Overview
Jude Kelly, OBE is the Artistic Director of Southbank Centre, Britain’s largest cultural institution. She founded Solent People’s Theatre and Battersea Arts Centre and was the Founding Director of the West Yorkshire Playhouse. In 1997, she was awarded an OBE for her services to theatre. She has directed over 100 productions from the Royal Shakespeare Company, to the Châtalet in Paris. In 2002 Kelly founded Metal, which provides a platform where artistic hunches can be pursued in community contexts, with bases in Liverpool and Southend-On- Sea. She is also the Chair of Metal, World Book Night, a member of the London Cultural Strategy Group, the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad Board and a Visiting Professor at Shanghai Performing Arts School.