Head of Department Biogs
TARGET LIVE is run by Guy Chapman. Before setting up his own agency, he was Director of Marketing at the Royal Court Theatre. As a producer, his many productions include the World Premieres of Sarah Kane's Crave and Mark Ravenhill's Shopping and F***ing.
HEAD OF MEDIA Rupert Bean began his planning and buying career in 1996 at AW Media where he worked on the Whitbread account, Novartis Pharmaceuticals and Marriott Hotels among others. Following his love of entertainment, he joined aka in 2004 where he was Head of Outdoor and Broadcast before moving to his current role at Target Live.
CREATIVE DIRECTOR Tim Everett has been designing for the entertainment industry for 20 years. He has designed productions in the West End, on tour and at regional theatres across the UK. He has also designed many productions for the music and fashion industries (including Rolling Stones, Phil Collins, Michael Jackson) and the launch creative for Party in the Park.
HEAD OF MARKETING Sebastian Cheswright has over 10 years' experience in the theatre industry, and has worked for theatrical marketing agencies aka and DeWynters, with clients including Dirty Dancing, Donmar Warehouse, An Inspector Calls and Grease the Musical. He was previously with The Body Shop International for 7 years as a Management & Sales Trainer and a Retail Manager.
HEAD OF PR & DEPUTY MANAGING DIRECTOR David Bloom started his career at Guildford's Yvonne Arnaud Theatre. Over the years with Target Live he has managed the PR for numerous shows in the West End and on national tour, as well as those throughout Europe and handled the publicity for site-specific productions, dance, operas and arts festivals.
HEAD OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC/FESTIVAL Greg Fearon joined Target Live in February 2011 to develop a new business servicing the UK's leading contemporary music promoters and festival organisers. Previously Greg headed up the marketing of the Barbican's contemporary music programme (2008-2011), and before that he managed the marketing of the Sydney Opera House concert hall programme (2005-2007).
