Keynote by Suzanne Gorman (Artistic Director, Maya Productions)

9 July, 2021 | 11:00 AM | Think Space

Suzanne Gorman is Artistic Director of Maya Productions, a company making diverse theatre to create change. She has directed Machinal; The Croydon Avengers; In Time; Barefoot Gen; Superheroes: South of the River and Babel Junction.

 As Education Director at Soho Theatre she directed over 15 new writing productions and pioneered the company’s ground-breaking site specific work with communities. Her Associate roles include work with Derby LIVE, Sheffield Theatres, Theatre Royal Stratford East, Immediate Theatre and the Barbican.

As a Clore Fellow, Suzanne led the research project Where Am I?, which highlighted the importance of Black, Asian and Ethnically Diverse Role Models and Leaders in relation to workforce diversity.

At Maya she recently ran a coaching and mentoring programme to support ethnically diverse industry professionals during the pandemic. She is currently developing a new musical Benny and the Greycats, telling the story of a family of Anglo-Indian musicians in Sheffield in the 1960s.