Dick Penny MBE is an arts administrator, consultant and producer, based in Bristol, England.
Notable productions included Raymond Briggs' 1983 adaptation of his own book When the Wind Blows, based on the UK Government civil defence booklet Protect and Survive, which transferred to the Whitehall Theatre.
Penny has stated that he has "a passion for Bristol and a drive to make the city a more exciting, open and inter-connected place to live, work and play.
"[1][4][5] In the 1990s Penny's production company Rebbeck Penny co-produced Macbeth, starring Pete Postlethwaite, with Bristol Old Vic for a UK tour,[6] and in 2001 Scaramouche Jones, which also starred Postlethwaite, for a UK and world tour.
[7] In 2007 he took over as Executive Chair of Bristol Old Vic with the main objective of reopening England's longest running theatre.