The Teatro Vivo Board are:
Anne Biggs (chair)
With more than twenty years’ experience in the not for profit sector, as a volunteer and as an employee, including senior leadership and board roles, Anne has extensive knowledge across a range of areas, including organisational strategy, governance, risk management, capital projects, one-off events, long-term programming, and organisation-wide transformation. An experienced arts and heritage consultant, Anne previously worked at various cultural organisations including the Philharmonia, Historic Royal Palaces, and English National Ballet. Anne is Chair of Coin Street Community Builders, serving a high-profile area which includes the OXO Tower and stretches of the South Bank in London, delivering for local communities, tourists, local visitors and workers. Previously, Anne held various roles, including as a board member of the Freud Museum and as an Enterprise Advisor within the Mayor of London’s Enterprise Network.
Tim Burgess
Tim is a business leader, non-executive director and trustee. He is a passionate team leader, able to use strategic, analytical thinking to drive business growth.
Tim currently leads the London Studio of TODD Architects, where he has created robust business plan, to develop the studio through building strategic relationships, and communicating a clear vision. Highly organized and methodical, with proven abilities across all levels of organizational management. Tim has built a highly effective team by mentoring and coaching employees.
Tim is a Non-Executive Director at Board Level at EduEco+, sitting on the Startup Business Advisory Group. In his architects practice he has instigated community-led projects for the Bankside Open Spaces Trust, and the Festival of Architecture. Tim also acts as a mentor for young people through the Blueprint for All Charity, and the University of Westminster’s Working Cultures UK programme.
Frances Chapman (Treasurer)
Frances is a chartered accountant and is currently Financial Controller for an international NGO working in institutional childcare reform. She has worked in the charity sector as an in-house accountant in various roles since 2016 including several publicly funded organisations, namely in the prison and culture and arts sectors.
Prior to that she trained and worked in Practice as a statutory auditor with a top 50 firm in central London.
Frances is passionate about working in the charity sector and overcoming challenging financial circumstances. She has extensive experience in managing teams, streamlining operating systems and using technology to improve efficiency and accuracy.
An avid supporter of the London Arts scene, Frances enjoys visiting London galleries, attending concerts and going to the theatre.
Katie Hogben
Katie is a data, EDI and marketing lead with over twelve years experience in the arts, charity and private sectors. She is data-driven, target-focused, and creative.
In her current role as Audience Diversity and Inclusion Lead as part of the senior leadership team at the Natural History Museum, she leads on EDI and Accessibility for external audiences across all departments, tasked with writing the Museum’s new Audience Development strategy.
Her experience includes leading on Data and Equality at Philharmonia Orchestra, two years in a pivotal role in the Marketing department at Turner Contemporary in the lead up to Turner Prize 2019, and four years leading on Marketing and Audience Development for Power of Women Festival.
She is Chartered Institute of Marketing qualified, with a first class degree in English and American Literature from the University of Kent, and an MA in Screenwriting from the National Film and Television School.
Cat Hooper
Catherine is the General Manager of TINA the Tina Turner Musical, which received its world premiere at the Aldwych Theatre in April 2018.
During her time at MRL she has managed shows including Heisenberg for Elliott Harper Productions, several seasons of La Soireéboth in London and internationally, and the West End revival of The Dresser. Catherine was also responsible for setting up the child company of the first UK and Ireland tour of Billy Elliot and assisting Beautiful – the Carole King Musical. Other shows include: the Korean transfer of ONCE the Musical, Punchdrunk’s The Drowned Man, the BAM transfer of A Doll’s House, and Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense.
Catherine has been on the Stage One Apprentice scheme and also worked at Sonia Friedman Productions assisting on the opening of The Book of Mormon and Old Times.