Marc Brew Company (MBC) is looking to appoint new members to join the Board of Trustees. Marc Brew Company (MBC) is a disabled and queer led, inclusive contemporary dance company. We collaborate with diverse artists to create powerful performances and inspire participation.

The Board of Trustees are responsible for establishing and maintaining the values and aims of the organisation, and, with the Artistic Director and Executive Producer, for developing long-term strategies and planning. Board Members should be engaged and passionate about Marc Brew Company’s work and be committed to the future development of inclusive dance in Scotland and internationally.

We are looking for Trustees who:

  • Are strategic and creative thinkers
  • Bring sound judgement to decision making at Board level
  • Can offer specific expertise and knowledge in relevant fields
  • Are not afraid to speak their mind in a respectful way
  • Have the ability to advocate for the organisation
  • Can commit to the time required
  • Understand and accept the legal duties and responsibilities of the role.

MBC is particularly interested in recruiting trustees with experience and expertise in the following areas (although this does not exclude potential candidates with other skills):

  • Financial management
  • Fundraising and Development
  • Advocacy
  • Digital knowledge
  • Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
  • Human Resources / Fair Work
  • Environmental issues / Climate Crisis
  • Charitable / voluntary work

About MBC

Marc Brew Company (MBC) is a disabled and queer led, inclusive contemporary dance company. We collaborate with diverse artists to create powerful performances and inspire participation.

MARC BREW COMPANY is currently a Charity organisation (Charity number: SC055134), based in Scotland. It is fairly unique in the UK, being an inclusive professional contemporary dance company, led by a disabled, queer Artistic Director and Choreographer, Marc Brew. The Company exists to create, develop, encourage, produce, manage, market and promote arts and culture on an international platform.

Founded in 2008, Marc Brew Company fuses a fierce physicality with tender expression to explore an emotional narrative in dance. Grounded in contemporary dance theatre, the work draws on the unique physicality of each performer. The work, created in collaboration with disabled and non-disabled artists, is honest, unsentimental and recognisably human.

MBC is governed by a Board of Trustees who, along with the Artistic Director and Executive Producer, agree on the policies and priorities of MBC. The executive team action policies and strategic initiatives and are supported by the Board of Trustees. The Board meets quarterly via zoom.

We exist:

  • To provide public benefit in Scotland, advance engagement, promote equality and diversity and to advance the arts, heritage and culture
  • To be a vehicle for Marc’s artistic practice, whilst creating opportunities for others
  • In response to the limited opportunities for disabled artists or disabled artistic leaders
  • To share the way MBC likes to make work – inclusive, collaborative and with care
  • To continually be challenged to take risks and make high quality ambitious work

Since its inception, the company has blazed a trail of high-quality work, bringing together exceptional artists with and without disabilities to create powerful and engaging performances for audiences of all ages, reaching over 30,000 people across the world.

We have created our own rock band, built a sandy island, flown our performers and created unique dance films. We collaborate with top artists and technicians to make this possible, attracting commissioners to support our vision, including National Theatre of Scotland and Tramway.

Our current show, Boys Don’t Dance has been commissioned by Imaginate, in partnership with Aberdeen Performing Arts and will be touring May-June 2026 to children’s festivals and around Scotland.

Our recent show an Accident/ a Life – a co-creation with Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s Company Eastman – has been presented at: Holland Dance Festival; Step Dance Festival, Switzerland; Norfolk & Norwich Festival; CODA Festival, Norway; Sweden, Tanz Festival Rhein-Main, and No Limits Festival, Germany; Sadler’s Wells with interest from around the world. Marc’s extensive experience as a dancer and choreographer with a disability, working with disabled and non-disabled dancers means that he challenges performers expectations of their own limitations. In turn, this challenges and inspires the company, our audiences and the Engagement participants.

Participation and sector development is crucial to us. Through our projects, we aim to include opportunities for dance artists and young people wanting to gain experience in all aspects of performing arts. We have provided paid internships for students from Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh University and Dundee College and mentorship and performance opportunities for young musicians and dancers across Scotland.

The company has been in demand internationally, touring to five continents. It collaborates with top quality artists such as Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Dame Evelyn Glennie, Bora Kim, Phil Sheppard, Rachel Gadsden and Scott Patterson and has been regularly selected to create work for and perform at the Unlimited Festival, as well as for Cultural Olympiads -London 2012, Rio 2016, and for UK/Korea 2017/18 in association with the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics Cultural Olympiad program. The company has also presented work at British Dance Edition 2014 and the Festival of 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Our Vision

To see a healthy diverse dance sector that accepts that there are no barriers to taking part and has opportunities for disabled and non-disabled dancers to flourish.

Our Strategic Aims

To create innovative collaborative work with disabled and non-disabled artists that is accessible, engaging, entertaining and thought provoking on an international
platform

  1. We make and perform work of the highest artistic and technical standards with collaborators who lead in their fields
  2. We present work for different audiences and on different scales across Scotland, UK and internationally, both outdoors and indoors
  3. We create dance for screen

To widen participation by people in dance

  1. We work with partners to provide specialist workshops for dancers and teachers by a disabled artist to encourage the spread of inclusive practice
  2. We offer engagement and creative workshops based on our touring productions

To support the next generation of disabled artists in Scotland

  1. We work collaboratively with other specialist organisations to provide training for emerging disabled artists. Supporting the next generation of disabled artists is an ambition of a collective of organisations which have entered early-stage discussion to develop a programme of work in this area –MBC join Birds of Paradise (BOP), Dance Base, National Theatre of Scotland (NTS), Paragon, YDance and Indepen-dance in these conversations and is committed to securing a
    future for a specific initiative and model for disabled-led artistic development for Scotland.
  2. We provide internships within the company for disabled and non-disabled people
  3. We deliver mentoring for disabled artists

To introduce and build new audiences for work by disabled artists

  1. We advocate for the increased visibility and credibility of disabled performers within Scotland and internationally in collaboration with the British Council and Unlimited
  2. We raise and promote the company’s profile, building connections and sharing stories

To manage an effective and sustainable business operation

  1. We are committed to creating a fair, inclusive and environmentally sustainable working culture, mnurturing the teams we work with
  2. We are responsible with our resources, managing our people and finances with due diligence
  3. We are committed to generate our income from a variety of sources to ensure stability for the mcompany’s finances

Main Duties of the Board

  • To develop, approve and regularly review the Vision, Mission and Key Objectives of Marc Brew Company with the Artistic Director and Executive Producer
  • To oversee the development of long-term multi year strategic aims
  • To provide guidance to Artistic Director and Executive Producer on delivery of strategic plan, and monitor implementation and impact
  • To establish and regularly review company policies on Fair Work, Equalities, Equity Diversity and Inclusion, Child Protection, Climate Confidence and Data Protection
  • To approve and monitor employment policies and procedures
  • To approve and regularly review the company’s Risk Register
  • To recruit and support new board members
  • To ensure the activities of the board and the company comply with Memorandum and Articles of Association
  • To fulfil all legal accountabilities – to OSCR, Companies House, HMRC, and to Creative Scotland and other funding bodies
  • To be responsible for ensuring that the organisation’s activities are legal
  • Financial management of the company’s resources to ensure that it can fulfil its objectives
  • To recruit and support Senior Staff team
  • To promote Marc Brew Company and provide networking and fundraising opportunities
  • To engage with Marc Brew Company activities by attending performances and observing engagement projects where possible. Attendance is not compulsory, however board members are expected to maintain some presence to ensure knowledge of the company’s activities are up to date

Board Members are expected to contribute to maintaining and developing the positive reputation of Marc Brew Company and to ensure that their activities and decisions demonstrate the integrity and honesty of Trustees.

Meetings and Other Board Information

  • The Board meets four times per year online in currently February, April, July and November, which includes both the AGM and an annual Board Away day.
  • Trustees serve for an initial three-year term and are then eligible for re-election for a further 3 years. After six years’ of service, Trustees must retire from the board for at least one year before they are eligible for re-election.
  • Trustees’ positions are voluntary and unpaid but out of pocket travel and subsistence expenses will be reimbursed.
  • Board papers are produced and distributed by email prior to board meetings. Minutes are distributed within two weeks of each meeting and Board papers will normally arrive with board members at least five days before a meeting. Some papers may be, occasionally tabled at the meeting or presented verbally.
  • Board meetings are attended by Artistic Director and Executive Producer, and other staff where appropriate. Staff can contribute to discussions at board meetings but, apart from Artistic Director who is a trustee, they do not take part in other informal procedures such as voting.
  • Board meetings may also be attended by our Creative Scotland Lead Officer or other Creative Scotland representatives.

How to Apply

To submit an expression of interest, please send a CV and separate covering letter (of no more than 2 pages) outlining the skills, knowledge and experience you could bring to the Board in relation to the role profile, described above, and why you would like to serve as a trustee to info@marcbrew.com. You should also complete the equals opportunities monitoring form.

If you would like an informal conversation prior to submitting an expression of interest, please contact Susan Hay, Executive Producer at producer@marcbrew.com.

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