Join Artistic Director of Unicorn Theatre Rachel Bagshaw for this candid conversation about cultural leadership.
Have you ever wondered what an Artistic Director does all day?
Would you like to find out about the key skills an Artistic Director needs?
Are you considering applying for Artistic Director roles in the future?
If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then this free Q and A is for you.
Meet current Unicorn Theatre Artistic Director Rachel Bagshaw and former Paines Plough Artistic Director George Perrin MBE and find out:
What the role of an Artistic Director entails.
How the hosts became Artistic Directors.
The top skills every Artistic Director needs.
How Artistic Directors work with Chairs, Boards and Executive Directors.
What happens at an Artistic Director job interview.
Top tips for aspiring Artistic Directors.
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Rachel Bagshaw is an award-winning stage director. She was recently appointed Artistic Director of Unicorn Theatre having been their Associate Director from 2018 to 2023. She is also an Associate at the National Theatre as a recipient of the Peter Hall Bursary for 2023/24. Rachel is making her directorial debut at the Globe Theatre in 2024 directing The Duchess of Malfi on the Sam Wanamaker stage.
Recent productions include A Dead Body in Taos (Bristol Old Vic/ Wilton’s Music Hall), Augmented by Sophie Woolley (Royal Exchange/Told by an Idiot), Philip Pullman’s Grimm Tales and Greek Myths Unplugged, Let Loose (with Choreographer Arielle Smith, co-produced with English National Ballet), for Unicorn Theatre Online. Other theatre
credits include Midnight Movie (Royal Court Theatre), The Bee in Me and Aesop’s Fables (Unicorn Theatre), Resonance at the Still Point of Change (Unlimited Festival, South Bank Centre), The Rhinestone Rollers and Just Me, Bell (Graeae).
Her critically acclaimed work The Shape of Pain won a Fringe First at Edinburgh and was revived at Battersea Arts Centre in 2018. Film credits includes Let Loose (Unicorn Theatre Online/ENB) and Where I Go (When I Can’t be Where I Am (BBC/China Plate).