To contact our core team, email info@graeae.org with the person's name in the subject heading or call 020 7613 6900.

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, Stepping Stones and Mad Meg. In 1997 her reputation for devising signed plays for deaf audiences and creating multisensory theatre led her to become Graeae’s Artistic Director.

All productions are fuelled by a passion to find a new theatrical voice which explores how the aesthetics of access (sign language and audio description, diverse physicality and differing voices) can be integral to a production. Graeae productions include The Fall of the House of Usher adapted by Steven Berkoff; Fittings: The Last Freakshow by Mike Kenny; The Changeling adapted by Clare McIntyre; peeling by Kaite O’Reilly; Diary of an Action Man by Mike Kenny; On Blindness by Glyn Cannon; Bent by Martin Sherman and Blasted by Sarah Kane.

Co-productions include: Flower Girls by Richard Cameron with New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich; Static by Dan Rebellato with Suspect Culture and new street arts venture The Medal Ceremony and Against the Tide with Australian Sway Pole company Strange Fruit. She is currently reviving Signs of a Diva by Nona Shepphard and a new musical Reasons to be Cheerful by Paul Sirett (inspired by Ian Dury songs) both with Theatre Royal Stratford East. Freelance work includes her ‘sign song drag troupe’ The Alexandras. She lives with her partner Danny Braverman and their son Jonah. Jenny was recently awarded an MBE for services to disability arts.

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.

Kevin Walsh  Building and Facilities Manager
Kevin joined Graeae in February 2005 as General Manager and became Building and Facilities Manager following the move to the Bradbury Studios. He is the first point of contact for hires, tenancy and use of the building. Kevin previously worked for Oily Cart and Proteus Theatre Company, and studied Drama and English Language at Kent University.

Rachel Bagshaw  Training and Learning Projects Manager
Rachel joined Graeae in 2007 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 is a theatre director, workshop facilitator and project manager. Rachel has previously worked for companies including CandoCo, Paines Plough, Almeida Theatre and Sadler’s Wells. Recent projects include directing the Rhinestone Rollers and the forthcoming production of Just Me. Bell.

Jodi-Alissa Bickerton  Training and Learning Projects Assistant
Joining Graeae in January 2010, Jodi worked previously in England as a Skills Development Tutor in Drama and Media after moving from Melbourne, Australia in 2007. She has trained as a writer, performer and film maker, studying Contemporary Arts in Drama, Media and Arts Practice.  Jodi has performed at the Melbourne International Comedy and Fringe Festivals, as well as working professionally in arts and charity organisations in both Australia and England.

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 centres 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.  Her 2008 BBC/Graeae radio adaptation of Hunchback of Notre Dame earned critical acclaim and she is one of three writers on the soon to be broadcast Channel Four televison series Cast Offs.

Michael Achtman  Access Manager
As Access Manager, Michael ensures that appropriate Access is provided for all Graeae staff, artists, workshop participants and audiences.  He originally worked for Graeae as a Creative Enabler on Missing Piece 4.  In his own practice, he has collaborated with many disabled artists, including most recently directing and co-producing FAT, a solo performance by Pete Edwards.  He is also a filmmaker whose films and videos have screened at galleries and festivals internationally.

Robin Bray  Access Support Assistant
Robin started with Graeae in October 2009, and feels like he’s finally come home. His role is to support the Access Manager, which involves spending a good portion of the day contacting BSL interpreters and Access Workers. Additionally, Robin liaises with venues and production teams to ensure all Access needs are met for Graeae's work. Prior to joining Graeae Robin freelanced as an access worker and trained as an Electronic Note-Taker.

Victoria Stevens  Administrator and PA to the CEOs
Victoria joined Graeae in February 2008 as Admin assistant and became Administrator and PA to the CEOs in July 2009. She graduated from LIPA with a degree in Arts, Music and Entertainment Management and has a background in Dance and Music. She manages Graeae's events and should be your first point of contact for all queries.

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.

Barbara Simmonds  Finance Consultant
Barbara has worked with Graeae as a financial consultant for over seven 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.