As London’s leading theatre trade association and membership organisation, Society of London Theatre envisions a dynamic, sustainable, and world-class theatre sector. Our Board plays a crucial role in realising this vision, offering their time and expertise on a voluntary basis to guide and advise our efforts on behalf of the industry.
Kash Bennett
President
Kash Bennett’s term as SOLT President commenced on 19 June at the 2024 AGM.
Kash was Managing Director of National Theatre Productions for ten years, overseeing National Theatre work outside of the Southbank, producing 24 West End transfers 10 UK tours 4 international tours and 3 Broadway transfers.
Before joining the National Theatre, Bennett was Head of Production for Stage Entertainment UK, where she general managed numerous West End and touring productions such as Hairspray, Sister Act, Oliver! and Memphis.
Her producing credits include several award-winning Broadway productions. The Lehman Trilogy, produced by Bennett, won the 2022 Tony Award for Best Play. She also produced the 2018 Broadway revival of Angels in America, which won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play and Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Revival.
In 2024, Bennett was appointed President of the Society of London Theatre, representing West End theatre owners, producers, and managers. She left the National Theatre in September to join Sonia Friedman Productions as Executive Director and was recently made a Fellow of the Guildhall School.
Photo by Cameron Slater Photography.
Eleanor Lloyd
Vice President
President of SOLT from 2020-2023; Eleanor Lloyd is now Vice President.
When the theatres closed in March 2020, her site-specific production of Witness For The Prosecution by Agatha Christie had just celebrated its 1,000th performance at a specially created theatre in London’s County Hall. Her production of new play Emilia, which ran at Shakespeare’s Globe and the Vaudeville Theatre, won three 2020 Olivier Awards.
Eleanor has partnered with not-for-profit producing theatres to transfer shows to the West End, Nell Gwynn (Olivier Award – Best New Comedy, Apollo Theatre); three seasons of 1984 (Playhouse Theatre); My Night with Reg (Olivier Nomination – Best Revival, Apollo Theatre); and Handbagged (Olivier Nomination – Best New Comedy, Vaudeville Theatre).
She has produced several touring shows including Dusty, a new musical about Dusty Springfield, by Jonathan Harvey and directed by Maria Friedman, and Shakespeare in Love.
Eleanor has worked for the Royal Court and Gate Theatres and began producing on the Edinburgh and London Fringe. Eleanor was awarded a Stage One Producer’s Bursary in 2005 and the Stage One Start-Up Fund award in 2011. She was a finalist in the British Council’s Young Performing Arts Entrepreneur Award. Eleanor sits on the Board of Stage One, Theatre 503 and Oxford Playhouse.
Board members
- Tristan Baker, Producer, Runaway Entertainment & Tristan Baker Ltd
- Alan Finch, Managing Director, Cameron Mackintosh Ltd
- Henny Finch, Executive Director, Donmar Warehouse
- Patrick Gracey, Producer & General Manager, Patrick Gracey Productions
- Lil Lambley, Managing Director & Executive Producer, Anthology Theatre Productions
- Robert Noble, Deputy Managing Director, Cameron Mackintosh Ltd*
- Tali Pelman, Group Creative Managing Director, Stage Entertainment
- Rebecca Quigley, Producer and co-founder, Rodeo Productions
- Andrew Rawlinson, Business Director (London & West End), ATG
- Mark Rubinstein, Producer / Director, Mark Rubinstein Ltd
- Ed Snape, Producer / Director, Fiery Angel
- Dame Rosemary Squire, Co-Founder and CEO, Trafalgar Entertainment*
- Kenny Wax, Producer, Kenny Wax Ltd
- Griselda Yorke, Executive Producer, Old Vic Theatre
* Co-opted Board members