Nadia Murrell (Chair)

Nadia is a Buisiness & IT Consultant, with a key focus on transformation. She has worked across a wide range of sectors, but most recently in the Financial Services industry, working alongside a number of FTS100/250 Boards to define and deliver their business and technology transformation strategy.

Prior to becoming a consultant Nadia held Director roles for multi-national organisations, where she was responsible for organisational design, technology development, delivery strategies and ensuring governance met the industry regulated standards.

Nadia has been actively involved in the performing arts industry for over 30 years and serves as a vice-chair on the board of a local arts charity.

Hannah Bixby

Hannah is an Arts Manager specialising in sales and operations for Arts organisations, events companies and charities. Currently working at English National Ballet, she graduated from the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) with a degree in Music, Theatre & Entertainment Management and has been working in Arts Education roles for over 10 years. Her professional portfolio includes work with the British Council, Royal Opera House, Dance Consortium, Ballet Soul, Young Film Academy, Theatre Re, All In Actors, SPILL Festival and the Festival City Theatres Trust, Edinburgh. Hannah is passionate about wellbeing within the arts and is also a Vinyasa yoga instructor alongside her work in the creative industries.

Christina Kapadocha

Christina Kapadocha (PhD) is a London-based theatre and somatic practitioner-researcher, Registered Somatic Movement Educator and founder of Somatic Acting Process®. A first-class graduate of the Greek National Theatre Drama School (2008) and East 15 Acting School (MA, 2011) under full scholarship, Christina has worked as an actress, director and movement director in Greece and the UK since 2007. She was awarded a fully funded Practice-as-Research PhD from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in 2016 and is currently a Lecturer in Movement for Acting and Research at East 15 Acting School, University of Essex. Her practice-research projects and publications investigate somatically inspired contributions to theatre- performance practices and beyond. Christina is the editor of Somatic Voices in Performance Research and Beyond (Routledge, 2021) and an associate editor for the Theatre, Dance and Performance Training journal. Personal website:https://christina-kapadocha.com/

Isabel Pollen

With over 25 years of experience as a global actress and mental fitness/ performance coach, Isabel helps individuals and teams enhance their confidence, presence, and impact in various settings and contexts.

Isabel has a unique combination of skills and expertise in voice, breath, body, storytelling, and mind work, thanks to my training at RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art) via a bursary scholarship as well as distinction in the ICF accredited certification in 'Physical Intelligence'. She is also about to start partnering with the "Positive Intelligence" team to become an accredited certified Positive Intelligence coach so that she can support individuals and teams with this globally endorsed coaching approach.

Isabel is the founder and host of "Beautiful Mess", a podcast dedicated to #beautifulmess conversations...a diverse spectrum of voices from all over the world exploring personal development and the beauty found in life's messy moments.

Isabel works as an actress with experience in stage, TV, and film, as well as commercials and voice-overs. Isabel offers keynotes and workshops on topics such as performance, storytelling, resilience, and confidence, and creates bespoke sessions depending on the needs of my clients.

Susanna Recchia

Susanna Recchia is an Italian dance artist, currently based in Lausanne. She works as a performer, teacher, choreographer, rehearsal director, artistic advisor, mentor and independent researcher. Through her work, she has performed, taught and collaborated with many artists internationally in professional, academic, educational, health and community settings. Her work is rooted in contemporary dance practices, with a main focus on somatic movement studies, improvisation and resourcing creativity through moving. She is currently invested in asking questions about her own dance practice regarding decoloniality and social justice. Her desire is to continue finding ways in which art and specifically dance can be a transformative practice through which listening and togetherness is felt. She is currently studying about rest, conflict resolution, embodied leadership and decoloniality. Dialogue and collaboration, movement and freedom of expression, inclusivity and imagination are the core forces of Susanna's work as an artist and facilitator.

Board Members