Our Team

Eleanor Manners

Artistic Director

Eleanor is a director, voice coach and facilitator with over a decade of experience creating theatre and leading engagement projects. She collaborates with young people, communities and artists to make dynamic and socially engaged work.

She regularly teaches at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and Leeds Conservatoire. She has sat on the bord of Pilot Theatre & The Heard. She previously led the Youth Theatre team at Leeds Playhouse. Trained at Rose Bruford College, Birmingham School of Acting and The Arden School of Theatre, Eleanor has worked on productions and projects both nationally and internationally.

Her directing credits include Jack Frost and the Search for Winter (Tutti Frutti, National Tour). As Associate Director she has worked on major productions such as Oliver! and Wizard of Oz at Leeds Playhouse. As well as Glass Ceiling Beneath the Stars (Bric à Brac, Edinburgh Fringe) and The Odyssey: The Cyclops (National Theatre Public Acts, CAST).

Voice Credits: Seven Methods of killing Kylie Jenner, Is God Is (Royal Court), Othello (NYT); Daydreamers (Chanel 4), My Fair Lady, Searching for the Heart of Leeds, Wendy & Peter Pan (Leeds Playhouse), Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Paranormal Activity, Here We Come Again (National Tours), Klippies (The Young Vic), Cake (Theatre Peckham), When this is Over (Company Three), Run it Back (Talawa Theatre Company), Love and Other Acts (Donmar Warehouse), White Noise (The Bridge), White Card (Northern Stage, National Tour), Jitney (The Old Vic, National Tour), A Midsummer Nights Dream (Shakespeare North Playhouse), Doncastrian Chalk Circle (NT Public Acts, CAST), The Darkest Part of the Night (The Kiln).