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Rachel Briscoe was an IAS Creative Fellow in 2021-22 and a Visiting Research Fellow in 2022-23.
Rachel Briscoe is co-founder lead artist for digital story studio Fast Familiar. Fast Familiar make artworks which are participatory, playful聽and political. We are are an award-winning interdisciplinary collaboration comprising expertise in theatre, game design, digital technology and neuroscience and psychology. For us, art is a space to explore questions which are too complex for daily life - and a space where we can rehearse better聽outcomes for a world where no decision of significance is taken by an isolated individual. We鈥檙e fascinated by how digital technology can聽enable new forms of human connection in a rapidly changing world.聽There is more info about what we do on our聽,听听补苍诲听.
Rachel trained as a playwright (Royal Court and Soho theatres) and theatre director (National Theatre Directors Course). These days, she聽mainly works as a writer and dramaturg of non-linear or audience-centric work. Outside of her work for FF, she has recently been聽dramaturg on a narrative escape room about climate change for Kolibri in Budapest; a 鈥榙igital expert鈥� on the EU collaboration project聽PlayOn! and an 鈥榚xpert mentor鈥� on Upstart Theatre鈥檚 International Playable Theatre Lab. Rachel sometimes works as a consultant, helping聽culture and heritage organisations take a more playful approach to their engagements with audiences. She is also a qualified Feldenkrais聽practitioner.
