Rachel Baynton

Rachel Baynton has previously worked as Artistic Director with several successful youth theatre companies in venues and festivals around the country, toured large-scale, outdoor performances of Shakespeare to English Heritage sites and designed practical literacy packages for secondary schools.

Graduating in Devised Theatre at Dartington College of Arts, Rachel has gone on to work as a writer, performer, producer and director of collaborative, often site-specific, theatre including: the performance pieces THE BULLIVER PROJECT [2002]: created with the support of South Hams Railway in Totnes, Devon and THE CALMER FUTURE? [2005]. Rachel created and curated FINISH THIS [2004/5] an online international writing collaboration and undertook dramaturgical duties for AN INTERVIEW WITH DORIAN GRAY [2006].

Rachel currently provides marketing and participation support for Lancaster Institute of Contemporary Arts (LICA), alongside work on the collections and exhibitions in the Peter Scott Gallery.