Our Team
We are a team of people whose joint mission it is to create change in the world of performance.
Fourth Monkey is very much a family. Our dedicated staff work closely with some of the UK’s finest drama practitioners, students and theatre-makers, to create a truly unique working environment where individual creative expression is valued and nurtured.
The organisation is led by our CEO, Executive and Artistic Director, Steve Green. As well as taking overall responsibility for the strategic direction, financial management and governance of the organisation, Steve also directs the Ensemble
The training department is led by the Director of Training and Deputy CEO, Charleen Qwaye. This team delivers two full time courses, as well as a programme of short courses. The rest of the core team takes responsibility for facilities, office management, HR, development, marketing, communications and outreach.
Our Staff
Artistic Leadership
Steve Green
Artistic Director & CEO
Charleen Qwaye
Director of Training & Deputy CEO
Darren Strange
Head of Two Year Rep
Gavin Maxwell
Head of Year of the Monkey
Heads of Department
Harriet Whitbread
Head of Voice
Guillaume Pigé
Head of Movement
Darren Strange
Head of Acting
Monkey Business
Neil Onions
Development Manager
Phillip Stanley
Courses Manager & Student Welfare Officer
Katie Davison
Marketing & Communications Manager
Jonne Damhuis
Building Coordinator
Simone Coxall
Creative Associate
Course Tutors
Darren Strange, Brigid Zengeni, Jorge de Juan, Simone Coxall, Arthur Wilson, Lewis Hart, Ami Sayers, Ben Samuels, Ian Henderson, Paula Paz, Shane Dempsey, Helen Tennison, Katie Lewis, Carl Heap, Heather Nimmo, Lawrence Evans & Phillipa Strandberg-Long
Acting
Claudia Grant, Jack Ryder, Steven Green, Jorge de Juan, Ian Williams & Chris Pavlo
Acting for Camera & Radio
Frank Wurzinger & Stephen Sobal
Clown & Mask
Antonio Fava
Commedia dell’Arte
Tamsin Stanley
Contextual Studies
Donna Diamond, Nicky Goh, Ivana Ostrowski & Maria Clarke
Dance
Sarah Meadows, Rich Rusk & Simone Coxall
Devising Theatre
Ramon Ayres, Eyglo Belafonte, Angela Gasparetto, Guillaume Pigé, Will Pinchin & Helen Tennison
Movement
Simon Egerton
Musical Director
Guillaume Pigé, Will Pinchin, Magda Tuka Krystian Godlewski & Persis Jade Maravala
Physical Theatre
Tom Espiner
Puppetry
Helen Ireland
Singing
Rob Leonard, Keith Wallis and Joe Golby
Stage Combat
Ken Pickering, Mark Woolgar, Karen Tomlin & Dr Iidiko Solti
Textual Analysis
Evelyn Adams, Sophie Wilkinson, Carla Turner & Catrin Osborne
Yoga
Partners & People We Work With
TheSpaceUK – Told by an Idiot – Complicite – The Etcetera Theatre – Antonio Fava Theatre Temoin – Fevered Sleep – Michelle Pernetta – The Marlowe Theatre- All In Theatre- Theatre Re-Small Nose Procutions- Fierce Grace – Trinity Buoy Wharf – Mobius PR – Valerie Potter – A Younger Theatre – The Stage – Arts Council England
Our Patrons
We are proud to benefit from the patronage of six patrons, new for September 2019. They represent six theatre professionals who work across acting, directing and dramaturgy, onstage, in film and beyond:
Jorge de Juan | Jonjo O’Neill | Paula Paz | Guillaume Pige | Rich Rush | Brigid Zengeni
