Liz O’Neill, Z-arts

Liz O’Neill is Chief Executive and Artistic Director of Z-arts, Manchester’s venue for children and families. She is also chair of the Big Imaginations network of children’s theatre programmers in the North West and a Steering Group member for TYA: England (Theatre for Young Audiences.) She is currently a recipient of the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Breakthrough Award, who are supporting her to pursue her vision for family theatre, working with artists and other co-producers to develop, commission and produce new work that reflects the diverse nature of family experience today.