Meet the Team

  • Co-Artistic Director & Chief Executive -Rory Francis

    Rory is an actor, writer and director from East Sussex. He trained on the BA Acting course at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, where he won both the Josephine Hart Prize and the Michael Bryant Award.

  • Co-Artistic Director - Charlotte Blandford

    Charlotte is an actor, deviser, director and producer. She has devised and produced shows with TrailBlaze theatre company before graduating with a MA in Acting from Guildhall School of Music & Drama. She has performed for Amazon Prime, Channel 5 and BBC Radio 4, and devised two R&D pieces with Part of the Main. She joined Beardance in April 2022.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Theodor Foord-Paton

George Gibbs

Toheeb Jimoh