Joseph Winer

London/Hertfordshire based director and drama facilitator with a focus on LGBTQ+ stories, new writing, and work made with and for young people and community companies.

Particularly interested in working with writers on script development for new projects.

he/him

Credits

DIRECTOR:
Drag Baby, Pleasance Theatre, 2024
Solomon, Tsitsit Festival/Royal Academy of Arts, 2023/4
I Fucked You in My Spaceship, VAULT Festival & Soho Theatre, 2023
Don't Smoke in Bed, VAULT Festival, 2023
Drag Baby by Grace Carroll, King's Head Theatre, 2022
The Happy Prince, Watford Palace Theatre/Imagine Watford, 2022
Breeding by Louis Emmitt-Stern (Short Play), Watford Palace Theatre, 2021
Pictland by Eilis Price, Act II Festival @ Arcola Theatre, Watford Palace Theatre (Watford Fringe), Katzpace London, various 2019-20
Felt by Pip Williams (scratch), Katzpace, 2020
Scar Tissue by Amy Blakelock (scratch), Jack Brockley Studio, 2018

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR:
Scab (dir. Jamie Biddle), Vault Festival, 1 week, 2020
Hamlet (dir. Daniel Winder), Iris Theatre, 6 weeks, 2019
Wild About Phones (dir. James Williams), Imagine Watford / Watford Palace, 2014

PRODUCER:
The Cabaret at the End of the World [in development], Created by Roz Whiteley and Eilis Price

DRAMATURG, Housewerk (dir. Alistair Wilkinson & Megha Dhingra), Arcola Theatre, 1 week, 2020
Currently working on script development with writers David Hendon, Immie Davies and Grace Carroll

EDUCATION WORK
Director in Residence, Emanuel School, 2023-2024
Workshop Lead Facilitator, Wizard Theatre, 2019-2024
Drama Teacher, Jigsaw Performing Arts, 2019-2024
Drama Teacher, Stagecoach Performing Arts, 2018-2021
Assistant Facilitator, Watford Palace Theatre, 2018-19
Assistant Facilitator, The Old Vic, 2018
Youth Theatre Company Manager, Shakespeare's Globe, 2015-16

Training

Education
◼ BA English and Drama (First Class), Queen Mary University of London, 2019

Workshops & Courses
◼ Theatre-Making with Ned Bennett (1 Week Course)
◼ Inclusive Working with Nickie Miles-Wildin from Graeae
◼ Child Protection Training: Appropriate Touch, Risk, Disclosure, Safe Environment with Stagecoach
◼ Dementia Friendly Training with Arcola Theatre
◼ The Role of the Director in the Devising Process with Paul Hunter, Told by an Idiot, 2018
◼ Directing workshops with Jennifer Tang, Chris Thorpe, Tinuke Craig and Christopher Haydon, NSDF 2017-18
◼ National Youth Theatre Senior Acting Course with Mark Weinman, 2017
◼ Queer Theatre Weekend Workshop with Scottee and Nando Messias, 2017
◼ Training for Relaxed Performances with Jess Thom from Touretteshero, 2016