Hazel Bell

Hazel has worked at the Strand for about 12 years, and has lots of family connections to our other staff members. Hazel is George’s sister, Linda’s sister-in-law, and Ryan’s mum! Her favourite days in the Strand is when she is looking after our older patrons during our Thursday Silver Screenings. She also played a fantastic […]
Josh Campbell

Older ladies love Josh – not just for his good looks, but because he treats them so well when they come along to our classic Silver Screenings on a Thursday afternoon. Josh serves them tea and biscuits on their way into the screen and he has been a hugely popular member of the Strand team […]
Olivia Farrelly

Olivia has been with the Strand for several years and is never happier than when she is accidentally spilling popcorn all over the place. She is a people person and goes out of her way to make sure our customers enjoy their visit to the Strand.
Phil Kieran

Phil Kieran has been in the upper echelons of electronic music, working as a prolific and industry-respected DJ, music producer, collaborator, remixer and composer for film, theatre and media since the noughties. Even before then, Phil describes ‘wisely mis-spending my youth; attending art school, learning and experimenting with musical instruments, dreaming, playing in bands and […]
Patrick Scott

Patrick Scott has worked for the Strand since 2018, both front of house and as part of our Strand Stories heritage project. Patrick is also a keen prop designer, and has worked on films such as Napoleon and Dungeons and Dragons. He is our resident poster boy and Star Wars fanatic.
Lois Turkington

Lois has been with the Strand for several years and loves to put on an old-fashioned pillbox hat any chance she gets!
Mackenzie Neill

Mackenzie has been with the Strand for several years and loves chatting with our customers and helping to make all events in the venue as memorable as possible.
Melanie Harris

Melanie has been part of our front of house team for several years and goes out of her way to make sure our customers are well looked after.
Alan McClurg

Alan’s association with the Strand began in the 1980s when he was a St. John’s Ambulance volunteer during our variety theatre days. Since then, he has been employed as projectionist and front of house team member. He is hugely knowledgeable about the Strand and gives regular heritage tours of the building, including a peek at […]
Danny Meegan

Danny works as one of our projectionists and front of house and has previously worked for other film organisations including Belfast Film Festival. He is a very talented photographer and has recently taken photos for our Strand Variety Night and Gala Fundraiser… as well as some of the staff profile pics for this page!