Alison King

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Alison is a multi-award-winning theatre and film producer and Chief Executive of Turtle Key Arts, a performance arts company that devises and produces original work with a particular emphasis on making art available to all.

Alison has been running Turtle Key Arts with Charlotte Cunningham, the Artistic Director, for over twenty-eight years.  

Alison has produced many great artists and companies over the years. Currently Turtle Key Arts are working with Ockham’s Razor, Amici Dance Theatre, AIK Productions, Open Sky Productions, Sadiq Ali, all of which have created award-winning shows that tour nationally and internationally. 

Turtle Key Arts have been at the forefront of developing and delivering outreach and participation projects in the fields of dementia, autism, HIV and dyslexia, inclusive arts, working regularly in partnership with such organisations as Reading and Oxford University, Wigmore Hall, English Touring Opera, Royal College of Music, National Portrait Gallery, Lyric Hammersmith and hundreds of venues across the UK and internationally.  

Alison originally graduated from the Mountview in 1992, in Stage Management, Technical Theatre and Design and initially worked as a freelance Stage Manager and Production Manager before joining Turtle Key Arts. Alison is currently the Chair of The National Centre of Circus Arts and was the Chair of The Independent Theatre Council in 2017-2022. Alison is also Chair of Mime London and Open Sky’s advisory boards. Alison is a published author on Stage Management and Production, and lectures at Universities and colleges across the UK, aregularly giving talks on producing, business planning, company and stage management, creative thinking, project pitching, fundraising and grant writing. 

Alison was recently awarded an honorary doctorate from Mountview and the University of East Anglia for her work and contribution to theatre. 

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