Trustees
Message from the Chair of the Board of Trustees: “We are proud to act as Trustees for this newly established charity. David Nobbs and his work meant a great deal to us and we hope that by encouraging new comedy writing, his name will never be forgotten.”
Mary O’Hara, Chair of Trustees
Mary O’Hara is a journalist, author and producer. Her journalism has appeared in publications including The Guardian. She is the author of two books: The Shame Game: Overturning the toxic poverty narrative (2020) & Austerity Bites: A journey to the sharp end of cuts in the UK (2014). Mary has directed/produced short films, run a comedy club and been a producer on the podcast Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness. In 2020 she was named Best Foreign Columnist at the Southern California Journalism Awards.
Ed Morrish, Trustee
Ed Morrish started as a trainee producer in BBC Radio Comedy in 2002. He has produced hundreds of radio comedies, most notably John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme and the Rose d'Or-winning Paul Sinha's History Revision.
Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Trustee
Margaret Cabourn-Smith is a comedy writer-performer known for TV (Miranda, Motherland, Catastrophe), Radio (John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme, The Now Show, The Missing Hancocks) and Podcasts (Do The Right Thing, The Guilty Feminist, Rule of Three). She is, at heart, a comedy nerd and a huge fan of David Nobbs, the writer and the man…
Tilusha Ghelani, Trustee
Tilusha Ghelani commissions and executive produces scripted comedy titles for Sky Television. Operating across Sky1, Sky Atlantic and Sky Arts, plus On Demand (home of Sky’s award-winning Comedy Shorts). Previously Tilusha worked in Comedy Commissioning and as a comedy producer for BBC Radio Comedy and Television.
Shaun Glanville, Trustee
Shaun is a former theatre practitioner and musician, and a co-founder of Camden People’s Theatre. For the last 20 years he has worked in a variety of senior charity roles, provided strategic consultancy services for arts and other charities and taught and lectured on business skills for the creative industries.
Steve Doherty, Treasurer
Founder and Managing Director of Llandudno-based Giddy Goat Productions, specializing in comedy: broadcast, online and live. His personal TV producer credits include Have I Got News For You (for which he was nominated for a BAFTA), Never Mind the Buzzcocks (for which he wasn’t) and A Child’s Christmases in Wales (which won Best Comedy at the Celtic Media Awards). He’s also made lots of radio shows including Meet David Sedaris, Now You’re Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn, Prepper, Woof, BrokenDreamCatcher, Ashley Blaker’s 6.5 Children, 52 First Impressions with David Quantick, and The News Quiz all for BBC Radio 4; He has an occasional dalliance with BBC Radio 3 and the BBC Symphony Orchestra as a producer on their music and author events. Steve was also Artistic Director for Craft of Comedy UK, an entertainment industry event held annually for 5 years at Venue Cymru.
Administration
Kate Stone, Administrator
Kate Stone is the Head of Comedy at VAULT Festival and an award-winning scriptwriter. She produces llive comedy shows and has written comedy sketches for the BBC's 100 Women project..