Jordi M. Carter (He/Him)

Jordi M. Carter is a Caribbean-British theatre director, creative producer, dramaturg, and multi-disciplinary artist from South London. He is passionate about stories that explore identity, self-discovery, and spirituality within Black and Global Majority cultural contexts. His practice explores the nuances of love, introspection, and the strength of community, with a strong focus on social and political consciousness.

Jordi is currently on the Board of Trustees at The Old Vic as the 2024/25 Lambeth Baylis Trustee.

He was awarded a Developing Your Creative Practice Grant (via Arts Council England) in November 2023 to spend a year exploring his craft as a Director, with a particular focus on anti-racist methods and theatre-making approaches from the Black Diaspora and Global South.

Also awarded a Grand Plan Fund Grant in Summer 2024, Jordi is now embarking on his new playwriting practice, with support to bolster the development of his debut play.

Credits

Assistant Director | ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell, adapted by Tatty Hennessy | Stratford East; Leeds Playhouse; Nottingham Playhouse | Jan—Apr 2025

Director | AND by Thomas Draper [Rapid Write Response: BY THEIR FRUITS by DK Fashola] | Theatre503 | Dec 2024

Director | HIS NAME by Ibukun Olumoroti [Bulletpoints Showcase] | Contact Manchester | Oct 2024

Director | AROMATHERAPY by Khai Shaw [Talawa Firsts Festival] | Talawa Theatre Company | Jul 2024

Director | THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR by Nikolai Gogol [Evolution Festival: LABS] | Lyric Hammersmith Theatre & UAL: Wimbledon College of Arts | Feb - Mar 2024

Director | BLACK TERROR by Kalungi Ssebandeke [R&D for Big Boundless Show Prize] | Guildhall School of Music & Drama | Mar 2024

Director | BEING BOLD TOGETHER | University of Sussex | Feb—Mar 2024.

Director | THE HIVVY by Luke Elliott [Gateway Arts R&D] | Hackney Showroom | Sept 2023

Assistant Director | WE NEED NEW NAMES by Mufaro Makubika, dir. Monique Touko [UK Tour] | New Perspectives & Fifth Word in association with Brixton House | Apr—Jun 2023

Director | BLACK PERFORMANCE LAB | ICTheatre Brighton | Sep—Oct 2022

Associate Producer | SATURN RETURNS by Sonny Nwachukwu [Gateway Arts] | Southbank Centre (Unlimited Festival) & Northern School of Contemporary Dance (Colour Festival) | Sept—Oct 2022

Assistant Producer | INTRODUCTION TO MAKING under Leo Skilbeck | Young Vic | Sept 2022

Assistant Producer | OF THE CUT by Yasmin Joseph | Young Vic x TEA Films | Jul - Aug 2022

Co-Producer | DEAR BLK LDN | Theatre Peckham | Apr 2022

Co-Producer | YV: MAKERS MOTIVE | Young Vic | Mar 2022

Assistant Producer | FIVE PLAYS | Young Vic | Dec 2021

Assistant Producer | INTRODUCTION TO DIRECTING under Diyan Zora | Young Vic | Winter 2021

Assistant Producer | YV UNPACKED: LOVE REIGN by Shereen Jasmin Phillips | Young Vic | Oct 2021

Actor | NETWORK [Short film, dir. Luke Forkes] | University of Sussex | Dec 2020

Actor | THE CRUCIBLE by Arthur Miller | Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts | Sept 2019-Mar 2020

Actor/Director/Theatre-Maker | DEVISED, CLASSICAL AND CONTEMPORARY PROJECTS | University of Sussex (degree) | September 2018 — May 2021

Actor | BUGZY MALONE | Graveney School | Mar 2018

Actor | SINGIN' IN THE RAIN | Graveney School | Mar 2017

Actor | TAKING PART PARALLEL: MACBETH | Young Vic | Jan 2015

Training

Directing | DONMAR WAREHOUSE x OPENHOUSE (July 2024) | Directing Masterclass with Matthew Xia.

Directing | ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND (Dec 2023 - Present) | Developing Your Creative Practice: Directing Development (Anti-Racist & Afroindigenous/Diasporic Approaches).

Dramaturgy | TALAWA THEATRE COMPANY (Jul 2023–present) | Black Dramaturgy Club, under malakaï sargeant and David Gilbert.

Directing | TALAWA THEATRE COMPANY (Jan 2024) | Directors’ Toolkit, with Daniel Bailey.

Directing | YOUNG VIC THEATRE: TAKING PART (Jan 2024) | Directing Actors for the Stage, with Kwame Owusu.

Theatre Business | NEW DIORAMA / GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC & DRAMA / UPROOT PRODUCTIONS (Dec 2023) | The Knot.

Creative Facilitation | TALAWA THEATRE COMPANY/EMERGENCY EXIT ARTS (Oct - Dec 2023) | Creating Routes.

Directing | YOUNG VIC THEATRE (Oct 2022 - Jun 2023) | Fresh Direction, mentored by Directors Nimmo Ismail & Monique Touko.

Creative Producing | THEATRE PECKHAM (Feb - Apr 2022) | Young Producers Programme.

Community Producing/Artistic Output | YOUNG VIC THEATRE (Sep 2021 - Sep 2022) | Young Associates.

UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX (2018–2021) | Drama and Film Studies BA (Joint Honours) | First Class.