Who We Are
The Imogen Kinchin Fellowship was founded by eight of Imogen's peers and friends who worked closely with Imogen throughout her career.
Over two years following her death on World Theatre Day (27 March 2024), they came together to develop a programme that carries forward her legacy of bold, generous leadership.
These mentors – leaders from across theatre, dance, and the performing arts – created the Fellowship to keep Imogen's spirit alive in the cultural sector. She broke ceilings, then helped other people break their own. This Fellowship exists to continue that work.
The Fellowship
The Imogen Kinchin Fellowship is a funded, cohort-based leadership programme for emerging cultural leaders, supported by a cross-sector mentor network and a peer community. Our work is about backing brilliant emerging cultural leaders, widening access to opportunity, and rebuilding the kinds of peer networks that make leadership less isolating and more collaborative.
The Fellowship is being built to grow its support for the sector over time. We will be actively seeking new partnerships to develop further projects and opportunities that are imbued with Imogen's spirit: practical, future-facing, and rooted in care.
The Imogen Kinchin Fellowship is a non-profit company limited by guarantee. It is funded by private donors and supporters. The long term intention is for the company to become a Charitable Incorporated Organisation.
The Fellowship is collectively owned by the Mentors as Directors of the company with financial and company governance overseen by Kim Grant who was Director of Finance and Operations at Lyric Hammersmith Theatre with Imogen and supported by leading industry accountants, Nyman Lipson Paul.
Support the Fellowship
If you'd like to support the Imogen Kinchin Fellowship with a donation or support in kind, please email support@imogenkinchinfellowship.com.
In Collaboration
George Perrin MBE
Leadership Coach for the Arts
The Fellowship has been devised in collaboration with George Perrin MBE, Imogen's husband, who brings his expertise in leadership coaching to shape the programme's mentorship approach.
Visit George's website →