Rachel Baynton is an artist, producer and academic working in cross-artform contexts. She leads on professional arts projects with national and international reach, with major commissioning partners including Arts Council England, the NHS, the RAF, and the BBC.
She is Co-artistic Director of Proto-type Theater – a company of multi-disciplinary artists making contemporary performance including 'A Machine they’re Secretly Building' (British Council Edinburgh Showcase, long-listed for the Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award). Critics have called their work ‘smartly intelligent, coolly reasoned theatre’ (The Guardian) and ‘enthralling’ (Zambezi News).
Rachel is Associate Professor at Lincoln School of Creative Arts and leads their Arts & Cultural Management courses created with Lincoln International Business School. She is currently collaborating with Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust exploring creative co-design approaches in Mental Healthcare settings.
