Rachel Thomas

I am an Actor, Producer, Writer, Dramaturg, and access support worker, with other previous experience in costume design and stage management. I am joint Artistic Director and company Producer of Seventh Sense Theatre Company, a new writing company making 'class theatre, without the divide', and have produced all their shows to date including an ACE funded R&D for DOG HAIR by Phillip Jones in May 2021. I was part of the China Plate Optimists Producer training programme 2021, and have received professional mentorship from Joey Dawson (Wildcard/National Theatre), Oran Doyle (Les Enfents Terribles), and Burnt Lemon Theatre.

I'm passionate about new writing, stories that often go silenced, gig theatre, and anything with a rhythm at its heart, and have also previously worked as a mental health campaigner, so i'm always eager to get involved in anything surrounding those themes and to orient my work around wellbeing practices. Over the past few years I have also been increasingly expanding my dramaturgy skills, and attending further workshops on script reading, directing, accessibility and theatre design.

Acting credits include FAR AWAY (Donmar Warehouse), THE ESSEX SERPENT (Apple TV), performing with and for London Film School, 7th Sense Theatre, DASH Arts, Watch This & Vivo D’Arte, and the workshop process for MAYDAYS at the RSC.

(She/Her)

Credits

Producing Credits (Theatre):

- PRODUCER, The Last One, Zoe Alker, Arcola Theatre, 2024
- PRODUCER, Scratches, Plain Heroines, Arcola Theatre, 1 week, 2023
- PRODUCER, Spark R&D, 2 Gal Theatre, 2 weeks, 2023
- PRODUCER, Snail, Bebe Sanders, VAULT Festival, 1 week, 2023
- PRODUCER, Dog Hair, 7th Sense Theatre, VAULT Festival, 1 week 2023
- ASSOCIATE PRODUCER, Ruckus, Wildcard Theatre, Omnibus, Summerhall & Southwark Playhouse, 8 weeks, 2022
- ASSISTANT PRODUCER, Whole, Emma Spearing, Arcola Theatre: Outside & Cambridge Junction, 3 nights, 2021
- PRODUCER & DRAMATURG, DOG HAIR (R&D), Seventh Sense Theatre, Pleasance Theatre, 5 weeks, 2021
- PRODUCER & DRAMATURG (R&D), Dog Hair/Pearl Dove, Seventh Sense Theatre, Wildcard Theatre's Four Of A Kind (VAULT Festival shows cancelled), 2020
- MARKETING ASSISTANT, P.A.L.S & Romeo and Juliet (in rep), Maverick Theatre, Tabard Theatre, 4 weeks, 2019
- ASSISTANT PRODUCER, Bullarena, Rough Stock Theatre, Greenside Venues at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 5 nights, 2019
- ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Macbeth, Shakespeare in Schools, Park Theatre, 2018
- PRODUCER, Memory Soldier, Seventh Sense Theatre, Camden People's Theatre, 2018
- PRODUCER, Memory Soldier, Seventh Sense Theatre, East 15 Acting School, 2018


Other Previous Production Team Experience:

- COSTUME DESIGNER, One Man 2 Guvnors, Infinity Theatre, University of Birmingham, 2016
- COSTUME DESIGNER, The Ant Farm, Watch This Theatre, University of Birmingham, 2016
- COSTUME DESIGNER, The Producers, GMTG, University of Birmingham, 2015
- COSTUME ASSISTANT, Our House: The Musical, GMTG, University of Birmingham, 2015
- STAGE MANAGER, BUDS: A Night At The Movies, University of Birmingham, 2015
- COSTUME ASSISTANT, RENT, GMTG, University of Birmingham, 2015

Training

China Plate Optimists Producer Training Programme 2021
Producing workshops including Daisy Hale/OV12, ITC, New Diorama, and mentorship from Wildcard Theatre, Reece McMahon, Oran Doyle, and Burnt Lemon Theatre.
Maydays workshop with David Edgar and the RSC (2016)
NSDF (2015) and NSDF Company member (2014)