The Team

Alice works as Producer at the Gate across our in-house, co-produced and international programme.

Born and raised in South East London, Alice is passionate about platforming theatre that speaks to different communities in London. She strives to produce work that is inclusive, accessible and that examines the cross sections between the personal, political, global and local.

Before starting at the Gate in March 2022 she was Producer at Cardboard Citizens. She has previously worked with organisations like the National Theatre, Graeae Theatre Company, The Coronet Theatre, Barrowland Ballet and more. Alongside this role, she is the Producer of a small theatre company that works with learning disabled and neurodiverse adults called Square Pegs Arts.

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Atri’s directing credits include Julius Caesar (RSC), The Glass Menagerie, Utopia and Hobson’s Choice (all Royal Exchange), Britannicus (Lyric Hammersmith), Kes (Bolton Octagon/Theatre by the Lake), Harm (Bush Theatre) and ERROR ERROR ERROR (Marlowe Theatre/RSC). He also directed Harm as a film for the BBC Lights Up season on BBC Four.

Atri is a recipient of the 2022-24 Peter Hall Bursary from the National Theatre. In 2022, he was named in The Stage as one of “25 theatre-makers to watch out for over the next quarter-century and beyond”. In 2019, for Hobson’s Choice, he won The Stage Debut Award for Best Director. His translation of Pier Lorenzo Pisano’s Carbon was selected for a 2023 honour by Eurodram, the European network for drama in translation.

He is a trustee for the Regional Theatre Young Directors’ Scheme (RTYDS) and was previously Trainee Director at the Royal Exchange and a Resident Director at the Almeida.

Fisola Kelly-Akinnuoye (she/her) is a freelance writer- producer and literary magazine editor. She graduated with a degree in English from the University of Birmingham.

She has a background in theatre, working with The Old Vic, The Almeida, and China Plate Theatre on training courses. She worked as an intern assistant producer on China Plate Theatre’s production of Wuthering Heights and event coordinator for creative careers event – RISE 2023. She has produced the musical ‘The White Rose’ at Applecart Arts’ Springboard festival.

Her practice takes a care-centred approach to create space for emerging creatives to explore storytelling and creative possibilities in a safe, respectful working environment.

She has written a one act play, ‘Conversations with Myself,’ for the Almeida’s Anthem writers’ programme. Her writing explores existence in a Black, female body and celebrates personal and collective identities. She is driven to contribute to the dialogue on Black experiences. Currently, she is writing her second play.

She is passionate about creative education and platforming Black writers through her literary magazine, Wordstew. Her aim is to co-create communities that nurture sustainable productions of creativity in all formats.

Katherine has been part of the Gate Theatre team for such a long time, she’s part of the furniture.

She has worked in the charity sector for over twenty years as a freelance Finance Manager and financial consultant and is particular interested in theatre, music and dance having once been a performer herself.

Katherine also works with Cheek By Jowl, Boy Blue, Miracle Theatre, Hackney Showrooms, Sound Connections and Drake Music.

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Nicola Clements (she/her) was most recently Interim Executive Director at Camden People’s Theatre (CPT) from May 2021 until July 2022. Before her appointment at CPT, she spent over a decade working in fundraising and event management at the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). She is also a trustee at WAC Arts.

Paige is a South West born and London-based General Manager, Producer & Writer with a MA in Creative Producing (Mountview, Distinction). Paige’s career has centred around supporting emerging artists and creating accessible artistic hubs, with previous credits as Theatre Programming, Marketing & Production Manager at OSO Arts Centre, and as Venue Manager at NDT Broadgate – coordinating the delivery of allocating 110,000+ hours of free rehearsal space to emerging artists post pandemic. When not running theatres, Paige is a writer & producer making her own food-focused performance work, believing in the use of food to connect people across socio-economic backgrounds and other ideologies. She hopes to do a PhD in it one day! Paige has showcased her work at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, Drayton Arms Theatre, Exeter Phoenix & intoBodmin, and has also worked with Park Theatre, PW Productions, Baby Wants Candy! & Rosemary Branch Theatre.

Rebecca Prentice is an independent producer, facilitator and communications specialist with experience running charities at managerial level, facilitating workshops with community groups and producing theatre and film. She is passionate about supporting writers and artists through development and into production. 

She has worked with organizations such as Paines Plough, Bristol Old Vic, Roundhouse, Phosphoros Theatre, Pleasance Theatre and many more.  

She is supported by the Stage One Bursary Scheme for New Producers.