Meet the Staff

Meet the team behind Norwich Puppet Theatre.

Lloyd Mitchell

Financial Controller

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Charlotte Brooks

Cleaner

Meet the Board of Trustees

Phillip Roffe – Chair

Starting off as an IT engineer, Phillip now owns and runs Osiris technologies which provides IT support for charities and businesses throughout the region. He is also director/owner of Fayre Maiden Jewellery.

Phillip is passionate about supporting young people within the community. His company runs its own apprentice scheme designed to give young people opportunities within the technical sector. Phillip is also an Enterprise Advisor, a voluntary scheme which connects schools and business throughout the region.

Phillip says “I adore being part of the puppet theatre. It is a gem of a theatre set in a city that I love.”

Gavin Cowley

Gavin works Future Projects in the NR5 area of Norwich.  for Previously he worked for Norfolk County Council as a partnership adviser to schools in King’s Lynn, West Norfolk and Breckland. Having worked abroad for over twenty years in a range of educational settings, he has enjoyed returning to the UK and re-discovering the rich history and cultural heritage of Norwich.

He is keen to engage schools throughout Norfolk in the ‘power of puppetry’, as a means to delivering a broad and balanced curriculum.

Mark Pitman

Mark Pitman is co-director of Garlic Theatre, a visual theatre company that uses image, puppet animation, movement, and live music to create theatre productions. The company tours nationally and internationally.

Mark worked as a model maker before training in mime and movement with Desmond Jones and attending Jacques Lecoq’s school in Paris.

In 1995 Mark became a part-time tutor for puppetry and manipulation and construction at the Central School for Speech and Drama in London for six years.

Christine Nobbett

Norwich Puppet Theatre is pretty wonderful. The old church that it’s housed in with its small round tower is very cool…then you step inside and the interior is beautiful and surprising…then the magic of puppetry begins.

I was drawn to this role having felt the passion and enthusiasm of the other trustees, the staff, volunteers and the theatre goers themselves. I didn’t think I knew a great deal about puppetry, but when I thought back to all the shows, television and film that had me enthralled growing up, I realised that we have all experienced so many forms of this art without really thinking about it and it is still evolving and absolutely current.

I work in the administration of an IT company and I am also involved in the administration and operation of a Norwich based social enterprise. A versatile working life and numerous volunteer roles have allowed me to engage in anything I do with insight and creativity. I look forward to giving NPT my energy and support

Stuart McLeod

Stuart has worked with children and young people for nearly two decades, across schools, museums and hospitals, with a particular focus on autism, special needs and disabilities.
He is currently a full-time parent and carer, and a keen maker and crafter, enjoying making toys, costumes, puppets and props for himself and his family.
Stuart is passionate about inclusion, and is keen to promote access to the arts among disadvantaged and vulnerable groups. He has a lifelong love of puppetry and community arts, and is very excited to be supporting the team at Norwich Puppet Theatre with all the fantastic work and events that they do.