Barbara Touati-Evans

Rebecca Godden is a dynamic actor, director, and facilitator with over a decade of experience nationally and internationally. Rebecca holds a First Class BA Honours in Contemporary Performance from the University of Winchester, and is a regular actor and director at Hat Fair, Winchester. She currently collaborates with companies such as Blue Apple Theatre (Associate Director) Ubisoft/Hampshire Cultural Trust (878AD Actor), MN Academy (Filmmaking Facilitator) and Birmingham Stage (Show Facilitator). Passionate about storytelling, she’s at home performing, writing and directing. Her work blends live theatre, performing arts, and immersive/ site-specific performance. Rebecca produces and hosts the podcast, Part of The Arts.  

I am a theatre performer, movement practitioner, educator, and parent artist. I trained in the UK, Malta, and Greece, and have worked on performance projects and interdisciplinary collaborations in Europe and the UK for the past 15 years. My creative practice is informed by contemporary performance devising. The work is physical, visual and poetic; it shifts between presence and representation, layers mythologies with true stories and looks for surprising uses of movement, sound and objects. My current creative work focuses on the natural world, ecology and outdoor arts. In my research and projects, I look for meaningful ways to weave the natural world into my movement language, choreographies and performance artworks.

Olivia Wallis Jackson is a British-German Contemporary Dancer, Choreographer, Photographer, Teacher, Rehearsal Director & Administrative Support Worker currently based in Hampshire and working across the South and in London. As a dance artist with an exciting blend of technical and explorative movement, she uses her unique performance skills and intellect to collaborate deeply with other artists. She strives to understand choreographers’ artistic aims and processes, fulfilling their visions to make work that is impactful and meaningful to a wide range of audiences. Alongside her work as a dancer and choreographer, Olivia is also a dance photographer and engages with community dance practice in various ways.