www.whatsonnortheast.com is operated by Audiences North East, the regional agency that exists to increase the number and range of people engaging with cultural activity in the North East. We are a membership organisation core funded by Arts Council England with a growing membership representing dance, theatre, visual arts, music, film, literature, heritage and museums.
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Staff
Chief Executive - Alison O’Hara
Originally from the Midlands, Alison moved to Newcastle to study in the 1980s and has been here ever since. She has worked in the cultural sector since 1998 and joined ANE in 2006. At ANE she is responsible for the strategic leadership and performance of the organisation. She has a MA in Marketing, is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and holds the CIM Professional Postgraduate Diploma.
Alison lives in Gosforth with husband Pete and daughter Rosie, 5. Her leisure time is mainly spent providing a taxi service for Rosie's swimming, tennis and dance lessons! Any remaining time is spent trying to get out and about across the region attending as many cultural events as possible.
Marketing Manager - Caroline Greener
Caroline graduated from Leeds University with a degree in Broadcast Journalism in 1998 and has since had a varied career including being the owner/manager of a gourmet coffee bar, and a scuba dive videographer in Thailand and New Zealand.
Upon returning to the UK in 2005, Caroline found her niche in Marketing and communications, and has worked for Audiences North East since October 2006, specialising in the theory and practice of audience development for the cultural sector. She is responsible for the ANE subscriber scheme, professional development programme and management of audience development projects such as Family Friendly.
Caroline feels lucky to be living in the North East, with so much exciting cultural activity to take part in, and particularly lucky to have a job which puts her at the heart of it all.
Research and Audience Development Manager - Kerry Ellis Byrne
Having first gone down the performing route by gaining a HND in Dance from Salford University, Kerry realised she liked food more than exercise so went on to graduate from Manchester University with a Performing Arts Management degree in 2003.
Kerry’s work experience includes working with a variety of large-scale arts festivals, audience development agency Arts About Manchester and The Sage Gateshead. She is now very happy to be working for ANE and is responsible for advising on and undertaking audience research and development projects.
Kerry’s lived in the North East since 2007 but has been a regular visitor since 1999 as her husband is a Geordie and was glad when he finally got his football season ticket through so they could move up and get involved with the exciting culture scene up here.
Marketing Assistant - Melissa Mackings
Melissa is a student, studying Marketing Management at Northumbria University. She has joined Audiences North East on a 12-month placement, and feels this will be the perfect opportunity to indulge in all of the North East’s cultural offerings. Melissa is from the North East and enjoys music, theatre and going to the cinema with friends. She is hoping to develop her cultural understanding and awareness through ANE, by assisting Alison and Caroline with the running of whatsonnortheast.com and raising ANE’s profile.
