Patricia Grayburn Patricia Grayburn Patricia Grayburn, MBE DL has a long involvement with the arts in Surrey after moving to become Arts Administrator at University of Surrey in 1983. She was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Surrey in 2002 and was awarded MBE in 2004 for services to the arts. She is responsible for the Lewis Elton Gallery and the breadth of public art across the University of Surrey campus and her roles include Chair of the Guildford Book Festival, Executive Director of the Guildford International Music Festival and Committee member of the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Trust, Royal Ballet Benevolent Fund and
Jo Neary "Scotsman", Neary's 'Pan's People pastiche of 'I Can't Live if Living Is Without You' is worth the price of the ticket alone as she rhythmically mimes her way through every method of suicide available.' Brian Logan, in the Guardian, wrote, 'There's one strong comic character after another in Joanna Neary's solo Fringe debut, which can feel like a one-woman Fast Show...Neary's alter egos are the products of a highly individual imagination.' For the show, she was nominated for the Perrier Newcomer Award and won the Comedy Report Best Character Actress Award. For her next Edinburgh show, in 2005, Neary was