Claire Drummie

Claire Drummie is our Duty Manager/Front of House Manager at The Webster Memorial Theatre.

She is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Webster Theatre, Arbroath Community Centre, Forfar Reid Hall, Montrose Town Hall, Kirriemuir Town Hall and Inglis Memorial Hall.

She has been with ANGUSalive since its formation in December 2015, however she started with Angus Council in 1997 holding a number of roles including working with Recreation Services and Cultural Services before moving to a newly refurbished Webster Memorial Theatre in November 2007 later becoming Duty Manager in 2014.

Claire has a passion for event organising and customer service and says she is lucky because her job allows her to do both these things every day. Her duties include meeting and greeting the customers that visit the Webster Memorial Theatre for a performance and making sure that everything from the stage to the front door runs smoothly. Other day-to-day duties include dealing with production companies who visit our venues, assisting with the scheduling of staff to make sure customers’ needs are met and she is also responsible for the Box Office.

Claire loves getting feedback from customers who tell her they’ve had an enjoyable event or thanking the team when they leave the theatre after they have run a successful show. Claire adds:

“The buzz in the theatre on show night is great, people come to have a good time and that atmosphere definitely rubs off on all the staff…you can’t beat it.”

Claire is also the Producer of our in-house annual pantomime. The team generally start work for the Panto in February so it is a year-long project of holding auditions for the local dancers, casting our stars, writing and editing scripts and the design of set, props and costumes. She loves her involvement in the pantomime, and it has taught her so much and has even brought an artistic side out of her that she never knew she had.

Claire adds:

“Everyone who works in the theatre would agree that panto and Christmas is a magical time of year for us, it is hard work but also so rewarding. Theatre & Venues have an amazing team, everyone is committed to bringing a great service to the people of Angus it makes going to work every day easy… we are very lucky.”