Meet the Team

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.

Sarah Nottingham – Treasurer

Sarah is a Family Law Barrister, who specialises in child law and protection. Sarah works in and around London, and has extensive experience of the East London boroughs. Prior to joining the Bar, Sarah spent four years working for specialist family law solicitors and women’s aid. Sarah has undertaken voluntary work with young people in various contexts spanning many years and completed a Masters in Applied Theatre in 2015.

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.

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.

Mary Mc Colgan

Mary currently leads digital, brand and marketing activity for Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Friends initiative, a social action movement to change perceptions about dementia. She is a Chartered Institute of Marketing qualified marketer with several years’ experience working in the non-profit and charity sectors. Interested in the theatre’s impact for young people both locally and nationally, she joined Half Moon in 2019.