Jake Leonard

My name is Jake Leonard. My preferred pronoun is he/him. I am a freelance theatre director based near my home city of Leicester. I have experience of assistant and associate directing work on small-to-mid-scale touring shows and have directed small-scale touring productions that have been to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and various other venues across the UK. I like to work on shows that are sensitive and imaginative, emotionally or intellectually daring and engaging, and I encourage a safe and collaborative rehearsal environment that allows cast and crew to feel supported and involved.

Credits

As Director:
POWERED BY FAIRYDUST, Upstairs at the Western & Rural Tour, TBC, 2019-2020
OPHELIA, Upstairs at the Western, 2 days, 2019
A SELF-HELP GUIDE TO BEING IN LOVE WITH JEREMY CORBYN, UK Tour, 32 weeks, 2019
A SELF-HELP GUIDE TO BEING IN LOVE WITH JEREMY CORBYN, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 3 weeks, 2018

As Associate Director:
THIS INCREDIBLE LIFE, The Ffwrnes & Tour, 2 weeks, 2018

As Assistant Director:
GEORGE'S MARVELLOUS MEDICINE, Curve & Rose Theatre Kingston & UK Tour, 26 weeks, 2017-2018
TIMELINE, Greenside Royal Terrace (Edinburgh Fringe Festival), 4 weeks, 2013

Training

Workshops:
Birmingham REP - Blindspot Theatre PROgrammes: Business for Theatre with Georgia Kelly
Nottingham Playhouse - Young Vic Directors Programme Reach Out with Nadia Latif
Derby Theatre - Commedia dell'Arte with Chiara D'Anna
Young Vic Directors Programme - Exploring the Process of Making 'Anna' with Natalie Abrahami
Young Vic Directors Programme - R-E-A-D Death and the King's Horseman with Roy Alexander Weise
Young Vic Directors Programme - R-E-A-D Spring Awakening with Roy Alexander Weise
Young Vic Directors Programme - Voice with Cathleen McCarron
Curve - Directing with Nikolai Foster
Birmingham REP - Text Work and Directing Prep with Nyasha Gudo & Jay Crutchley
Leeds Playhouse - Directors & Designers with Amy Leach, Hayley Grindle & Alexandra Faye Braithwaite
Nottingham Playhouse - Working at the RSC with Claire Birch
Chichester Festival Theatre - Arts Council Application Surgery with Anna Jefferson
Chichester Festival Theatre - From Assistant to Associate to Director with Harry Mackrill
Chichester Festival Theatre - Directing Musicals with Daniel Evans
Chichester Festival Theatre - Producing with Jeremy Woodhouse
Nottingham Playhouse - Advanced Directing with Adam Penford
Chichester Festival Theatre - Assistant Directing with Max Lindsay
Chichester Festival Theatre - Directing Shakespeare with Jonathan Munby
Chichester Festival Theatre - Directing Contemporary Plays with Tinuke Craig
Young Vic Directors Programme - Working with a Casting Director with Lotte Hines & Jeff James
Young Vic Directors Programme - Auditions with Clare Lizzimore & Eleanor Matsuura
Young Vic Directors Programme - Emotional Safety with Rachel Bagshaw
Young Vic Directors Programme - Dramaturgy in British Theatre with Bryony Kimmings
Theatre Royal Haymarket (TRH) Masterclass - Nicolas Kent Masterclass (Verbatim Theatre)