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.

Carissa Hope Lynch  New Works and Literary Officer
Carissa joined Graeae in March 2008. Having recently completed an MA in Applied Theatre at the Central School of Speech and Drama, her paper "The Bal Basera Project: A Journey Through Landscape to Place-Making and Belonging" was delivered at Theatre Applications, London, 2010. Carissa is an interdisciplinary artist keen on devising performances in alternative-to-theatre-spaces. Her most recent and current arts practice has engaged with the Tricycle Theatre, Market Estate Project, Shunt, New Wimbledon Theatre Studio, and the Old Red Lion.

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.

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.

Ann Lamole  Finance Manager
Before joining Graeae in January 2010 Ann worked with the interational aid organisation Medicins Sans Frontier as their Finance Officer.  Ann’s also Finance positions  with Cancer Research UK and the South Sudanese Community Association.  Away from the rigours of allocating funds to budgets and pressing buttons on calculators, Ann loves to cook – chicken curry being her signature dish.  You should really try her chapatis – she rustles them up from scratch.  A dedicated financial worker, Ann is also studying to be a Management Accountant.

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.