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PHILIPPA NEELS

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I’m a creative producer and cultural strategist driven by curiosity and a fascination with how creativity reflects on humanity, the natural world, and our shared experiences. I specialise in commissioning and producing ambitious, imaginative, cross-artform projects, thriving on complex challenges from concept to delivery. With a background in artist development and advocacy, I also develop and advise on strategic initiatives supporting creative ecologies, artist wellbeing, sector sustainability, career development, and cross-sector innovation.

My background is in theatre, where world-building is at the core of everything I do. As my career has expanded into music, installation, design, education, screen, and commercial art, I’ve carried the rigour, collaboration, and sense of wonder from theatre into every project. My work spans these disciplines — and the in-between — and I’ve collaborated with leading organisations including Manchester International Festival, Fuel, Southbank Centre, and the National Theatre.

New ways of experiencing music is at the centre of my work: as project producer for Matthew Herbert, strategic consultant for Church of Sound, creative producer of Laura Misch’s Slow Tour, producer of Gazelle Twin & NYX’s Deep England live show, album and music film, and as a member of Justin Vernon and Aaron & Bryce Dessner’s 37d03d community. I am creative director of NYX, a music experience combining live electronic choral music, spatial sound technology, architecture and visual design.

I am an experienced curator, commissioner, and producer of performance and public programming, from producing Auckland Theatre Company's annual season and supporting research and development at the National Theatre's New Work Department, to programming the music-art-tech festival Convergence and establishing The Lab with Fuel and the Wellcome Trust — a commissioning platform that matches scientists and artists to create new public engagement projects responding to research on global and public health.

I have extensive experience managing large-scale projects, developing bespoke funding strategies, and securing public, private, and commercial partnerships to deliver ambitious creative work. I regularly work with cultural institutions, brands, and stakeholders to realise projects at scale, ensuring they are both artistically innovative and commercially sustainable.

 

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