FRANTIC ASSEMBLY APPOINTS PETE STAVES AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND’S PETE STAVES JOINS FRANTIC ASSEMBLY AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- STAVES WILL TAKE UP HIS POST IN MAY 2016
- ANNA MOUTREY ALSO JOINS FRANTIC ASSEMBLY AS PRODUCER
Internationally renowned theatre company Frantic Assembly has appointed Pete Staves as Executive Director and joint Chief Executive. Staves joins Frantic Assembly from his current position at Arts Council England and will take up his post in May 2016, working together with Artistic Director Scott Graham to bring the company’s ambitious plans for the future to fruition.
Pete Staves has been Senior Relationship Manager, Theatre and Touring at Arts Council England since 2010. Before joining ACE he was Festival Producer for LIFT, producing the 2008, 2009 and 2010 festivals. This followed eight years producing small and mid-scale tours for companies including Yellow Earth and People Show, before which he was at the Man In The Moon and the Gate theatres.
In addition, Anna Moutrey has been appointed to a new role of Producer at Frantic Assembly. Moutrey has spent the last seven years working on projects at Manchester International Festival, having also worked on Glasgow 2014, London 2012 and the Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010.
Pete said, “I’m hugely excited to be joining Frantic Assembly. I’ve always found the company’s work thrilling, moving, relevant and beautiful, and I’m looking forward to playing my part in its future success, and reaching more audiences in the UK and overseas.”
Anna said, “Frantic are a brilliant team making fantastic work and I can’t wait to be part of it.”
Frantic Assembly’s Artistic Director Scott Graham said, “I am thrilled to be welcoming Pete Staves and Anna Moutrey to our team. Both bring experience, vision and a passion for the potential of touring theatre. I am looking forward to working together on what is a new and exciting chapter for Frantic Assembly.”
Frantic Assembly’s Chair Sian Alexander said, “Frantic Assembly is a major force in UK theatre and following the success of recent years the company has ambitious plans for the future. Pete and Anna join the company at a key moment as we build our capacity to achieve our vision. Under the leadership of Pete and Scott we look forward to exciting times ahead.”
This year, Frantic Assembly will present Andrew Bovell’s Things I Know To Be True, an international co-production with State Theatre Company of South Australia. Following its UK premiere at the Lyric Hammersmith, from 10th September until 1st October 2016, Things I Know To Be True will embark on a tour of the UK to towns and cities including Oxford, Warwick, Liverpool, Manchester and Chichester.