About Us
Ryan and Ben have between them over 25 years of experience in Arts PR. Joining forces has meant that clients are benefitting from their combined experience. In addition a third Company Director, Clair Chamberlain, has an impressive marketing background that sits alongside the PR services we offer.We pride ourselves on personal service, clear communication and individual care. Campaigns are tailored to clients' needs and we work hard to deliver results. Although small, due to demand, the company has doubled in size since 2007.
INFO@THECORNERSHOPPR.COM TEL 020 7494 3665; FAX 020 7734 7339
The Team
Ben Chamberlain has worked in arts marketing and PR for over 15 years; starting his career at Nicky Webb Associates, moving on to English National Opera and, later, Battersea Arts Centre. He established Chamberlain AMPR, alongside Clair Chamberlain, in 1999 to offer an integrated marketing and PR service primarily to arts sector clients. The company established long and productive relationships with many key clients.
BEN@THECORNERSHOPPR.COM 07931 723 988
Clair Chamberlain worked at Nicky Webb Associates before moving to Blackheath Concert Halls and then the Southbank Centre where she managed marketing for the Dance & Performance, Literature and Education programmes. She then set up Marketing & PR agencies Chamberlain McAuley and then Chamberlain AMPR with Ben Chamberlain. A prestigious client roster has included Somerset House, The Mayor’s Thames Festival, the Roundhouse, the Barbican, MAMA Group and many more.
CLAIR@THECORNERSHOPPR.COM 07957 272 534
Born in Australia, Kasey Glazebrook graduated with a degree in Journalism from Queensland University of Technology in 2004. She worked as a Television News Reporter for Prime TV in New South Wales and contributed to the 2006 book published by Pearson Education Australia, I, Journalist: Coping with and crafting media information in the 21st century. She relocated to the UK in 2007, managing press and communications at The Churchill Theatre Bromley before joining The Corner Shop PR in April 2008.
KASEY@THECORNERSHOPPR.COM 07726 279784
Laura Macleod Brown completed an MPhil in History of Art at Cambridge University in 2006, where she specialised in theatre. Before joining The Corner Shop in February 2008, she was a copy writer for an international travel website. Laura has a wealth of diverse experience gained from such roles as Marketing Assistant at Kelvingrove Art Gallery; Researcher on RDF media’s ‘Location, Location, Location’ and assistant to the Theatre Manager at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow.
LAURA@THECORNERSHOPPR.COM 020 7494 3665
Ryan Petersen worked in-house and in agency press offices regionally and in the capital before joining Kirwin Media in 1999 where, over five years, he publicised over 40 West End theatre productions and managed the public relations activity for many of the industry’s high-profile performers and directors. In 2004 he established Petersen Public Relations and was retained by Disney Theatrical Productions, alongside other freelance work.
RYAN@THECORNERSHOPPR.COM 07785 904283
From 2006 to 2009, Stephen Pidcock was Press and Public Affairs Officer at the Royal Court Theatre, working on over 50 productions including world premieres of work by Mike Bartlett, Jez Butterworth, Alexi Kaye Campbell, Martin Crimp, debbie tucker green, David Hare, Lucy Prebble, Mark Ravenhill, Christopher Shinn, Wallace Shawn and Polly Stenham. He has also worked on a freelance basis for the Arcola, the Tabard and Only Connect Theatres, and for Schtanhaus Productions. He is a Director of Hightide Festival Productions Ltd.
STEPHEN@THECORNERSHOPPR.COM 07984 711724
Chloe Pritchard-Gordon worked at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in the Pleasance press office in 2006 before becoming press and marketing assistant at West End and touring theatre producer Mark Goucher Ltd. After a year she became Press and Marketing Manager and worked on a variety of west end and touring productions including Footloose, Fame, High Society and The Vagina Monologues. She joined The Corner Shop PR in November 2008.
CHLOE@THECORNERSHOPPR.COM 07937 573 829
Gill Auld is an associate of The Corner Shop and works with Clair Chamberlain on marketing projects. Gill’s previous experience includes ten years at Time Out where she was Group Marketing Director. In the last few years, as well as marketing consulting, she started a baby product company and has produced and launched protective clothing into the UK national and independent retail market.
GILL@THECORNERSHOPPR.COM