Staff
David Mabbott
Artistic/Executive Director
David Mabbott
Artistic/Executive Director
David is a musician and performing arts practitioner with extensive experience in community arts settings. As well as writing original scripts and songs for theatre, David has composed for instrumental ensembles and film, while work as Musical Director encompasses musicals, pantomimes, and youth projects across the UK. As a multi-instrumentalist, David performs regularly in theatre productions and bands, with current projects including KYOTI. David grew up in East London and has been working in and around Islington for over eight years. Inclusivity is central to his work and he is dedicated to ensuring full access to, and participation in, the arts for all.
Maya Shimmin
Company & Volunteer Manager
Maya Shimmin
Company & Volunteer Manager
Philly Rule
Lead Facilitator
Philly Rule
Lead Facilitator
Philly is a Freelance Dance Artist working with various arts organisations and institutions throughout London and the South West, which is where she is originally from. Becoming a resident artist at Creation Box London allowed her to refine and nurture her artistic voice, and establish her own creative practice and facilitation method, ‘Traces’. It is important to her as a Dance Artist to create spaces where everyone is welcome, is encouraged to express themselves creatively, and experience creativity in their own way. For this reason, Philly’s work focuses on improvisation, offering metaphors for participants to individually respond to. Philly thoroughly enjoys working with a wide variety of young people and nurturing their creative minds in relation to movement.
Maryam Shaharuddin
Lead Facilitator
Maryam Shaharuddin
Lead Facilitator
Maryam joined Angel Shed as a volunteer before joining the artistic staff. With a background in performing, devising and writing theatre, she has worked as a facilitator in the UK and Malaysia, delivering drama workshops to young people from marginalised communities. Currently, she is pursuing an MA in Applied Theatre at the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama and is passionate about using theatre as a tool for social change.
Yanna Avlianos
Lead Facilitator
Yanna Avlianos
Lead Facilitator
Yanna is a pop music graduate of Goldsmiths University, as well as a music alumni of City and Islington College. She currently works as an SEN learning mentor and singing teacher in schools across London. Making music under her artist name Yanna A, she has supported and headlined shows across the capital including at The Monarch and The Black Heart in Camden. She has also worked as resident musician at Shoreditch Church and Proud Camden. Coming from a largely self-taught background, Yanna enjoys sharing her knowledge and skills in creative D.I.Y approaches to writing, recording and performing. Yanna released her first EP online using only inexpensive earphones and an app on her phone and actively encourages anyone who has a desire to record and share their music to do the same!
Nichelle Franklin
Assistant Dance Facilitator
Nichelle Franklin
Assistant Dance Facilitator
Nichelle is a dancer, she started dancing from a young age and attended various dance and performing arts schools. She is an alumni of City and Islington college and a graduate from Kingston University with a BA in Dance. She was a volunteer before becoming part of the Artistic team of Angel Shed in 2022. Nichelle is passionate about dance and believes in having a safe space for all young people to express themselves creatively, as well as using a creative approach to help them to learn and grow as individuals. She aims to help inspire young people to discover and develop their own creative ideas and style.
Trustees
Andrew Duncan
Chair
Andrew Duncan
Chair
Jake Macan
Secretary
Jake Macan
Secretary
Caroline Rouse
Treasurer
Caroline Rouse
Treasurer
Sarah Kitteridge
Child Protection & Safeguarding
Sarah Kitteridge
Child Protection & Safeguarding
Richard Longworth
Volunteer Practitioner representative
Richard Longworth
Volunteer Practitioner representative
Nicky Galliers
Parent/carer representative
Nicky Galliers
Parent/carer representative
Jo Stevens
Education/schools representative
Jo Stevens
Education/schools representative
Alex Khosla
Trustee
Alex Khosla
Trustee
Rupert Taylor
Trustee