Founder (1991) & Chief Executive of Shakespeare Globe Centre NZ; organise annual University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festivals nationwide since 1992, National Shakespeare Schools Production, SGCNZ Young Shakespeare Company, national workshops & seminars, overseas study tours for students, interns, mid-career actors, teachers and others, especially, but not solely, with Shakespeare’s Globe, London.
Founder (1991) & Chief Executive of Shakespeare Globe Centre NZ; organise annual University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festivals nationwide since 1992, National Shakespeare Schools Production, SGCNZ Young Shakespeare Company, national workshops & seminars, overseas study tours for students, interns, mid-career actors, teachers and others, especially, but not solely, with Shakespeare’s Globe, London.
Previously
Free-lance Project Manager &/or PR & Sponsorship Manager & Marketing manager &/or Producer of a vast array of events some of which have included:
Voluntary positions currently held include
2006 North & South [Magazine] New Zealander of the Year~Unsung Hero (January 2007 issue)
2006 Sam Wanamaker Award, Shakespeare’s Globe, London
2005 [Centennial] Rotary Paul Harris Fellow
1993 New Zealand School of Dance Distinguished Graduate
1992 Queen’s Service Medal — for services to the arts
1991 Runner-up Wellingtonian of the Year
I have a great passion for Wellington, the arts, for encouraging young people and bringing pleasure to people’s lives. I enjoy my family and the thousands of people with whom I interact each year.