Katy Rubin

Katy Rubin is a Legislative Theatre practitioner and strategist based in the UK, and director of The People Act hub for creative civic practice. She works in partnership with local and national governments, advocacy organisations, and community groups to co-create equitable and innovative public policy through participatory processes that are joyful, creative, and inclusive. She currently collaborates with cities around Europe, implementing policy-change projects on housing and homelessness, health and welfare, the climate crisis, and more. Katy is also a Senior Fellow with People Powered: Global Hub for Participatory Democracy and a Senior Atlantic Fellow at LSE, as well as former executive director of Theatre of the Oppressed NYC. Her Legislative Theatre work with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority was awarded the International Observatory of Participatory Democracy’s 2022 award for Best Practice in Citizen Participation.