To contact our core team, e-mail info@graeae.org with the person's name in the subject heading or call 020 7700 2455.

Jenny Sealey – Artistic Director

Jenny’s directing career started with a Calouste Gulbenkian director training bursary with Interplay Theatre Company. There she co-directed Sea Changes, the award-winning Stepping Stones and Mad Meg.  Her reputation for devising signed plays for deaf audiences and creating multi-sensory theatre enabled her to become Artistic Director of Graeae in 1998. Her productions with Graeae include: The Fall of the House of Usher; Fittings: The Last Freakshow; The Changeling; ‘peeling’ – a new play by Kaite O’Reilly, Diary of An Action Man by Mike Kenny (with Unicorn, Time Out’s Critics Choice 2003); On Blindness by Glyn Cannon (with Paines Plough and Frantic Assembly). 2004 saw Jenny direct a voice/BSL, audio described and ethnically diverse production of Bent by Martin Sherman.

Her production of Blasted by Sarah Kane toured nationally Spring 2006 and sold out in London’s Soho Theatre in January 2007.

Whiter Than Snow by Mike Kenny (with Birmingham Rep) placed eugenics and pursuit of perfection within the traditional fairy tale and played to audiences from 7 year olds and upwards.

She is currently directing Blood Wedding in Japan with disabled and non-disabled artists and is co-directing Flower Girls (with New Wolsey’s AD Peter Rowe).

Recent freelance work includes: The Snow Queen; Cinders Sisters and Signs of a Diva for the Drill Hall and The Alexandras (with Greenwich and Docklands Festival/Without Walls Constortium) a Signed Song Drag Troupe for major street arts festivals.

She lives with her partner Danny Braverman and their 13 year old son Jonah.

Judith Kilvington – Executive Director

Judith joined Graeae in September 2002 to manage Missing Piece. In January 2006 she became Executive Director. Previously she was Administrator at Actors Touring Company and worked in research at Imperial College and Goldsmiths College, publishing papers on prostitution policies in Europe and the GDR writer Helga Königsdorf.

Claire Saddleton – Head of Access and HR

Claire comes from a theatre background and joined Graeae in October 2001 as Access Coordinator. Since then her role has developed and now, as Access Support Manager working closely with the Access Support Assistant and a team of freelance Access Support Workers, Claire is responsible for overseeing access provision within the company across all our projects and productions.

Kevin Walsh – General Manager

Kevin joined Graeae in February 2005. He has previously worked for Oily Cart and Proteus Theatre Company, and studied Drama and English Language at Kent University.

Kudzai Mushangwe - Finance Manager

Kudzai joined the company in December 2004 on a freelance basis after having worked for Shape and is now part of the core team. She has also worked for Jacksons Lane and occasionally does freelance work for other companies.

Rachel Bagshaw - Training and Learning Projects Manager

Rachel has recently joined Graeae in the post of Training and Learning Projects Manager, having worked for the company freelance for some time. She trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts and has worked as a theatre director, workshop facilitator and project manager.  

Alex Bulmer - Literary Manager

Alex Bulmer joins Graeae as Literary Manager after working with the company as a writer, voice coach and workshop leader.

Alex  has worked with several U.K. and Canadian companies including Polka, Clean Break, Quicksilver, Half Moon, In Tandem, Die In Debt, Buddies in Bad Times and Nightwood Theatre. She has taught community groups, professionals and actors at colleges and centers including Banff School of Fine Arts, The National Theatre School of Canada, Central School of Speech and Drama and Rose Bruford College. Her first play, Smudge, premiered in the U.K. in 2004 and earned Critics Choice in London’s prestigious arts magazine, Time Out.

Nicole Stoute - Scene Change Coordinator

Nicole is managing the current Scene Change Phase 2 project for Graeae, she has previously worked for the company as a workshop leader and associate artist. 

Michael Achtman - Access Coordinator (Job Share)

Michael assists the access department with hiring sign language interpreters, audio describers and other access workers for Graeae productions, workshops, meetings and events. He also helps provide materials (including scripts) in accessible formats such as Braille, large print and recorded versions. He was a Creative Enabler on Missing Piece 4, Graeae’s actor training programme.

Sharon Payne - Access Coordinator (Job Share)

Sharon has recently joined Graeae as Access Coordinator. We are pleased to welcome her on to the team.

Carissa Hope Lynch - Management Support Worker

Carissa joined Graeae in March 2008. After working in Japan for two years as an English teacher and theatre practitioner with Sumitsutou Theatre, Carissa moved to London to take part in the MA program of Applied Theatre at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Carissa is currently a director with the Zone-7 Collective, and has worked on projects with Spare Tyre, East End Shed, and the Chisenhale Dance.

Victoria Stevens - Administrative Assistant

Victoria joined Graeae in February 2008. She graduated from LIPA with a degree in Arts, Music and Entertainment Management and has a background in Dance and Music. She has previously worked in several temporary administrative roles across the public and private sectors and should be your first point of contact for all queries.

Barbara Simmonds - Finance Consultant

Barbara has worked with Graeae as a financial consultant for over five years. She qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PriceWaterhouseCoopers, where she was employed in the audit and corporate finance departments for 12 years in various positions up to Senior Manager. She now works on a freelance basis with a number of companies in the UK, including other charities, and on a variety of overseas projects funded by the European Union or other donor organisations.