Pre-School, 6+
Rachel is a versatile writer, producer and educator with experience in creating work for screen, stage and print. She has a particular passion in writing for young people and family audiences and has written for shows including Pip and Posy for Magic Light Pictures. Rachel was part of the 2022 Creative UK Accelerate Film and TV Cohort and recipient of a ScreenSkills Bursary. She was also recipient of the 2018 Sally Goldsworthy Memorial Bursary from the Discovery Story Centre and the 2016 Milton Keynes Writer in Residence.
Rachel is experienced in delivering work aligned with the national curriculum at EYFS, Key Stage 1 or 2 levels and has strong knowledge of childhood developmental stages. She has worked extensively within education settings and with people with SEN.
Rachel is co-artistic director of Fly High Stories – creating work which puts ‘Learning Through Laughing’ at its heart. Rachel has a BA in English Literature from Cardiff University and an MA in Writing for Performance from Central School of Speech and Drama. You can find her on her website https://www.rachelbarnett.co.uk/
60′ new stage musical feminist retelling of the classic tale for 3-7 year olds. Co-commission from Polka Theatre and Singapore Repertory Theatre.
Two story scripts for leading audio brand
Writing episodes for upcoming animated series
Animated short film in development with Exec Producer Dee Stevens about a non-binary young person’s experience of going clothes shopping.
Original series in development
3×2′ scripts for series 13
2×7′ episodes for this preschool animation
3 episodes for the series
5′ animated short pilot made with support from Arts Council England about aerodynamics and growth mindset for 2-5 year olds
Episodes for Lapland UK podcast
Autumn 2023 – Spring 2024 artsdepot Residency
During the residency Rachel developed her play, Backward Children (working title) – about her own family’s involvement in the research behind the free school milk acts of the 1930s. Supported by the Peggy Ramsay Foundation.
Play for young audiences about aerodynamics and growth mindset.
Directed by Jemma Gross
Opera about the impact of women in science through history, broadcast online during lockdown. On tour and at Little Angel Theatre.
Produced by HMDT
Directed by Clare Whistler
Online, interactive audio-drama
Adapted from the book by Anthony Browne.
2013-15: Commissioned by Polka Theatre, produced by Watershed Productions.
2018: Talimhane Theatre, Istanbul
Directed by Roman Stefanski
New onstage adventure for the well-loved bear. Opened at Butlins Holiday Park in February 2019 and continues to play to appreciative crowds.
Directed by Phil Peacock
Promenade site-specific play for young performers about WW1. Commissioned by York Theatre Royal, performed in York Castle Museum.
Directed by Matt Harper, Kate Veysey, Julian Ollive
| Current | ||
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| Production | Company | Notes |
| Princess and the Pea | Polka Theatre/Singapore Repertory Theatre | 60′ new stage musical feminist retelling of the classic tale for 3-7 year olds. Co-commission from Polka Theatre and Singapore Repertory Theatre. |
| Listening/Tonies | Two story scripts for leading audio brand |
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| Title TBA | Bumpybox | Writing episodes for upcoming animated series |
| Clothes | Dee Stevens | Animated short film in development with Exec Producer Dee Stevens about a non-binary young person’s experience of going clothes shopping. |
| Title TBA | Beakus | Original series in development |
| Television | ||
|---|---|---|
| Production | Company | Notes |
| Little Baby Bum S13 (2023) | Moonbug Entertainment | 3×2′ scripts for series 13 |
| Pip and Posy S2 (2022) | Magic Light Pictures/Sky | 2×7′ episodes for this preschool animation |
| Pip and Posy: Let's Play (2022) | Magic Light Pictures/Sky | 3 episodes for the series |
| Paper Plane (2020) | Fly High Stories | 5′ animated short pilot made with support from Arts Council England about aerodynamics and growth mindset for 2-5 year olds |
| Theatre/Audio | ||
|---|---|---|
| Production | Company | Notes |
| Elfcast (2023) | Lapland UK | Episodes for Lapland UK podcast |
| Residency | artsdepot | Autumn 2023 – Spring 2024 artsdepot Residency During the residency Rachel developed her play, Backward Children (working title) – about her own family’s involvement in the research behind the free school milk acts of the 1930s. Supported by the Peggy Ramsay Foundation. |
| Fly High (2023) | Singapore Repertory Theatre | Play for young audiences about aerodynamics and growth mindset. Directed by Jemma Gross |
| Jina and the STEM Sisters (2022) | HMDT/Little Angel Theatre | Opera about the impact of women in science through history, broadcast online during lockdown. On tour and at Little Angel Theatre. Produced by HMDT |
| Beauty and the Beast from Backstage (2020) | Online, interactive audio-drama |
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| Gorilla (2012-2018) | Polka Theatre/Watershed Productions/Talimhane Theatre | Adapted from the book by Anthony Browne. 2013-15: Commissioned by Polka Theatre, produced by Watershed Productions. 2018: Talimhane Theatre, Istanbul Directed by Roman Stefanski |
| Paddington Bear - At the Seaside (2018) | Butlins Holiday Park | New onstage adventure for the well-loved bear. Opened at Butlins Holiday Park in February 2019 and continues to play to appreciative crowds. Directed by Phil Peacock |
| Forward to Victory (2017) | York Theatre Royal | Promenade site-specific play for young performers about WW1. Commissioned by York Theatre Royal, performed in York Castle Museum. Directed by Matt Harper, Kate Veysey, Julian Ollive |