Meet the team

Katherine Nightingale 

CEO & Creative Director 

Katherine is the founding Director of 20Twenty Productions. Katherine loves to support our youth theatres as a director, producer and script writer. This resonates with her passion of working with and supporting children and young people. Katherine is passionate about the difference that arts can make to the lives of everyone, but particularly children and young people, especially the impact on their confidence and overall mental health and wellbeing. 

Katherine is a Designated Safeguarding Lead

Tim Nightingale 

Director of ICT and STEM Activities

Tim has many years of experience working in the IT industry. This includes being an IT Manager for 15 years within a global pharmaceutical company, a Creative Trainer for Apple, a web developer and an app developer. Tim also found time to be a professional photographer and filmmaker at the weekends. Tim uses his digital experience to develop various creative projects for 20Twenty Productions. Tim has a BSc (First) in Psychology and a Masters Degree in Consumer Psychology.

Max Louth

Director, Creative Learning Programme Manager 

Max joined the team in 2018 as a Projects and Events Assistant, but his 20Twenty journey didn’t start there. Max has been involved with the organisation since 2011 as a member of our youth theatre. Max volunteered for 20Twenty for many years before joining full time. Max’s role amongst other things is to programme all our various creative and STEM activities, he is a key member of our delivery team for creative and STEM activities. He also the line manages Caden and Stanley, or as we call them, Staden.

Max is a Designated Safeguarding Lead

Tom Harlock

Music & Media Manager

Tom has worked with 20Twenty since 2011, helping us deliver a variety of music projects, the Big Sing, Rock Band, curriculum music as well as many other creative activities. Tom is a well-known local musician who regularly performs locally with his bands. Tom is an experienced studio musician and sound engineer, having recorded in studios in London and Cambridge. Tom has provided sound for many events over the years and enjoys the challenge of engineering a live band. 

Tom is a Designated Safeguarding Lead

Ellie Savill

Office Administrator 

Ellie joined the team in February 2022 as our part-time administrator. She is no stranger to 20Twenty – in 2010, she was part of one of the first-ever groups of young people to achieve a Bronze Arts Award. During her teens, she also dabbled in theatrical lighting design and technology and ran the light desk for several productions at the Town Hall for both in-house and external artists. She has now rejoined the team a few (alright, several!) years later to provide support across multiple projects.

Caden Bradshaw

STEM Activity Coordinator

Caden has been a part of 20Twenty since the very beginning, joining us as a youth theatre young person. Caden joined us full time in August 2022 as an apprentice marketing assistant. Having gained his level 3 qualification,  Caden is now our full-time STEM Activity Coordinator. As such Caden develops, produces the session plans for and delivers many of our school based STEM activities. These include robotics and coding activities for primary and secondary aged pupils.

Kylan Nightingale

Wellbeing and Social Action Programme Manager

As well as managing the wellbeing and social action team, Kylan developed a resilience project called Push Positive which is being run successfully in a number of primary schools with children struggling with their SEMH and with young people in Alternative Provision. Kylan is qualified in Bushcraft and a qualified physical health trainer, generally positive about active wellbeing.

Kylan is a Designated Safeguarding Lead

Rhianna Regan

Wellbeing Projects Officer

Rhianna joined the 20Twenty team in August 2022. Rhianna started coordinating our social action and youth voice projects but very quickly found a passion for supporting others wellbeing. She manages our wellbeing projects such as the Wellbeing Ambassadors and 5 Ways to Wellbeing programme. Rhianna has a level 2 in Youth Work as well as being one of our Mental Health First Aiders. 

Rhianna is also a professional racing cart driver and plays rugby for Cambridgeshire County.

Liv Cross

Creative Designer 

Liv joined the 20Twenty team in August 2022. She is a qualified Graphic Designer and supports many of the creative projects that we deliver, including Young Author where she shares her love of ProCreate with primary children. Liv has illustrated two of the books that have been written for primary projects. Liv also supports all the administration for our Youth Theatres and has a gorgeous sausage dog called Benny. 

Teigan Liebscher

Inclusivity Coordinator 

Teigan joined the team in 2024 on a part time basis to ensure that 20Twenty Productions keep Inclusivity and Equality at the heart of our delivery. As someone who is deaf Teigan has first-hand experience of growing up with a disability and the challenges that comes with. Since joining Teigan has applied for 20Twenty Productions to be a Disability Confident Employer.

Teigan set up her own dance company called Teapots Dance Company and delivers dance workshops for 20Twenty Productions. 

Phoenix Nightingale

Wellbeing Team Assistant

Phoenix has been part of the 20Twenty family for many years, he joined officially at the start of 2025. Phoenix supports the Push Positive project as well as working with other team members to deliver a range of creative projects in schools. Phoenix is a keen sportsman and always up for a game of football. He is taking a year out before starting his OU degree in Sports Coaching. 

Stanley Chapman

Content Producer

Stanley started volunteering with us at the start of 2022 as part of our Insight group, where he found his love for media. He helped with photography and filming at different events throughout the year. In August of 2023 he started his Level 3 Content Creation apprenticeship with us and is now part of our Creative Learning and STEM team working on projects in and out of schools.

Bradley Donaldson

Volunteer and Social Action Coordinator

Bradley Donaldson joined 20twenty productions as a volunteer in 2023 but is now a part-time employee as well as studying part time for his psychology degree. He is leading the social action and volunteer programme called ‘Stand Out’ which is a part of the NCS programme. He also goes into schools promoting and encouraging young people to volunteer.

Rachel Beeson

Chair (Non-Executive Director)

Rachel has had a long and continuing career in education. Previously a head teacher and deputy diocesan director of education for Ely Diocese, she now works as a consultant primarily for the national SIAMS (Statutory Inspection of Anglian and Methodist Schools) central team. Other current roles include chair of governors in a local primary school and trustee of a Church of England Multi Academy Trust. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, singing and spending time with family and friends.

Marian Savill

Non-Executive Director

Marian is one of the founding Directors of 20Twenty Productions. She is an artist with a strong ethical and sustainable practice exploring circular studio processes. Marian strongly believes creative expression is a vital tool for health and well-being, that everyone should have access to the arts and the importance of the role of the arts in the community. Marian is also one of our Board Environmental Champions.

Stuart Swan

Non-Executive Director

Stuart is a qualified primary teacher. He has led music and ICT supporting the wider curriculum through innovative, project-based learning. He has been an Advisory Teacher for ICT in the London Borough of Greenwich and Manager of the borough’s City Learning Centre scheme. In 2011, he established an educational technology consultancy with a partner (IE Solutions Ltd), which supports schools internationally in developing and implementing Computing curricula. In his role as Director, he has presented at global events. He has developed curriculum content for SAM Labs, KUBO, pi-top and LEGO Education.

Frankie Nightingale

Our well-being friend

Frankie joined the Nightingale family in 2021 and soon after, joined the 20Twenty team. Since then, she has uplifted everyone around her. She spends nearly every day in the 20Twenty office, ensuring everyone is safe and in check with their well-being.