Radical Admin
Radical Admin is a project directed by Lucy Heard and Beccy Golding .
Lucy and Beccy are both freelance arts administrators with a range of creative practises including creative writing and improvised performance.
They are both used to being the ‘behind the scenes’ people in organisations and have both experienced being ‘admin@’ or ‘info@’ - the nameless ones who support the creatives to do what they do.
Lucy Heard and Beccy Golding about the concept of Radical Admin since 2022.
We have been clarifying our ideas, discussing a manifesto and building our collaborative partnership.
Lucy and Beccy are both freelance arts administrators with a range of creative practises including creative writing and improvised performance.
They are both used to being the ‘behind the scenes’ people in organisations and have both experienced being ‘admin@’ or ‘info@’ - the nameless ones who support the creatives to do what they do.
Lucy Heard and Beccy Golding about the concept of Radical Admin since 2022.
We have been clarifying our ideas, discussing a manifesto and building our collaborative partnership.
Lucy Heard is an arts administrator, maker, performer and producer working mainly in outdoor arts based in Bristol. Her early performance work was in the burlesque and cabaret scene, regularly hosting events across the West Country and South Wales.
During the pandemic, she co-produced Coddywomple, an experiment in socially distanced carnival with over 50 acts taking place across Bristol all at the same time.
Currently working with fire performers, walkabout street theatre acts and inflatable robots to produce entertainment at events and festivals across the UK.
Lucy is a trained audio describer for events, has a qualification in leading meditation sessions and an interest in how participatory art can improve mental health.
Beccy Golding is an arts administrator, fool and poet. She worked as a youth and community worker in Bristol for 15+ years; in green, independent and community publishing for 15+ years, and in her current roles (event coordinator for a clown teacher, and communications manager for a Forest School business) for 5+ years.
Beccy has performed as a clown and fool in solo and ensemble improvised performance. She was administrator for Nincompoop scratch performance events at the Wardrobe Theatre and has worked with Misfits Theatre Company for people with learning difficulties as a poet.
Beccy has written plays and pantomimes and currently hosts a spoken word night for older women called Stone the Crones.
During the pandemic, she co-produced Coddywomple, an experiment in socially distanced carnival with over 50 acts taking place across Bristol all at the same time.
Currently working with fire performers, walkabout street theatre acts and inflatable robots to produce entertainment at events and festivals across the UK.
Lucy is a trained audio describer for events, has a qualification in leading meditation sessions and an interest in how participatory art can improve mental health.
Beccy Golding is an arts administrator, fool and poet. She worked as a youth and community worker in Bristol for 15+ years; in green, independent and community publishing for 15+ years, and in her current roles (event coordinator for a clown teacher, and communications manager for a Forest School business) for 5+ years.
Beccy has performed as a clown and fool in solo and ensemble improvised performance. She was administrator for Nincompoop scratch performance events at the Wardrobe Theatre and has worked with Misfits Theatre Company for people with learning difficulties as a poet.
Beccy has written plays and pantomimes and currently hosts a spoken word night for older women called Stone the Crones.
