Who we are
Wayward is a production company, making theatre and live performance. Meet the team behind the scenes.
Judith Dimant
Founder/Producer
Judith started Wayward in 2019 following 25 years as Executive Producer for Complicité, producing all of Simon McBurney’s work including The Encounter, The Master & Margarita, A Disappearing Number, Shun-kin, The Elephant Vanishes, Measure for Measure, The Chairs, The Causcasian Chalk Circle and many others. She also nurtured an increasingly integral Creative Learning strand and created an Associates programme supporting mid-career artists such as Bryony Kimmings and The Wardrobe Ensemble. Prior to Complicité, Judith worked as Press Officer at the Royal Court Theatre and at the Pleasance Edinbugh, where she programmed Graham Norton giving him his big break into television. She is a trustee of Emma Rice’s Wise Children. Judith regularly works as a consultant producer for organisations including Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, Intermission Youth Theatre and the Bush Theatre. She has an MBE for services to theatre.
Lucy Williams
Finance Manager
Lucy was previously Finance Manager at Complicité, later becoming General Manager. She recently worked with Wise Children as Finance Manager.
Keerthi Kollimada
Trustee
Keerthi Kollimada (Kiki) is both the CEO of the National Student Drama Festival, and the Finance Director at Headlong Theatre. She’s also a freelance consultant for artistic organisations, with a love for volunteering. As well as being a Trustee at Wayward Keerthi is also a trustee at the Bush Theatre, and she also volunteers in mental health. She is also a writer.
Keerthi has worked in both subsidised and commercial theatre and prior to her current roles, she was the Head of Finance at Mark Rubinstein Ltd, and Complicité before that, where she first worked with Judith Dimant. She has worked on everything from West End Musicals & plays, to festivals, immersive theatre and touring – both in the UK and internationally.
Keerthi started her career as a Finance Manager for a large NHS Trust, and she moved to London over 10 years ago to work in theatre. She loves the industry, and is especially passionate about inclusion, emerging talent, and how we create opportunities for access and representation in theatre and our creative communities.
Elizabeth Loudon
Trustee
Elizabeth Loudon is a poet and novelist living in southwest England. For many years she worked in the charitable sector, raising funds for medical research, arts organisations, and higher education in the US and UK. She’s taught writing and English to undergraduates and has degrees from Cambridge University and the University of Massachusetts. Her work has appeared in numerous literary journals in Europe and the US. Her novel A Stranger in Baghdad was awarded the Sharjah International Book Festival prize in 2024.
Prof Marcus du Sautoy OBE FRS
Trustee
Marcus du Sautoy is the Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. He is author of nine books most recently Blueprints: how mathematics shapes creativity
and author of two plays; I is a Strange Loop
(published by Faber) was staged
at the Barbican in which he also performed. He has presented numerous radio and TV series including a series for BBCTV – The Story of Maths. He works extensively with a range of arts organisations bringing science alive for the public from The Royal Opera House to Glastonbury Festival. He has an OBE for services to science and is a Fellow of the Royal Society.
