board members & staff
Mr Robin Brunton
ACTING CHAIR
Chartered Accountant, Financial Consultant, Director at Brodie Consultancy Services Ltd.
Dr Malcolm Knight
HON SECRETARY
Founder & Executive Director of SMPC;
PhD Philosophy from University of Glasgow 2005; Secretary PUK.
Ms Sarah Lee
HON TREASURER
SMPC Centre Manager 2000 to present; Glasgow School of Art Graduate in Embroidery & Weave BA (Hons); Founder & Director of Ecosse Menswear.
Mr Alex Proctor
COMPANY DIRECTOR
Professional Magician & Singer. Alex has always been involved in the entertainment business and has stage managed several Variety shows.
Mr Tam Dean Burn
COMPANY DIRECTOR
Actor, Theatremaker and Singer in the Burnsian band The Bum-Clocks.
Mrs Jacqui McColl
COMPANY DIRECTOR
Glasgow School of Art Graduate in Design & The Decorative Arts; Puppeteer & Mask Maker; Experienced Exhibitions Curator.
Mr John Gilmour
COMPANY DIRECTOR
Professional Photographer & Musician with MacUmba (the original Brazilian Samba & Scottish Bagpipe fusion band)
Prof Elizabeth Moignard
COMPANY DIRECTOR
Professor of Classical Art and Archeology; Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Glasgow 2005 - 2009.
Mr Paul Birchard
COMPANY DIRECTOR
Actor, Director, Songwriter, Teacher and friend of SMPC since 1984.
A native of Los Angeles, California, Paul has happily called Glasgow home for the past forty years.
FORMER chairs of the board
FORMER CHAIR 1985 - 1999
Author and Emeritus Professor in Drama, University of Glasgow.
Prof Claude Schumacher
Dr Edward Argent
FORMER CHAIR 2000-2008
Professional Actor and Director of Drama, Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama 1973 - 1996.
Mr William Campbell
FORMER CHAIR 2009 - 2012
Executive Director and Founder of Praxsys Orbital, Johnstone.
Mr John Raeside
FORMER CHAIR 2012 - 2014
Founder and Director of Raeside - Chisholm Solicitors, Glasgow.
Artists-in-Residence & VOLUNTEERS
Mr Grant Mason
FX ARTIST
Master mould-maker & sculptor; Founder & Director of Grant Mason FX.
Ms Dima Nowarah
CREATIVE
Edinburgh College of Art Graduate in Animation BA (Hons); Physical Theatre & Fire Poi Performer.
VOLUNTEER
Graduate HND Puppet Theatre Arts; Administrator at a Primary School.
Ms Tina Kinsey
Ms Michelle Cassidy
VOLUNTEER
Graduate HND Puppet Theatre Arts.
General Nurse; Enjoys writing puppet plays and dark fairy tales.