“If you are looking for commitment and engagement and creative thinking, I can definitely recommend Rachel Pugh.
Rachel deeply impressed and excited me with her intelligent, astute and darkly hilarious responses to the work I do under the heading of Dark Clown. She brought depth of authenticity and she really connected the possibilities of the creative work out into the socio-political landscape - and not just in terms of ideas, but in a fully realised, embodied way.
Rachel and I share a background in Mime - a humbling and challenging discipline which, for it to work well, requires a breadth of view, a devotion to specificity and an ability (for those ready to bring it) to infuse a performance with vitality and inspiration.
I’ve heard Rachel talk of fearlessly engaging with her personal material in her writing too. And just to add - her facility for dramatic flavour and dark humour is grounded in a deep sense of humanity.”
Peta Lily, performer, director, theatre maker, teacher.