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Jessica Williams

Director

Passionate about staging critical new writing that focuses on people and our relationships. Experience working as a dramaturg for both TV and play scripts. Creative Director at Want the Moon Theatre. Shadowing experience with Northumberland Theatre Company and Northern Stage.
She/Her

Credits

DIRECTOR, Shadows, NSDF (Supported by New Diorama Theatre)/Tristan Bates Theatre/ZOO Venues, 5 weeks, 2019/2020
DIRECTOR, Other People's Teeth, Old Red Lion/Kings Head Theatre, 3 weeks, 2018
DIRECTOR, Nightlight, Pyramid Theatre, 1 week, 2017
DIRECTOR, Occam's Chainsaw, Greenside Venues, 2 weeks, 2017
DIRECTOR, A Clockwork Orange, stage@leeds, 1 week, 2016

Training

Shadowing Mark Calvert, Lungs: A Play in Ten Weeks, Northern Stage, 2020

Shadowing Northumberland Theatre Company, The Snow Queen/Angels of the North, 2019-2020

Directing Workshop, Hannah Banister, Northern Stage, 2020

JMK Directing Workshop, James Grieve, Northern Stage, 2019

2:1 BA English Literature and Theatre (International), University of Leeds, 2014-2018

Location

Tyne and Wear

Experience

2-5 years

What I do

  • Devising
  • Dramaturgy
  • Verbatim theatre
  • Writing

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