Bérengère Ariaudo De Castelli
Bérengère is our General Manager and ensures the smooth running of all our HR, financial and admin systems.
Ben Whitnall
Ben is Marketing Manager, looking after our website and social media and spreading the word about all our shows and events.
Charlene Olaleye
Charlene is our Youth Arts Producer. She leads on all of our workshops and performance opportunities with children and young people and local schools.
Christina Poulton
Christina is the Executive Director at Strike A Light and manages the general running of the organisation.
Emma-Jane Benning
Emma Jane is Co-Artistic Director. Her focus is on working with artists, companies and community members to create our year round programme of performances.
Halima Malek
Halima is our Women Leaders South West Associate. She works with communities in Gloucester to make exciting projects and events happen.
Jess Gibbs
Jess leads our artist support programme and manages FOH & box office as well as supporting the team with marketing and project management.
Milan Govedarica
Milan is our producer who leads on our co-created programme with artists and the local community.
Nicola Ellis-Jones
Nicola is the Culture Bank Producer, a pilot project in partnership with Create Gloucestershire which aims to give free tickets to arts events for people living in food poverty in Gloucester.
Philippa Smith
Jess is our Producer. She Philippa is our Community Producer. She works closely with Emma Jane and local groups to put on events in community spaces and encourage new and diverse audiences to come along.
philippa@strikealightfestival.org.uk
Rene Nistor
Rene is our Wellbeing Activities Intern. He is based at The Venture in White City and supports the team to deliver their programme of activities for children and young people.
Sarah Blowers
Sarah is Co-Artistic Director. Sarah leads on producing artists and performance projects, creating partnerships, and fundraising.
Shenice Ellis
Shenice is our Women Leaders South West Associate. She works with communities in Gloucester to make exciting projects and events happen.
Tom Booth
Tom is our production coordinator. He manages all things tech and makes our events happen.
