Georgia Bowers

About Me

Dr Georgia Bowers
Creative Ageing Specialist | Academic | Pro-Ageing Advocate

Dr Georgia Bowers is a leading Creative Ageing practitioner, academic, and pro-ageing advocate whose work explores the role of theatre in later life as a means of challenging ageism, reshaping cultural narratives around ageing, and advancing social justice.

Her practice began in 2014, when she founded a resident-led theatre company while working as an Activities Coordinator for one of the UK’s largest care home providers. Since then, she has collaborated with older adults across care homes, hospitals, sheltered housing, day centres, and digital platforms, creating spaces for connection, creativity, and critical reflection. Her work has been recognised internationally and has been shared at high-profile venues including Tate Modern, Alexander Palace and the British Film Institute, and featured by media outlets such as the BBC and The Stage.

In 2026, her first book, Ageing On Stage: Creative Ageing and Theatre, will be published by Routledge. The book explores how theatre can be used with older adults to confront ageism and address ageist-induced shame by stimulating shame resilience in later life.

Georgia is Programme Leader and Lecturer for the BA (Hons) Applied and Contemporary Theatre at the Guildford School of Acting, University of Surrey, and in 2024 was awarded Early Career Teacher of the Year for the faculty of Arts, Business and Social Sciences. She is also an External Examiner for Rose Bruford College, and a Working Group Convenor for Science and Performance with TaPRA (Theatre and Performance Research Association). In addition, she is a Fellow of the Centre for Excellence on Ageing (CEA), affiliated with the United Nations and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Georgia holds a First Class BA (Hons) in Performing Arts and Music from the University of Chichester and an MA in Applied Theatre from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. In 2023, she completed her PhD at the University of Portsmouth. Her thesis, "Applied Theatre in Later Life: Facilitation, Participation and Shame Resilience", explores how theatre can support emotional well-being, agency, and collective voice in older adulthood.

She has worked with a wide range of organisations, including the Royal Opera House, Chichester Festival Theatre, Brighton People’s Theatre, Spare Tyre, Young Carers: BUCKS, London Bubble, Hampstead Theatre, Almeida Theatre, Centre Point, Watford Palace Theatre, and Theatre Royal Windsor.

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Testimonials

"Work with Georgia. Seriously, just do it.

Georgia is self-motivated, bright, clear-headed and dedicated to making a more just, accessible and art-filled world. I'm really thankful I have worked with her - at University of Chichester and as an independent producer - as she makes every project look effortless and great fun to be a part of."

Brian Lobel, Academic/Performance Artist

"Working with Georgia on the Together Project has been a great pleasure. Georgia is full of creative energy and ideas and has the generosity to share and develop ideas with her co-collaborators. She is adaptable and sensitive to the requirements of participants, staff and partners without compromising integrity.

Georgia rises to a challenge, her enthusiasm is infectious, and her support has been invaluable in developing successful and professional relationships"

Lisa Muten, Artist - Together Project , Spare Tyre

"Georgia is hard working, passionate about engaging creatively with communities and is committed to her practice and participants. Georgia is a facilitator who really listens to her participants and demonstrates a practice of co-creation and really does view any collective of people that she engages with as fellow artists. Not only did Georgia lead the artistic content for Bubble’s work with older adults but she also led the Youth Theatre, demonstrating her versatility as an artist facilitator. I would not hesitate to recommend her to any arts organisation"

Jonathan Petherbridge, Creative Director, London Bubble

"Georgia has worked with Young Carers Bucks to run two amazing drama projects for young carers. The workshops took the focus of increasing confidence and understanding emotions through drama. The kids fully embraced the activities that Georgia introduced and came back to each session eager for more. Georgia is fantastic at engaging groups of young people – she is warm, friendly and naturally draws the less confident children out of themselves to take part in activities they never would have dreamed they could have done. We can’t wait to work with Georgia again!"

Laura Troll, Young Carers in Secondary Schools Project Lead, Young Carers BUCKS

"Georgia has been involved as a facilitator on our dementia-friendly programme since 2018, initially leading sessions as part of our Creative Responses project for residents of care settings within the wider Chichester District. She has a warm and gentle approach to everyone she works with, and has been influential in the development of this area of our work. We are delighted to currently be working with Georgia as Lead Artist on our Artist in Care Homes pilot project, and are excited to see what her experience and specialist knowledge can bring to the participants and CFT alike"

Louise Rigglesford, Community Partnerships Manager, Chichester Festival Theatre

"Working with Georgia is an absolute pleasure. She is reliable, trustworthy and extremely creative. She is a team player, able to lead and work autonomously, whilst also asking for support when needed. She is excellent at building trust with a group and did this for Brighton People's Theatre at the height of the covid-19 pandemic, with a new group who she met and worked with initially over zoom and then face to face in a community centre. I would jump at the chance to work with Georgia again. She is incredibly professional and reflects on her practice to ensure she always produces her best work"

Naomi Alexander, Artistic Director, Brighton People's Theatre