New Chief Executive for Shaftesbury Theatre

ELEANOR LANG will take over the role of Chief Executive at the Shaftesbury Theatre in November.

She replaces JAMES WILLIAMS, the West End venues' Chief Executive for over 20 years, who will continue to work with Lang in an advisory capacity.

Currently the Executive Director and co-CEO of Stratford East, Lang was previously the Executive Director of Cheek by Jowl and Free Word, an international centre for literature, literacy, and free speech. 

She has also held roles as General Manager at the Bush Theatre and at Y Touring Theatre Company and worked as a freelance producer at Battersea Arts Centre and the Donmar Warehouse. 

A Board member of Tonic Theatre and Rose Bruford College, Lang is also currently a Trustee of Sheffield Theatres and a Board member of Coin Street Community Builders and UK Theatre.

Lang said: “I am absolutely thrilled to have been chosen to lead the largest independent theatre in the West End. I am excited to begin working with the brilliant team at the Shaftesbury Theatre.

"I am delighted to have the continued support of James Williams, who has worked tirelessly for the company for the past two decades, making the Shaftesbury Theatre fit for the next century, and I hope to build on his considerable legacy.”