Martha Lloyd-Evans
Theatre and Programmes Administrator

Jessica McKenna
Creative Learning Manager

Habib Rashid
Front of House Assistant (JET Placement)

Emily Walls
Technical and Production Manager
Half Moon 2022/23 Trainees
Thanks to support from the Noël Coward Foundation and The Sheldon Trust, Half Moon are able to offer free training and paid trainee roles to five young people in 2022/23.
Learn more about the trainee programme
Abby

Charlie

Joe

Natral

Ramaneé
Dawn Harrison-Wallace – Chair
Dawn is a Management Consultant specialising in organisational development and interim management. After many years in the corporate sector, she moved into the charity sector in 2013. Recent roles included Interim CEO for Refugee Youth and working as an associate for The Cranfield Trust.
For many years Dawn has played a very active role in the London Amateur scene and was a trustee and chair of one of London’s most active companies, SEDOS, for many years. She was first introduced to Half Moon in 2008 when Sedos were seeking out a Charity of the Year and has been a trustee since 2009.
Mark Macey – Vice Chair
Mark is passionate about theatre and attends productions regularly and also acts with amateur dramatic companies across London.
Sarah Nottingham – Treasurer
Vipul Bhatti
He has collaborated with Half Moon Theatre on two projects: When Spring Comes and its Exchange for Change initiative.
He is drawn to the art of storytelling to strengthen human connection and community engagement. He’s currently studying a MSc in Cognition and Computation at Birkbeck University.
Kate Dorney
Kate Dorney is a Senior Lecturer in Theatre & Performance at Manchester University. She is passionate about making theatre and theatre history accessible to everyone regardless of their age, income or engagement with formal education. Before becoming a university lecturer she worked at the Victoria & Albert Museum as Senior Curator in Modern and Contemporary Performance working with artists and companies to find ways to preserve their histories and share their stories with the public. The Half Moon is Kate’s local theatre.
Ben Jones
Ben works at a primary school in Poplar, East London. He leads early years foundation stage (EYFS), Creative Arts and is a class teacher in Reception. He has worked closely with many organisations in the arts/cultural sector in London such as the Whitechapel Gallery, the Tate Gallery, Bow Arts and as an Advocate for A New Direction. It is this passion for developing children’s engagement with culture that has led him to become a trustee at Half Moon.
Constantina Kleanthous
Constantina has been a Drama Teacher for 11 years and currently works as the Head of Drama in a secondary school in Tower Hamlets. Alongside her undergraduate degree and PGCE in Drama, she has also completed a Masters in Education; Leading Innovation & Change. She is currently completing a BSc in psychology at the Open University. Constantina has been an advocate of Half Moon Theatre throughout her teaching years and places great value in the theatrical and cultural experiences her students have gained as a result.
Anuradha Laws
Mary Mc Colgan
James Wakefield
Auditor
Breckman & Company
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