Staff
Sinéad Nunes
Interim Executive Director
Sinéad (she/they) is an experienced arts marketer and producer based in Liverpool. She is passionate about social justice and the power of culture to inspire audiences. As an arts marketing professional, Sinéad has worked with institutions across the North West, including Abandon Normal Devices, Liverpool Biennial, FACT, Tate Liverpool, Storyhouse and Portraits of Recovery.
Sinéad has been on Homotopia’s Board of Trustees for four years and was formerly Deputy and then Co-Chair. She is currently on secondment from her role as Marketing and Audience Development Manager at Heart of Glass.
At Homotopia Sinéad leads on: Organisational Development and Strategy
Email: [email protected]
Natalie Lloyd
Festival Producer
Natalie (she/they) is a Welsh festival producer with a strong track record in live event production, artist development, and community-led programming across the arts and third sector. Since settling in Liverpool in 2018, they’ve worked with organisations including Jacaranda Records, Future Yard, Sound City+, Liverpool Pride, Chester Pride, and their own Queer DIY Queer DIY music promotions company, Friendly Headbutt. Their practice is grounded in a deep commitment to accessibility, inclusion, and the celebration of Queer creativity.
They live in Liverpool with their fiancée Em and their cat Lily, and when not producing festivals, you’ll likely find them crate-digging, gig-going, or obsessing over obscure 90s emo bands
At Homotopia Natalie leads on: Festival Producing
Email: [email protected]
Ashleigh Owen
Development Producer
Ashleigh (she/her) is a Liverpool-based multidisciplinary artist and creative producer with over 15 years experience of working professionally in the arts. Her work is heartfelt, punchy, witty and often centres around queerness, mental-health and self-advocacy. Ashleigh is passionate about curating meaningful experiences that centre under-represented voices and spark social connection. Driven by care, access, and innovation, she is committed to making the arts more inclusive, impactful and joyful.
Ashleigh’s relationship with Homotopia began in 2015 when she was selected as a QueerCore artist. Since then, she has collaborated with the organisation on range of projects, before stepping into her current role as Development Producer. Ashleigh produces our artist development program QueerCore and youth programme Young Homotopia.
At Homotopia Ashleigh leads on: QueerCore and Young Homotopia
Email: [email protected]
Jessica Meade
Freelance Communications & Social Media
Jess (she/her) is an multi-disciplinary artist, photographer and award-winning theatre director. She is a social media specialist, supplying digital marketing support for nationally recognised organisations including Homotopia and DaDa. She also provides social media and digital marketing support for for artists signed to major record labels both nationally and internationally.
At Homotopia Jess leads on: Communications and Social Media
Email: [email protected]
Al Matthews
Finance Officer
Al (he/him) is Liverpool born and bred and is an experienced Finance Manager/Officer. Al has worked for various Liverpool arts organisations since 1993. These include Unity Theatre, Bluecoat, TEAM and Milap. He has been with Homotopia since its inception in 2004, so has a unique insight into Homotopia’s journey. He is an avid (some say obsessive) Liverpool fan, and a big music fan. From Abba to Zappa and many points in between, and in his younger days was a frequent gig and festival goer.
At Homotopia Al leads on: Finance
Email: [email protected]
Board of Trustees
Joan Burnett
Joan (she/her) is a Merseysider born and bred and has worked in customer service in arts venues for over 30 years, currently as visitor services manager at FACT. Former volunteer on Liverpool’s Outsiders Queer Film Festival from 2006, she later spent 9 years as a Director/Trustee of Liverpool Pride. She currently volunteers for Liverpool City Region Pride as a programmer for Film With Pride, focusing on new and classic films from around the world with the accent on making diverse voices heard. She is hugely honoured to join the Board of Homotopia which she never ceases to find essential, inspiring and moving.
Laura Hall (Co-Chair, Treasurer)
Laura (she/her) is a Liverpool based interior designer and content creator, passionate about creating bold, inclusive and colourful interior design and inspiring people to live a more colourful life! Prior to her work in this field Laura worked in Liverpool’s arts and culture sector for 17 years working across organisations in Liverpool including Merseyside Dance Initiative, Tmesis Theatre, Wired Aerial Theatre and most recently 20 Stories High as their Finance & Operations Manager. She is incredibly proud of the work that Arts and Culture does in the city and super excited to join the Homotopia board
Tabby Lamb
Tabby (she/they) is a non-binary writer and performer based in East London. She is equally inspired by Carly Rae Jepson and Tennessee Williams, and strives to tell stories that explore the intersections between popular culture and politics. Their debut solo show SINCE U BEEN GONE, which Tabby wrote and performed, premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019, after previewing at the Gate Theatre. The show was spectacularly received by audiences and garnered a glowing 4* write up from the Guardian who called the play “bold, honest and swollen with love”.
They were part of the Soho Theatre Writers Lab and the LGBTQ Arts Review #RaisingOurVoices scheme for queer and trans writers, Oxford Playhouse Playmakers scheme, and Oli Lansley’s Writing for Stage and TV course. She is also an associate artist for Middle Child and Theatre Royal Stratford East. They are currently under commission at The Unicorn Theatre, The Place and Kilter, Pentabus and 45North. Alongside their passion for writing, Tabby is a facilitator and runs creative arts projects for people from the LGBTQ+ community. They also founded Theatre Queers & can often be seen advocating for Trans Rights across their social media platforms and beyond.
Bindz Patel
Bindz (they/them) is an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion practitioner with a background in activist development. Their professional experience spans social justice organisations and non-profits such as Citizens Advice, NEON, NUS, Samaritans and MHFA England. Bindz has taken root in Liverpool, engrossing themselves firmly into all corners of Liverpools queer community. Bindz is dedicated to liberation, using their personal and professional energies in the fight against oppression. Following their experiences studying art, they are honoured to support an organisation like Homotopia, which seeks to platform marginalised communities within Arts spaces.
John Shortell (Co-Chair)
John (he/him) is Head of Equality, Diversity & Inclusion at the Musicians’ Union. John works with musicians from underrepresented and marginalised communities and the wider music industry to tackle non inclusive and discriminatory behaviours and promote inclusive practice.
As part of his role John works on the MU’s Safe Space service that provides a space for musicians to share instances of sexism, sexual harassment and sexual abuse in the music industry. John is also a member of UK Music Diversity Taskforce
Chris Webb
Chris Webb (he/him) is a producer, educator and maker who has worked across museums, galleries, and higher education since 2004. His work champions transparency in culture making, and is underpinned by a commitment to facilitating equitable collaborations that weave together the lived experiences and natural human curiosity of audiences with institutional knowledge. He has used this commitment to influence organisational change as a leader within the Crafts Council, the Barbican, and UCL Museums.
Chris has worked with audiences of all ages, from play offers for families and children under 5 to reminiscence and oral history work with older people. This includes work preserving and sharing LGBTQ+ stories. In 2023, Chris set up Let’s Make Culture Ltd. a consultancy focused on collaboration, co-production and strategic change-making in the cultural sector. Wherever possible, he brings his interest in craft and slow making into this work. Since then, Chris has supported collaborative work with Ark Schools, Cockpit Studios, Crafts Council, London Transport Museum, The Pink Singers, and the Southbank Centre.