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Rachel Toogood
Biography
Rachel Toogood is a freelance producer and translator. She has translated two plays by Laura Rubio Galletero: Shopping Centre Paradise was featured at the 2021 Out of the Wings festival (Omnibus Theatre, London) and later published by Inti Press; The Glass Ceiling: Anne & Sylvia was published by Estreno Contemporary Spanish Plays (Pace University, USA). Her other translations include La Distancia for the theatre company La Société de la Mouffette (Spain) and, forthcoming, a Cuban reimagining of The Bacchae by Raquel Carrió and Flora Lauten. Her other translation projects include working with Manchester International Festival and Jewish Book Week, and translating the lyrics of the Cuban singer and dancer Omara Portuondo. She is the co-translator of Rongo, The Forgotten Story of Easter Island by Patricia Štambuk. As a producer Rachel has worked on several translation projects for theatre companies such as the Royal Court, Foreign Affairs, Modern Culture and Performing International Plays. She is a member of the Ibero-American theatre and translation collective, Out of the Wings.