Rebecca Prentice
she/they
Producer | 2024 Bursary
“It is incredibly meaningful to receive support at this stage in a producing career and the bursary will support an important time of upskilling and developing my commercial practice. The bursary will increase my capacity to support artists through the development process of a script about a lesbian activist with AIDS in the 80s.”
The bursary will assist Rebecca and her production company Prentice Productions to develop a new show about Joan Baker, a lesbian AIDS activist in the 80s, strengthening her skills as a theatre producer.
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Since receiving the bursary…
Rebecca Prentice is an independent producer, facilitator and consultant with experience running charities at managerial level, facilitating workshops with community groups and producing theatre and film via her company Prentice Productions. With a focus on queer and female-led storytelling, the company seeks to innovate within the arts, creating work that is socially relevant and commercially ambitious.
She has worked with organisations such as Paines Plough, Bristol Old Vic, Roundhouse, Phosphoros Theatre, Pleasance Theatre and many more. Theatre credits include I’m Not Being Funny (Bush Theatre), How I Learned to Swim (Paines Plough’s Roundabout, Bristol Old Vic, Brixton House), Jobsworth (Pleasance Edinburgh, Park Theatre transfer, 2025, with TV development at Brock Media), 30 and Out (Soho Theatre, Pleasance London, Pleasance Edinburgh, Omnibus Theatre) and Mermaid (Theatre503).
For screen, credits include House Hunters (screened at BFI Flare and multiple BIFA and BAFTA-qualifying festivals), NI Screen Funded The Other Mother, The Pirate (winner of four awards including Best Story), Driving with Tim (starring Simon Callow), and Game Over (in post-production), alongside two features in pre-production and three scripts in development.
She is also supported by the Stage One Bursary Scheme for New Producers.