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  • Arts in Wales including showcasing
  • Welsh theatre, music and literature

Rebecca Gould, Head of Arts, Wales

Rebecca joined the British Council from the Soho Theatre, London where she was Creative Producer. Originally from Cardiff, Rebecca is the current chair of Theatre Iolo and also an education associate artist for the Royal Shakespeare Company. She has worked extensively as a theatre director, including as an associate director at the Theatre Royal Plymouth, as young people’s project director at the National Theatre, director of the Education Company at the English Shakespeare Company and as associate director at the Made in Wales Stage Company.

Rebecca was co-founder and Director of Tinderbox Alley and TheatreScience, who work closely with the Wellcome Trust to foster a wider awareness through theatre of advances in biomedicine.

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