Audrey Hood

Audrey Hood started her career with Dundee Council in 1989 working in Community Education, before moving to Tayside Contracts and then to Angus Council working with Cultural Services. In 2015 excitingly she transitioned to ANGUSalive – a newly formed charitable trust.

Audrey manages all the venues in the Theatres & Venues portfolio including the Webster Memorial Theatre in Arbroath, Reid Hall in Forfar, Kirriemuir Town Hall, Montrose Town Hall, Inglis Memorial Hall in Edzell and Arbroath Community Centre. She works with a small team of dedicated colleagues who always aim to go over and above to help ensure all our customers and visitors are happy. Our venues are available for so many different purposes, from music, comedy and drama shows to community hires, weddings…. it’s vast.

Our venues and what they offer bring so many different benefits to the local community and life of individuals. During the COVID-19 lockdown this has been even more apparent as people can’t get to the venues to enjoy their favourite club, society, show and so much more.

Audrey said:

“The job is extremely busy and there are always a lot of time sensitive pressures involved but I do thrive on that kind of environment and take great pleasure in seeing how it all comes together. The ultimate joy is seeing our customers leave after a show having been entertained and having had a great night out!”

“In the venues, we can be assisting a charity fundraiser or helping someone organise their special wedding day. I am blessed to have a great team working with me – I couldn’t do it without them. We may be small, but we are perfectly formed.”