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ARTISTIC DIRECTORS

OUR Artistic Directors are the driving force behind our productions and company

Appointed for 3 years, and a volunteer role, our artistic directors contribute a huge amount to the everyday running of our company, alongside providing the vision and leadership for where we are heading. 

Each Artistic Director (or in the past Artistic Committee Member) since we were first formed have added, changed and grown our company and we are hugely thankful to all of them for everything they have done for us. 

CURRENT ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Stuart Watson

September 2024 - Present

Stuart has been a member of PTC since the 1990s and has directed many productions in that time. He was previously Artistic Director from 2010 - 2013 and has returned to the role with a drive to improve the inclusion, creativity and community of the company. This is being done through increased emphasis on building a strong, diverse, artistic team, reintroduction of a new writing programme, and many other new initiatives across the company


OUR FOrmer Artistic Directors

We are forever grateful to our former Artistic Directors who committed a huge amount of time, effort and creativity to further the company and theatre. 

Cait Hart Dyke


July 2022 - April 2025

Barney Hart Dyke


July 2022 - April 2025

JEFF 
GRAVES


January 2019 - July 2022

EMMA 
MILES


September 2020 - July 2022

Zoe Thomas-

Webb


January 2019 - August 2020

Tom

Sainsbury


January 2016 - July 2019

Ian

Higham


January 2013 - July 2016

Stuart

Watson


January 2010 - July 2013

Group 64 / Putney Theatre Company

  • 1964-78                Maurice Copus, Group 64 Director
  • 1978-80                Group 64 committee
  • 1980-82                Trustees Ian Fife and Pauline Fife
  • 1982-86                Artistic Committee headed by Nick Hawker
  • 1986-89                Peter Wild, first to have title of Artistic Director
  • 1989-92                David Jones
  • 1992-95                Jonathan Gambier
  • 1995-98                Lesley Ann Jones
  • 1998-2001           Caroline Ferris
  • 2001-04                Steve Hill, Heather Redding & David Tedora
  • 2004-06                Ian Crawford
  • 2006 - 2010 .      Barney Hart Dyke
  • 2010 - 2013.        Stuart Watson
  • 2013 - 2016.        Ian Higham
  • 2016 - 2019 Tom Sainsbury
  • 2019 - 2022 Jeff Graves
  • 2022 - 2025 Cait & Barney Hart Dyke

Putney Players

  • 1930-39                Putney Players committee
  • 1939-45                No productions (Maurice Copus producing plays in a PoW camp)
  • 1945-76                Putney Players committee
  • 1976-99                Putney Players artistic committee

About Us

Photography on this website is provided by numerous members over the years. In particular we would like to thank: Ben Copping, Martin Jessop, Rich Evans and Steve Lippett who have contributed so much to capturing our productions in such amazing quality.

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CONTACT US


Tel: 020 8788 6943

company@putneytheatrecompany.org.uk

www.putneytheatrecompany.org.uk

Putney Arts Theatre, Ravenna Road, Putney, SW15 6AW

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