Our new team members
From left to right, top to bottom:
Gabi Spiro (Producer Relationships and Exchange), Liz Arday (Exeuctive Director and Joint-CEO), Nua Sandy (Artistic Director and Joint-CEO) Angie Peña Arenas (Producer Core Company and Project), Bashiie Baptiste (Resident Artist), Mariana Aristizábal Pardo (Associate Director), and Kami Gakuru (Company and Administration Co-ordinator).
We are so happy to welcome three new members of staff to Team C3.
Liz Arday - Executive Director and Joint-CEO
I'm beyond thrilled to be joining Company Three as Executive Director. It's an exciting moment for the organisation as we are in the beginnings of a bold new chapter under Nuna's visionary artistic leadership; I'm eager to build on C3's brilliant fifteen year legacy, all while championing the company to break new ground and empower more young people over the coming years.
Prior to Company Three, Liz was the Business Director for VAULT Creative Arts, producers of VAULT Festival and The Glitch, Waterloo. Prior to VAULT, Liz has worked with organisations in both the UK and Australia including Wilton’s Music Hall, Young Vic, Sydney Theatre Company, Performance Space, Bush Theatre, Ensemble Theatre, Griffin Theatre Company and Regent’s Park Open Air.
Mariana Aristizábal Pardo - Associate Director
I’m over the moon since I joined C3! The team, staff and company members have been super kind and caring. I cannot wait to get stuck in. This is going to be an incredible growing opportunity for me as a person, artist and maker.
Mariana is a Colombian theatre maker based in London. Mariana's work explores the intersections between cultures and languages through collaborative methodologies. She has presented work in Colombia, Canada, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile, the UK, and The Netherlands.
She is co-director of the award-winning company MarianaMalena Theatre, a channel to amplify female and Latinx stories in the UK. As director, associate director, assistant director and/or facilitator Mariana has worked for theatres like the RSC, Royal Court, Soho Theatre, Chipping Norton, Old Vic Theatre, Arcola Theatre, Blue Elephant, The Omnibus, The Space, Southwark Playhouse, amongst others.
Bashiie Baptiste - Resident Artist
“I am super excited to be working for company three as a Resident Artist. Company Three Aligns with my practise so perfectly, and I cannot wait to learn more from Nuna, the young people and the whole team. Its gunna be a movie!”
Bashiie is a Multi-creative artist, specialising in artists development and producing for West End and Subsidised stages.
Bashiie has worked as a producer, facilitator and artist with theatres, venues and creative spaces and government run organisations across London and the wider UK.
As the Artistic Director of Care to Culture C.I.C, Bashiie works with care experienced young people and those without a primary care giver, offering paid training, learning and development opportunities to artists that are otherwise ignored because of the perception of others.