Nasser Memarzia is a theatre practitioner with thirty years of experience as actor, director, writer and teacher of drama. He was a founding member and artistic director for Yorkshire Theatre Company Ltd throughout the eighties, where he helped develop the company from small scale, to a national touring company. He directed many plays for YTC as well as other theatre companies nationwide. He has written several stage, radio and TV plays and has a BAFTA nomination for "Breath of Life" and an LWT "Plays on Stage" award for "Dusky Warriors". The play is now on the  syllabus of Kingston University as an example of contemporary drama dealing with historic issues. As an actor, Nasser has worked extensively on the stage and for TV and the film industry. He played George Khan, in the original West End production of East is East, has performed in a one man show at the National Theatre and has worked in the film industry with such directors as Danny Boyle (Millions), Ridley Scott (Kingdom of Heaven), Antonia Bird (Hamburg Cell) and Stephen Spielberg (Munich). Recent film and TV work has included The Kite Runner, Midnight Man (ITV) and House of Saddam (BBC TV).

Sandy Robertson has wide experience of both the public and commercial sector. For the last 20 years he has been a professional fundraiser mainly for arts organisations. He set up The Birmingham Royal Ballet Trust in 1995 and was its first Director.   He has had a lifetime interest in live theatre and, since 1982,  has been an active member of the Talisman Theatre Company in Kenilworth where he has played many major roles. He has now retired from full time work to pursue his interests in family history, calligraphy and illuminating. He is married with two daughters and lives near Warwick.

Deborah Clarke currently works for Oxfordshire County Council; she is a senior manager at The Mill Arts Centre in Banbury where she is responsible for the development of the professional performance programme. Her background is in theatre and in education, having studied drama at Hull University she established her own community theatre company and worked for several years as an actor and director in the North of England. Deborah has worked as an education officer for Humberside County Council, where she was responsible for the development of curriculum and training for Humberside Youth Service. The Mill is an arts centre with learning at its core and with a particular focus upon young people and has already worked very successfully with Cherwell Theatre Company on a number of theatre initiatives involving young people. Deborah is delighted to be a board member of Cherwell Theatre Company.