Simon Delany has been appointed World-wide Advertising Director of Colin Ingram Ltd, functioning on the advertising and marketing of the Olivier Award-successful Very best New Musical Again To The Foreseeable future the Musical throughout the world, Grease in the British isles and The Time Traveller’s Spouse: the Musical.
Producer Colin Ingram mentioned of Delany’s appointment, “I liked doing work with Simon back in 2005 on Billy Elliot the Musical, when he was at AKA, and I am delighted to be working with him once more, this time on the London manufacturing and global roll-out of Back To The Upcoming the Musical, the West End creation of Grease and our new musical The Time Traveller’s Wife, which premieres at Chester Storyhouse this Oct prior to the West Finish. Simon is a substantial asset to our crew and provides tons of working experience and enthusiasm as our generation slate continues to increase all over the world”.
Simon Delany responded, “Possessing earlier extremely significantly appreciated doing the job with Colin on Billy Elliot the Musical, I am now thrilled to be signing up for his crew as Worldwide Advertising and marketing Director for Back again To The Future the Musical, Grease and The Time Traveller’s Wife: the Musical. Developing up, I was (and remain) a huge fan of the Back again To The Long run films and the musical now can take the tale to a total new degree. Remaining a aspect of the around the globe enlargement of this amazing creation, along with a reimagining of Grease and the premiere of a new musical at Storyhouse, is an awesome prospect and I am enthusiastic to get started out.”
Delany started his occupation in 2000 operating in sponsorship at Virgin Radio. He moved to AKA Promotions in 2003 exactly where he managed the launch and opening of Billy Elliot the Musical. Soon after a few yrs he moved to be an Account Director at Concentrate on Media and though there played an instrumental role in environment up Goal Reside, a complete-company company for the arts and leisure market. In 2008, Simon returned to AKA Promotions as Consumer Products and services Director, exactly where he was liable for the general marketing campaign administration and approach across a amount of West Conclusion
productions, including Billy Elliot the Musical (producer Operating Title), Jersey Boys (producer Dodger Theatricals), Rock of Ages (producer S2BN), 9 to 5 (producer ATG) and Jerusalem (producer Sonia Friedman.) He became a Director of AKA Promotions and Head of Shopper Products and services in 2013, foremost a 35-solid team of Account Administrators, Supervisors and Executives who managed the internet marketing and sales technique of West Conclude productions, theatres, heritage organisations and London museums & galleries. In 2020, Delany became Group Director of Marketing for Hartshorn – Hook Enterprises/Immersive Almost everywhere, overseeing the marketing and communications technique for all their are living productions, such as the BBC licensed immersive adventure Physician Who Time Fracture, Choir of Guy, Amelie the Musical and Peaky Blinders: The Increase.