The Barn Theatre,
25 Bluehouse Lane, Oxted, Surrey
RH8 0AA.
Tel: 01959 561811
Email: barntheatre
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The Southern Counties Drama Festival - 2026 Adjudicator - Cherry Stephenson Cert. Ed. B.Phil (Sp. Needs) M.A. FRSA. G.o.D.A

 

Advised by her mother not to go on the stage, Cherry began her career as a specialist drama teacher. She has taught at every level in education, in state schools, special schools, therapeutic units for young people and running an MA course for teachers for the University of Leicester. She has accrued many years' experience, working in all aspects of theatre and educational drama, from directing to acting and theatre design. She has directed a professional Theatre in Education company, amateur and youth theatre groups, and organised county wide events involving several hundred young people and adults. Touring productions extensively abroad and to the Edinburgh Fringe has been a regular feature of her work.

Cherry was Advisory Officer to Leicestershire for Drama and Dance, for fifteen years. Her many projects include running a Shakespeare in Schools Project with 14 schools across all ages from 5-18 for the RSA, becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

As a headteacher, she set up a Community Theatre group for all ages. Now, she feeds her passion as a committee member for Leicestershire & Rutland One Act Play Festival, and as a GoDA adjudicator of many years standing.