Meet InterAct
Our Actors
Our team of 160 professional actors who represent the heartbeat of our work.
InterAct works with professional actors because they have the dramatic skills to hold the concentration of somebody who is not only unwell but also in the hospital environment, the vocal stamina and technique to sustain long periods of reading and the antennae to respond to unspoken reactions from the patients.
Patrons
Sir Alan Ayckbourn
Alan Bleasdale
Helena Bonham Carter
Rt Hon Vince Cable
Professor Anthony Rudd
Max Stafford-Clark
Trustees
John Fergus FRCS
Alan Finch
Edmund Hubbard
Alan McCormick
Jonathan McDonnell
Eileen Kidd
Christopher Ravenscroft
Prof Tony Rudd CBE
Leah Sowden FCA, CTA
Caroline Smith
Jeremy Sykes (Vice Chairman)
Prof Marion Walker
Ian Talbot OBE (Chairman)
Ambassadors
Dr Romila Bahl
Liz Bestic
Joanna Brendon MBE
Lucy Briers
Lolita Chakrabarti
Stephanie Cole
Oliver Ford Davies
Nick Ede
Rupert Graves
Alex Jennings
Sara Kestelman
Liz Lochead
Bill Paterson
Alison Peebles
Juliet Stevenson
Owen Teale
June Watson
InterAct Office
Chief Executive: Nirjay Mahindru
Fundraiser: Julien Ball
Administrator: Jess Warshaw
Brand Partnerships & Corporate fundraising: Isabella White
Stroke Clubs Co-ordinator: Esme Bayley
Community Liasion Officer: Fayon Dixon
Training Co-ordinator: Emma D'Inverno,
Trainers: Avita Jay, Juliet Prew
Where we read
Birmingham Moseley Hall Hospital
Brighton Royal Sussex Hospital
Bristol Southmead Hospital
Cardiff University Hospital of Wales
Charing Cross Hospital, London
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London
Clayponds Hospital, London
Edgware Hospital, London
Glasgow, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital
Haywards Heath, Princess Royal Hospital
Homerton Hospital, London
Kings Hospital, London
Manchester Wythenshawe Hospital
National Hospital, London
Newcastle Hospital
Pembridge Palliative Care Centre
Royal Hospital, London
St Pancras Hospital, London
St Thomas Hospital, London
West Middlesex Hospital, London
We also read in many stroke clubs across England. Please do contact our team if you wish to find out whether we read in a stroke club near you.