We are excited to announce our first five speakers for the Theatre Conference 2026 with Spektrix, at London’s Southbank Centre on 30 June 2026. Read more about Artistic Director Jenny Sealey OBE, Executive Producer Francesca Moody MBE, Executive Director & Joint CEO Carloyn ML Forsyth, Creative Director Nathan Powell and AI Consultant Jocelyn Burnham over on the Theatre Conference event page. Tickets are still available, so book yours now and stay tuned for further speaker announcements including our keynote speaker in the coming days.
Jenny Sealey OBE
Artistic Director, Graeae
Graeae’s Artistic Director since 1997, Jenny Sealey has pioneered a new theatrical language-‘aesthetics of artistic access’ embedding sign language, creative captioning and audio description into the heart of all productions.
Jenny co-directed London 2012 Paralympic Opening Ceremony alongside Bradley Hemmings (GDIF). She won the Liberty Human Rights Arts Award and was on Desert Island Discs.
Francesca Moody MBE
Executive Producer, Francesca Moody Productions
Francesca Moody MBE is an Olivier award-winning and Tony-nominated Theatre Producer. She is best known as the original producer of the multi-award winning, Fleabag by Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Baby Reindeer by Richard Gadd. Under Francesca Moody Productions she has developed and produced multiple productions on and off the West-End, including Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder! (The Ambassadors Theatre, Bristol Old Vic, HOME Manchester, Underbelly Edinburgh Roundabout) Weather Girl (St Ann’s Warehouse New York, Soho Theatre, Summerhall); Ohio (Young Vic, Bristol Old Vic, Assembly Roxy Edinburgh); and more.
Carolyn ML Forsyth
Executive Director & JCEO Talawa Theatre Company, A Director of Local Theatre Touring Alliance, Talawa Theatre Company
Carolyn is a dynamic, detail-focused producer and arts manager with over 25 years’ experience across theatre, young people’s work, outdoor and site-specific productions, international touring and festivals. She played a key role in launching the UK’s first purpose-built children’s theatre for the Unicorn Theatre, during which time the venue was nominated for the Most Welcoming Theatre Award. Carolyn was also recognised by Action for Children’s Arts for her contribution to the Theatre for Young Audiences sector. A passionate advocate for social justice and diverse cultural leadership, she is a Clore Leadership Fellow (2023–24) and was part of the leadership team that delivered Croydon’s London Borough of Culture programme.
Nathan Powell
Creative Director, Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse Theatres
Previously Artistic Director of the National Student Drama Festival (NSDF), Nathan has championed emerging talent and forged groundbreaking partnerships, showcasing some of the most exciting new work from across the country. He was the Creative Producer and Associate Artist for 20 Stories High (an Associate Company of the theatres) and is co-founder of New Step Theatre with writer Joe Ward Munrow.
As a director his recent credits include: productions with Shakespeare North Playhouse, Leicester Curve, Queens Theatre Hornchurch in association with the National Theatre and the Barbican.
Jocelyn Burnham
Consultant, AI For Culture
Jocelyn Burnham is a leading independent artificial intelligence communicator and workshop leader specialising in AI learning in the creative and cultural sectors through creativity and playfulness. She has delivered over 100 workshops on AI for the creative industries and has been commissioned by organisations including Arts Council England, Tate, The Church of England, the Goethe-Institut, Historic Royal Palaces, Art Fund, Shakespeare’s Globe, RADA, London Symphony Orchestra, and Bloomberg Philanthropies.
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