The Everything Theatre Team
Everything Theatre is a real group effort, how else could we review so many shows? Each and every person who writes for us is an important cog in the big wheel that keeps us running. Since we started in 2010, we’ve had more than 200 people write for us, and we hope to see that number continue to grow in the future. Some of our team have been with us since the very early days, others may only stay for a short while, but we appreciate each and every one of them for their contributions.
Whilst we are a fully volunteer run group, we do obviously need a few people running the show, and that’s what we call our Exec Team, those people who give up a little additional time to ensure things run as smoothly as they do. You can find out who those people are below.
Of course, the heart of everything we do is reviewing, we simply wouldn’t exist without reviewers. You can find out who our current reviewing team is here.
You can also see everyone who has ever written for us here. We’re appreciative of everyone person who has ever contributed, even if it was just one or two reviews, each and every one has helped us become what we are today.
If you want to become part of our wonderful team, we’re always looking for new contributors. It doesn’t even have to be reviewing, we are keen to hear from you if you want to get involved with some feature writing, interviews and even editing. You can find out more about this here.
The ET Exec Team
Rob Warren
Chief Dogsbody
Rob joined the reviewing team in 2016. When ET’s founders stepped down the year after, he offered to help out a little. That ‘little’ has grown quite a lot since then, and now Rob does his best to keep all the various parts that make up ET running smoothly.
Mary Pollard
Head Editor
Mary joined the team at the end of 2019 to help out with editing. Since then she has become invaluable in keeping things on track. Her (usually) sensible approach ensures we don’t go too wild with some ideas – so yes, she is usually the one telling Rob that his latest suggestion really isn’t that good!
Mary is also our resident expert on everything puppetry – what she doesn’t know about Zippy, (including the dark days he doesn’t like to mention) isn’t worth knowing.
Clare Annamalai
Consulting Editor
Clare took over the reins in 2016 and has helped keep things afloat since. Whilst not quite so hands on at the moment due to two teenage daughters taking up most of her spare time, she is still the person whose calm and sensible head acts as a great mentor when needed.
Lily Middleton
Head of Recruitment
Whilst we may be all volunteers, we still take our recruitment of new reviewers seriously. After all, without a team of great reviewers, we’d not exist! And that’s where Lily comes in. She’s first point of contact if you want to come and write for us, leading you through our onboarding process and ensuring you are made to feel as welcome as possible. Oh and she’s the other go-to person for musicals, it’s a bun fight between her and Sidonie!
Dave Bushe
Scheduling
Dave joined us at the start of 2022 and has quickly become another helpful cog in the wheel. In-between seeing more shows than is surely healthy, he has helped out in many ways. Right now he manages all things scheduling, dealing with the hundreds of invites we get every month, and ensuring we get our reviewers booked in to as many shows as we can convince them to do.