L-R Andrew Smaje, Amber Massie-Blomfield

L-R Andrew Smaje, Amber Massie-Blomfield

Changing Faces

CEO departs Actors Touring Company

Arts Professional
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Actors Touring Company has announced that CEO and Executive Director ANDREW SMAJE will step down after eight years of co-leading the organisation.

AMBER MASSIE-BLOOMFIELD will join as Interim Executive Director later this month while the search for a permanent replacement begins.

Before joining ATC in 2016, Smaje held positions as Chief Executive at Hull Truck Theatre, Associate Director at Theatre Royal Bath and Marketing Manager at Bristol Old Vic.

He leaves ATC to take up the role of Director of Producing at Leeds Playhouse.

Smaje said: “It's been wonderful to play a part in ATC creating its own impact – with work that responds viscerally to the moment we're in. 

“I’m confident that I leave ATC at its most stable, visible and ambitious point for years – the best time to create space for someone else to work with the team to take ATC even further forward."

ATC Chair GERALDINE BRODIE said: “Andrew has been the glue that held ATC together over the last eight years. As Chair, I have been consistently grateful for his wise counsel, superb organisation and commitment to the company.”