Octagon Theatre makes five trustee appointments

Five new members have joined the board of Bolton’s Octagon Theatre, which is set to reopen following a £12m redevelopment. The new trustees are Chief Executive of Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, FIONA NODEN (pictured left); Manchester based writer, producer and award-winning actor ESH ALLADI (second left); Chief Executive of George House Trust, DARREN KNIGHT (centre); Chief Operating Officer at Manchester Codes, KIRSTY DEVLIN (second right); and West Yorkshire based theatre director SAMEENA HUSSAIN (right). This takes the total number of board members to 16.