Sian Alexander Takes Over at the Lyric
New Executive Director was previously at the Bush Theatre
Sian Alexander has been appointed the new Executive Director of the Lyric Hammersmith, and will officially take up the role from October 5.
Sian succeeds Jessica Hepburn, who is leaving the Lyric after nearly a decade as Executive Director to focus on her writing career and who, as her last act for the Lyric is swimming the English Channel to raise money for the theatre’s work with disadvantaged children.
Sian Alexander has been a senior management consultant in the arts for the past five years, during which time she has worked with the Nuffield in Southampton, Creative Industry Finance, Tricycle Theatre and the World Stages Consortium, among others.
From 2012 to 2014 she was Executive Director of the Bush Theatre and prior to that was Associate Director of Julie’s Bicycle from 2010 to 2013 and Head of Theatre in London at Arts Council England for 10 years until 2010.
She is Chair of the Trustees for Frantic Assembly as well as being on the Boards of Julie’s Bicycle and the Gate Theatre. Sian became a Clore Fellow in 2006.
Sian says: " The Lyric is my local theatre and I’ve been a huge fan of its work for years. It is an honour now to lead the theatre alongside Sean Holmes and to work together to realise the fantastic potential of the Lyric’s new spaces for artists, audiences and young people."
Sean Holmes, Artistic Director says: " I'm delighted Sian Alexander will soon join us as our new Executive Director.
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2015 has been monumental for the Lyric with the reopening of the building following its £20 million capital development and the coming years will be a very exciting time. I look forward to working with Sian as we take the Lyric on into its next chapter."
You can read about Jessica Hepburn's plans to swim across the English Channel and sponsor her via her JustGiving page here.
August 21, 2015
