Trustees

Shekeila Scarlett

Chair

Shekeila was a participant of Immediate Theatre for many years and led our youth board before joining the Board in 2015. Shekeila is a long-standing supporter of our work and has experienced it first-hand. She was born and raised in Hackney and came to us as a participant after being excluded from school in 2008. Shekeila has grown and matured with Immediate Theatre and is an exemplary example of the work we do with young people and how we engage some of the most vulnerable in society. She is now also Chair of the Young Futures Commission in Hackney. And this year has become chair at Immediate Theatre

Richard Harris

Trustee

Richard has been involved with Immediate Theatre since the outset and became a board member in 2003. Until March 2011, Richard was a Senior Project Manager for Southwark Council, with responsibility for local Communities within regeneration. Prior to that, as Development Manager for Education at Springboard, Hackney. He has served on several boards and steering groups representing tenants and local communities over the past 20 years. Richard was Head of Drama at a secondary school in Tower Hamlets for ten years, and an actor for fifteen years, appearing in many west end productions.

Richard has a passionate belief in the power of Drama to act as a catalyst for young people to develop responsibility and pride in their own creativity and supports the innovation and commitment of Immediate Theatre to provide a framework for that catalyst to ignite.

Stephen Moss

Trustee

Stephen is a consultant and facilitator working in collaboration with a range of colleagues to enable positive individual, organisational and social change and joined the Board in 2012. He combines experience from working in the social care sector as practitioner, supervisor and manager - with over 25 years of experience working as an organisational development consultant in both public and private sectors.

Stephen has a BA (Oxon) in Experimental Psychology, MA in Applied Social Studies – Social Work from Warwick University and is a qualified social worker (CQSW). Training includes Advanced Consulting course at the Tavistock Centre, Foundation Year at Institute of Group Analysis and currently, he is training in organisational constellations.

Gifty Green

Trustee

Gifty is an experienced leader with over 10 years’ experience of managing services and teams within children and young people services. She is committed to improving outcomes for children and families through early help to statutory interventions. Gifty has a sound knowledge and understanding of the needs of young people and unaccompanied asylum seekers inclusive, sexual exploitation, offending/gangs and mental health. She has experience of line management and consultancy support of social workers, overseeing the allocation, monitoring of work, ensuring high quality response, analysis, decision making, planning and review in place. Immediate Theatre first worked with Gifty when she was the Contract Manager for our Connecting Young Hackney commission. When she ceased employment with Hackney in 2015, she agreed to stay connected with the organisation by joining the Board. Gifty brings over 20 years’ experience of social work and youth work to the Board and has supports us with Safeguarding policy and practise.

Suzanne Gorman (Summers)

Trustee

Suzanne is Artistic Director of Maya Productions, a company making diverse theatre to create change. She is an experienced director, dramaturg and producer, passionate about theatre that enables social change and encourages inclusion. She was previously Education Director at Soho Theatre and has held Associate roles at Derby LIVE, Sheffield Theatres, Theatre Royal Stratford East, and the Barbican.

A Clore Cultural Leadership Fellow, Suzanne led a research project Where Am I? that highlighted theimportance of ethnically diverse role models and leaders for workforce diversity in the performing arts. She now supports sector development through research and facilitation with other organisations, including the National Theatre and as a Tonic Associate. She was a member of the Steering Committee for Performance Live a BBC and Arts Council England project for television and chair of the board of trustees for Theatre Venture. She is also a Relational Dynamic Coach. Suzanne was previously Associate Director at Immediate Theatre. She is delighted to be supporting the ongoing development of such a vital company.

Jack Wong

Trustee

Jack is a Charted Accountant with over 20 years of audit experience, mainly in the financial services industry. He currently works for Vanguard Asset Management, and prior to this he worked at UBS, Quilter plc and KPMG.  Jack is also a member of Vanguard’s UK Hometown Grants Committee, which provides funding to local charities to drive community impact.  He is passionate about helping address several areas of need, including youth violence prevention and mental health support.   Jack first engaged with Immediate Theatre in 2020 through the Hometown Grants Committee and became a Trustee for Immediate Theatre in 2022.

Nadya Bettioui

Trustee

Nadya is a Creative Learning Education Consultant working with schools, organisations and communities to open up access to the arts for all. She is a qualified Drama & English teacher and was the Secondary & Further Education Programme Manager at the National Theatre.

Nadya first worked with Immediate Theatre between 2018- 2022 when she helped to deliver the Estate-based Youth Theatres programme, schools projects and Speech Bubbles. She has since worked with them as a freelance Schools consultant. She is honoured to now be a
Trustee, supporting the future success of an organisation that does such vital work for young people and communities.

Dr Jacqueline Bolton 

Trustee

Jacqueline (Jackie) Bolton is an Honorary Senior Fellow in Drama and Theatre at the University of Lincoln. Early experiences of youth drama fostered a passion for performing, and later studying, theatre as a social, cultural, and political practice. Her research ranges across the artistic policies, organisational cultures, and professional practices of subsidised theatre - in particular, the development of new writing- as well as how these contexts inflect the plays produced. The values of Immediate Theatre - community-centred, committed to redressing inequity, and invested in personal and social change - are close to her heart, and she is keen to connect the skills and knowledge that she has gained in her roles as an educator, researcher, and facilitator with the outstanding work of this company.

Myriam Coudoux

Trustee

Myriam is a strategic communications leader with a background spanning both the luxury and philanthropic sectors. She has built her career shaping and delivering global communications strategies, purpose-led storytelling, and impactful messaging for major businesses and corporate foundation.

Myriam has experience in leading international teams, building stakeholder trust, and delivering mission-driven campaigns, bringing both strategic insight and creative direction. She has spoken at the World Economic Forum in Davos and led high-profile corporate sponsorships with the British Fashion Council Foundation, Graduate Fashion Foundation, and others. In addition, she has contributed to corporate strategies on the topic of equality, diversity, and inclusion, and has worked on communications campaigns with over 20 charities worldwide, focusing on the environment, empowerment, and education.

Meghana Shah

Trustee

Meghana Shah is an experienced theatre administrator with a deep belief in the power of theatre to create social impact. She currently works as Administration Manager at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre. Her work has given her strong insight into the responsibilities of charity governance and the realities of running a cultural organisation in today’s financial landscape.

Meghana’s connection to community-driven theatre began in Singapore, where she worked as a freelance stage and production manager on productions exploring sensitive social issues. She later became a drama teacher and administrative coordinator at the Bangalore School of Speech and Drama, in India, where she taught communication and theatre skills to
children, coordinated youth performances, and built strong relationships with families. These experiences affirmed her belief in the arts as a tool for empowerment and inclusion.

A passionate advocate for representation in the arts, Meghana draws on her lived experience of moving to the UK from India to inform her interest in equity, diversity, and inclusion. Her career is grounded in a belief in storytelling as a powerful tool for connection and change—values closely aligned with Immediate Theatre’s mission.

Meghana is proud to support Immediate Theatre’s commitment to community engagement and creative empowerment through her work as a Trustee.

Sophia Morris

Trustee

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