Rio Matchett

Rio is the Artistic Director and Joint CEO of Camden People’s Theatre, a fringe venue in London which seeks to support and programme the best emerging and experimental theatre in the country. 

Rio was shortlisted for the 2024 Fitzcarraldo Essay Prize. She gained her PhD in literary modernism and queer theory from the University of Liverpool in 2022 and has taught at institutions including the University of Liverpool, Leeds Conservatoire and Birkbeck University of London. 

Rio has spoken on her research at institutions including the University of Oxford, the Università IULM Milan, and the Sorbonne, and is frequently invited as a guest for podcasts, most recently Survival Songs and Spilling Ink.