Geraldine is the Geraldine is the Director of Creative Placemaking and Public Programmes at the RSC. A new role created to shape inspirational change with people and to make Stratford a better place to live, work, visit and invest.
She previously led the Events and Exhibitions department at the RSC, where she was responsible for changing the company’s relationships with artists, audiences and communities. She built daytime visitors to the RSC to c. 500,000, led the £4.5m Swan Wing capital project and a series of events to mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death in 2016.
She is a Trustee of Fierce Festival and Culture Central.
Prior to this she spent ten years as Director of the UK’s leading organisation for performance poetry, Apples & Snakes; ran her theatre production company, Jericho Productions; and worked at Battersea Arts Centre in many different roles, finally as Programme Manager.
[Photo by Janie Airey © RSC]