Village Underground
Francesca Rogers currently serves as the Finance Director at Village Underground since June 2020, following a role as Finance Manager at IMG from May 2019 to June 2020. Prior experience includes positions as Management Accountant at both Ministry of Sound and ABRSM between June 2017 and May 2019, and as an Associate in Tax at EY from September 2014 to June 2017. Francesca also held the position of President at the Raleigh Music Society during the 2013-2014 term and completed a Summer Internship in Tax at EY in 2013. In addition to professional experience, Francesca contributed as Events Manager for the Cambridge University Women in Leadership Society from October 2012 to June 2013. Educational credentials include a Bachelor of Arts in Music from the University of Cambridge (2011-2014) and professional qualifications through ICAS from 2014 to 2017.
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Village Underground
Village Underground is a multidisciplinary venue presenting live concerts and electronic music events alongside theatre, performing arts and visual arts. VU also plays host to commercial events, the revenue of which is put back into the artistic programme. Each year, VU has an attendance of over 150,000 people, stages more than 500 performances and works with more than 1500 artists. Atop the venue, four recycled Jubilee line trains and shipping containers make up the creative workspaces of Village Underground. These uniquely renovated spaces accommodate up to 30 artists, playwrights, filmmakers, architects, photographers, producers and start ups working side-by-side in a creative community. Village Underground started in 2006, with the aim of building affordable studios for creative people who were struggling to get a foothold in London. Four tube carriages and two shipping containers were converted into co-working spaces. A few months later, the perfect location was found: the top of an old railway viaduct in the middle of Shoreditch, East London. Great Eastern street was closed for the day and they were hoisted into position by crane. Next to the viaduct was an old Victorian warehouse which had been a coalstore for the railway but had fallen into disrepair. We put a roof on it, cleared out the rubbish, sandblasted the walls and laid down a floor to transform it into the venue that we have now. The main renovations took place over a year, just in time for opening in April 2007. Nowadays, our mission is to present the best new culture as it happens and to transform people’s perceptions through inspirational experiences.