Bill McAlister, Esq

Career: ind arts prodr; dir Almost Free Theatre 1968-72, dep dir Inter-Action Tst 1968-72, fndr dir Islington Bus Co 1972-77; dir: Battersea Arts Centre 1976-77, Sense of Ireland Festival 1980-; Bd dir London Int Theatre Festival 1983; chm for the Arts IT 82 Ctee 1982; co fndr Fair Play for Children 1974-75, advsr Task Force Tst 1972-74; tstee: Circle 33 Housing Tst 1972-75, Moving Picture Mime Tst 1978-80, Shape (Arts for the Disadvantaged) 1979-81; govr Holloway Adult Educn Inst 1974-76; dir: Inst of Contemporary Arts 1977-90, Creative Res Ltd 1988-91, Int House 1988-2004, Beaconsfield Gallery 1999-2003; cultural policy advsr Soros Fndns 1992-97, memb Cncl Africa Centre 1992-2000; memb: Ct RCA 1980-90, Bd World Circuit Arts 1995-2001, Hidden Art 2000-, Anglo-Polish Fndn 2004-; Chevalier des Arts et Lettres

Books and Publications: Community Psychology (1975), EEC and the Arts (1978); also author of articles on arts policy