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About Us
Noel Gay is headed by Chief Executive Officer Alex Armitage who guides the careers of a wide and varied list of clients including many of the UK's leading broadcasters, journalists and presenters. Nick Ranceford-Hadley is the MD and his extensive list ranges from writers to comedians to broadcasters and directors. Nick also specialises in intellectual rights and formats. Alex and Nick are assisted by Jane Compton and Jessica Williamson respectively who also have a small number of their own clients. Claire King's department is responsible for comedy, writers, performers and directors with a particular remit for emerging talent. Louise Fennimore looks after the voice over and corporate department including awards ceremony hosts, conference facilitators, after dinner cabaret and speakers. They are connected to the outside world by Raynor Fleckney. David Corley is the Financial Controller and George Constantinidi has been Chairman since 1987.
 
 


The Noel Gay Organisation was founded as Noel Gay Music in 1938 by Reginald Armitage, who composed under the name Noel Gay. In the 1950's he was joined in the company by his son Richard who founded the hugely successful Noel Gay Artists, firstly to provide singers to perform the copyrights and then to represent artists more generally. This was initially a music based agency and publisher but soon moved towards the growing television industry. In the 1970's Richard's sons Charles and Alex Armitage  joined the company and Noel Gay was firmly established as the UK's premier entertainment agency. Noel Gay Theatre  in the 1980's  was responsible for such West End shows as High Society, The Rink, The Entertainer, Radio Times and the hugely successful Me and My Girl which ran on Broadway and around the World as well as eight years in London . Noel Gay Television followed, headed by Paul Jackson and  Bill Cotton and producing  hundreds of hours of television, most notably the long running Red Dwarf series. The Noel Gay Motion Picture Company co-produced  Trainspotting and the 1989 Oscar winning short picture. The artists agency continues to be the principle business of the Noel Gay Organisation and the company is one of the most powerful and respected names in the business.