Constitution
Officers for 2026/27
Chair: Robyn Greenwood
Robyn is Collections Manager, Creative Learning and Engagement, at The Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon.
Co-secretaries: Rebekah Hayes and Georgina Donohue
Rebekah is Archivist at the National Theatre and Georgina is Heritage Officer at Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham.
Treasurer: Elizabeth Gray
Membership Secretary: Al Meggs
Dr Al Meggs is also an Associate Fellow at the Royal Historical Society and a member of the International Dance Council (UNESCO).
Student Membership Secretary: Bethany Johnstone
Bethany is currently an Associate Lecturer at the Department of Information Studies, University College London.
Communications Secretary: Phil Boot
Phil is Archivist at Glyndebourne.
Website Officer: Sarah Harrison
Sarah is an Archivist at the Royal Ballet and Opera, Covent Garden
Officer Without Portfolio: Biddy Hayward
Biddy runs the performing arts photographic archive ArenaPAL.
Officer Without Portfolio: James White
James is Curator of Theatre at the V&A museum.
Officer Without Portfolio: Richard Martin
Richard is a Digital Publishing, Content, and Heritage Professional currently working at the House of Commons.
Officer Without Portfolio: Sian Williams
Sian is Keeper at the University of Bristol Theatre Collection.
Founded in 1979 as the Theatre Information Group London, APAC became the UK’s Subject Specialist Network for performing arts in 2005. It has received Subject Specialist Network funding from Arts Council England and from the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council. In 2018, APAC became a registered charity and an Affiliate Group of the Archives & Records Association of the UK and Ireland (ARA)
All members of APAC are expected to abide by the Code of Conduct, agreed at the 2020 AGM.
APAC Board of Trustees
APAC is run by a Board of Trustees elected at the Annual General Meeting. The committee consists of the Chair, Secretary, Membership Secretary, Treasurer, Website Officer, and Officer Without Portfolio. Each named office may be shared by two members; there may be a number of Officers Without Portfolio.