The Inc Arts team is growing...

Amanda is the Founder/Director of Inc Arts. Before starting Inc Arts Amanda was  Editor of Arts Professional, the news and features magazine for the UK’s arts workforce. She's  a former Campaigns Manager and Development Producer for BBC Four and BBC2 arts programmes , and holds  a clutch of industry awards including a Royal Television Award, MIND Mental Health in the Media award, CRE Race in the Media award and a couple of Webbys.

Amanda  created the TV industry’s first report on gender diversity and employment of TV directors, leading to sector-wide training and recruitment change. 

Julie Clare is Producer of Olivier Award-winning Showstopper! The Improvised Musical and Associate Producer of Baby Reindeer (Olivier for Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre 2020). She has produced in the West End, Off West End and Off Broadway, including Lin Manuel Miranda’s Olivier award-winning In The Heights. Future productions include Raised Voices  with Fresh Voices UK (where she is also Strategic Director), The Young Vic and the Bush Theatre promoting female playwrights of African and Caribbean descent, and Bollywood Rose with a creative team and cast of South Asian descent. She previously worked in PR, consulting, marketing and business development for a range of organisations and has been working on diversity related issues in the arts for over a decade.

Deborah has been working in the performing arts for over 15 years. She began her career onstage as a dancer and classical musician before turning her hand to the business, financial and management side of the profession. Deborah has assisted and consulted on various campaigns that inform policy and best practice relating to the creative industries, is an Ambassador for the F-List UK, and worked with Parents and Carers in Performing Arts for several years. She has worked forThe Watermill, York Theatre Royal, Theatr Clwyd Cymru, Queens Theatre Hornchurch and Eastern Angles Theatre Company as well as at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and in London’s West End.

Arran has a First-Class Honours Degree in Stage Management from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Previously Arran was a  member of the Freelance Task Force, amplifying the voice of freelancers in the performing arts sector in response to Covid-19 crisis. Arran is also an active member of Freelancers Make Theatre Work (FMTW). Arran is passionate about increasing the diversity within stage management and the whole off-stage workforce, and is Project Lead for Diversity, Equality and Inclusion for the SMA Board Working Group. In his spare time Arran is also the founder and president of Alliance of Coventry Theatre Societies which has membership of adult and youth musical theatre societies from across Coventry. 

Kwesi is a research assistant with a background in creative writing. Currently studying an MA in Publishing, he has an interest in promoting diversity and inclusion in Publishing, and across the broader arts sector.

Jessi Parrott is a performer, playwright and academic with Cerebral Palsy, and a powered wheelchair user. They recently completed their PhD at the University of Warwick, working between the School of Theatre Studies and Warwick Business School to position disability as an employment issue in UK theatre and television. These combined personal and professional perspectives mean they are passionate about Inc Arts' mission, and its commitment to intersectionality. 

 Leah is a creative producer, specialising in film and moving image. Recent film projects include An Echo for my Father (Jamila Prowse, 2021), Animal Antics (Patrick Goddard, 2021), and MASS (Nadeem Din-Gabisi, 2020). MASS was selected for both Alchemy and Glasgow Short Film Festival 2021, and Animal Antics will be premiering at British Art Show 9. She also has a focus on advocacy work, which includes her former roles as head of Curation for TEDxUCLWomen and programming for Fringe of Colour online arts festival. 

Sammy is a horror producer and curator in the Theatre and visual art industry. For Inc Arts she covers research, training and social media management.

 Melanie has a BA in Film and Television Production and previously worked as a freelance Production Assistant. In Melanie's spare time, she volunteers as a videographer for local charities and also as a fundraising assistant.