Becky Burchell

Becky is a freelance Arts Producer and Curator, who specialises in ‘hopeism’—sharing stories of hope through the arts to help imagine and create a better future. Becky is the founder of the new arts festival CHANGE, which presented over 20 events to audiences of over 1,000 at the Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, in October 2019. The festival was created as a platform for inspirational performance, music, discussion and workshops that invited audiences to consider their own role in manifesting positive change. Becky has a background in festivals and was previously the Arts Producer for two of the UKs most popular festivals, Bestival and Camp Bestival, creating areas and experiences across artforms from circus to carnival parades to spoken word. Becky has also worked with folk artist Sam Lee to produce the renowned Singing With Nightingale conservation event series, where musicians perform duets with wild nightingales. Becky lives in a small community in rural Dorset and has two young children, Davey and Jarrah.

Work w/ CUSP

Becky is the producer and visionary for the groundbreaking new theatre production, The World We Made, inspired by Jonathon Porritt’s book of the same name. This play was written by CUSP Fellow Beth Flintoff and was developed with support from Professor Tim Jackson. Set in 2050, the story is told by two students who look back over 50 years to reflect on the changes that have happened in that time and the extraordinary people who led on this. The play focuses on five characters, three of whom are based on real people, and shows the challenges, triumphs and bravery that each has faced in order to create a better future. Directed by innovative, immersive theatre director Sophie Austin, the play has been devised to be tourable to any studio space, hall or open venue, with lightweight, low-impact, chargable light and sound equipment that can be transported on public transport. Following three very successful public shows in 2019 and a number of private performances, the team are now fundraising for the 2020 tour.