Lisa Spirling today announces her first season as new Artistic Director and Co-CEO of Stratford East. Alongside new Executive Director and Co-CEO Hanna Streeter and Associate Artistic Director Jade Lewis, she will lead the historic 140-year-old East London venue into a new era.
“We stand on the shoulders of giants,” says Spirling, “Stratford East is a place with a rich and rebellious history, the kind of theatre where innovators like Joan Littlewood and Philip Hedley shaped British culture and created a family of incredible artists like Cynthia Erivo, Meera Syal, and Roy Williams. Our job now is to carry that baton with care and energy.”
