Ree Kirkbride
(she/her)Freelance Creative Producer
Ree is a freelance creative producer based in the North East of England. She has been working with WOW since late 2024 as the creative producer for the first ever WOW North East, as part of the wider S&DR200 Festival. Alongside WOW, Ree works with clients such as Fenwick, producing and directing their Christmas window reveal show for their flagship store in Newcastle and also, producing the Our Stomping Grounds Festival for learning disabled artists.
Ree is passionate about driving social change through the arts and culture sector, and years prior to WOW, worked at Streetwise Opera as regional producer. Ree has a background in drama and theatre, and disability arts.
One of Ree’s favourite WOW moments was chatting to Annie Lennox about thrift stores backstage at the Royal Albert Hall for WOW’s 15th Anniversary celebrations.