Applications for the 2012 JMK Award are now closed. Thank you for all your applications. If you encountered any problems submitting your application please email jo@jmktrust.org. Thank you.
Each year the JMK Trust provides up to 20 talented young directors with awards, guidance and development opportunities. We present the annual The James Menzies-Kitchin Young Director’s Award (The JMK Award) to one outstanding candidate.
The JMK Award is the single most sought-after prize for outstanding young theatre directors. Great directors acknowledge that you learn to direct by directing – but opportunities to do so are extremely scarce. The JMK Award allows participants to do exactly that. For many, winning this award is the breakthrough moment in their directing career. Increasingly, simply taking part in the Trust’s unique selection process has itself given a powerful impetus to the best theatre practitioners of the future.
This year’s winner was Cathal Cleary and his winning production of Disco Pigs ran at the Young Vic from 2nd – 28th September.
“Cathal Cleary, the director, won this year’s JMK Award. You can see — from his mastery of stagecraft, from the way he siphons the energy from his talented cast of Charlie Murphy and Rory Fleck-Byrne — that he has every chance of following such JMK winners as Thea Sharrock and Bijan Sheibani to the top table.” The Times
Direct Access Direct Access open days are free, professional workshop opportunities to learn about the craft of theatre making from the country’s finest directors at partner theatres throughout the UK. Supported by Arts Council England in 2009, Direct Access took the work and ethos of the JMK Trust into the regions for the very first time. Our first series [...]
Cathal Cleary‘s winning production of Disco Pigs had a sell-out run at the Young Vic from 2nd – 28th September. “There is no doubt that Cathal Cleary is a very talented and imaginative young director. Repeatedly, he shows flashes of brilliance that herald a bright future.” British Theatre Guide “Funny and terrifying at the same [...]
The JMK Young Director’s Award 2012 Submissions for the 2012 JMK Young Director’s Award will open on Monday 26th December 2011 and close on Friday 6th January 2012. Applicants: Must be not more than 30 years of age on 1st January 2012 Must not have directed more than two professional productions. We define a professional [...]
At the JMK Trust we are committed to developing the potential of up to 20 talented young directors each year. We run regular Development Weeks for existing and recent finalists, contributing to their ongoing learning. Photo by Gemma Riggs: finalists on our Development Week March 2009.
