Bill Bankes-Jones

William Michael Roger Bankes-Jones BEM (born 1963), known professionally as Bill Bankes-Jones, is a British opera director and artistic director and founder of Tête à Tête.

[5] It has become associated with the emergence of trends such as gig theatre, composer-performer collectives and gallery opera.

The citation praised the Festival as "the place to experience the latest triumphs and occasional spectacular failures of the genre.

[11] In 2020, he was involved in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport's pilot performance for the safe return of opera during the COVID-19 pandemic as Tête à Tête's Artistic Director,[12][13][14] and worked on ensuring that year's Festival went ahead safely.

[15] He was awarded a British Empire Medal in that year's Queen's Birthday Honours for "services to Opera and Diversity.