The NAC Board
Steve Forster
Steve Forster is a publicist working across many art forms, mostly performing arts but he has helped promote films and books too. He established sfp communications ltd in 2000 to deliver imaginative, individually tailored PR and marketing campaigns to arts organisations and individuals. During his many years in the arts and entertainment sector Steve has managed high profile venues in Manchester, London and Norwich, managed and toured with bands and run an independent record company. He has lots of ‘hands on’ experience of artist management; press, pr and marketing; print design & brokering and journalism. He also has an insider’s knowledge of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. He enjoys live performance of all types, especially music and site specific/site responsive work.
Kira Radley
Kira Radley started her career in the arts as an apprentice at Norwich Arts Centre, before moving onto a role in the Communications team at Norfolk & Norwich Festival and later Young Norfolk Arts.
In 2018 moved to Bristol to resume her studies in Arts & Social Sciences at University of Bristol, and continued working freelance during this time for organisations such as We Out Here Festival, Dimensions Festival and the music-education platform CDR.
Kira currently lives in London where she works as the Marketing Manager for Kudos Distribution, as well as managing a small roster of musicians, DJing and hosting her monthly radio show on South London-based station Balamii.
Geoff Tucker
Geoff has been on the Arts Centre board for seven years, helping provide governance and guide the Arts Centre’s strategy.
He’s employed as a Group Director by the Norwich-based company Norse Group. The company provides frontline services such as waste, professional property services, FM, transport, security, catering and grounds maintenance, primarily to local authorities across the UK. They also manage almost 30 elderly care homes under the Norsecare brand.
“As a supporter of the creative arts in Norfolk, I am immensely proud to be on the board, and to be involved in the running of such a great institution which brings enormous value to the local community.”
Ilona Krawczyk
Ilona Krawczyk is a performer, voice artist, and director. In her work, she combines physical theatre, installation, experimental music and a wide range of vocal techniques, including Slavic open throat singing, Persian tahreer and extended vocal techniques. She worked for Grotowski Institute, Stage Song Festival (PPA), Anna Zubrzycki Studio, Royal Exchange Theatre, Drift Ensemble, Urban Research Theatre, Replica Institute for Creative Anticipation and Performing Arts, among others. Currently, Ilona teaches acting at Norwich University of the Arts. After arriving in Norwich in 2022, she became a fan of True Stories Live and the NAC music scene.
Steve Waters
Steve Waters is a playwright whose many plays include Limehouse (2017) and Temple (2015) for the Donmar Warehouse, and his acclaimed double-bill of plays about the climate crisis, first staged at The Bush Theatre in 2009 and revived in Sheffield in 2022, The Contingency Plan. Steve’s work for radio includes the four-part drama Song of the Reed for Radio 4, Miriam and Youssef and Fall of the Shah for BBC World Service. He is Professor of Scriptwriting at the University of East Anglia and his books include A Life in 16 Films: How Cinema Made me a Playwright (Methuen, 2021) and The Secret Life of Plays (Nick Hern, 2010). His plays are published by Nick Hern. He recently moved with his family to Norwich and loves NAC, where his latest work Phoenix Dodo Butterfly debuted in 2022.
Sarah Barrow
Sarah is Professor of Film and Media at the University of East Anglia, specialising in Latin American culture. She was also, between 2017 and 2024, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Arts and Humanities. She has been a member of/advisor to several Boards, including the Norfolk and Suffolk Culture Board, the Norwich Creative City Compact, the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich Forum Trust, and the National Centre for Writing.
Before UEA, Sarah worked at the University of Lincoln and helped establish the Frequency Festival of Digital Culture as part of the Cultural Olympiad festivities in 2012, working closely with the festival directors, Threshold Studios. Prior to working in Higher Education, Sarah worked in film education at Cambridge Arts Cinema where she was their first British Film Institute-funded education officer.
