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The JMK Trust provides talented young directors with awards, guidance and development opportunities

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Directing and theatre-making within a socially engaged context with Jack Nurse from Wonder Fools

Tuesday 6th June, 6 – 8pm

Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh

This workshop will explore directing and theatre-making within a socially engaged context. Looking at different approaches to working with communities and potential ways of working with real people and real stories. Thinking about how to centre people’s experience whilst creating exciting and popular contemporary theatre. The aim of the workshop is to provide a series of exercises which participants can take away to shape and inform their own work.

Jack Nurse is a director and theatre-maker from Dumfries and Galloway. He is the Co-Artistic Director of Wonder Fools, an Artist in Residence (Creative Development) at the Traverse Theatre and was recently an Origins Artist with Headlong (2021-2). Jack is the co-artistic lead of international participatory project Positive Stories for Negative Times (Wonder Fools in association with the Traverse Theatre). Current and recent directing work includes 24 (Day) by Annie Jenkins for the Almeida Theatre in association with All Change, Cardboard Citizens, and Arsenal in the Community and 549: Scots of the Spanish Civil War for Wonder Fools’ 2022 Scottish Tour.

Photo credit: Ruari Barber Fleming

This free JMK event is open to all.  There are limited spaces available, allocated on a first come first served basis.  You will be notified whether you have a place as soon as possible: if after that you are unable to attend, please notify us asap so that your place can be offered to another.

To apply to take part, please complete the form below.

If you have any further access requirements, need technical support or have any questions, please indicate on the form or contact info@jmktrust.org

JMK Workshop - Directing and theatre-making within a socially engaged context with Jack Nurse from Wonder Fools

Tuesday 6th June Traverse Theatre
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Alumni

Diane Page Tristian Fynn-Aiduenu Winner 2017 - Josh Roche Winner 2016 - Roy Alexander Weise Winner 2015 - Liz Stevenson Kate Hewitt - winner 2014 Winner 2013 - Alex Brown Winner 2012 - Sam Pritchard Winner 2011 - Cathal Cleary Winner 2010 - Matthew Evans Winner 2009 - Caroline Steinbeis Winner 2008 - Michael Oakley Winner 2007 - Polly Findlay Winner 2006 - Jamie Harper Winner 2005 - Natalie Abrahami Winner 2004 - Anne Tipton Winner 2003 - Bijan Sheibani Winner 2002 - Joe Hill Gibbins Winner 2001 - Orla O'Loughlin Winner 2000 - Thea Sharrock Winner 1999 - Mark Rosenblatt Winner 1998 - Tassos Stevens

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Patrons: Dame Judi Dench, Baroness Howe, Sir Ian McKellen, Clare Menzies-Kitchin MBE and Tom Morris OBE (Founding Chair).  

The JMK Trust is kindly supported by The Martin Bowley Charitable Trust, Arts Council England, The Katie Bradford Arts Trust, The Leche Trust, Scops Arts Trust, The Garrick Charitable Trust, The Victoria Wood Foundation, The Barbara Whatmore Charitable Trust, The Maria Björnson Memorial Fund, The Patricia Routledge Foundation, The Hollick Family Foundation and all our individual donors.

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The JMK Trust
  • Home
  • About
  • The JMK Award
    • About the JMK Award
    • Application process 2023
    • Information for Designers
  • National Programme
    • About the JMK National Programme
      • JMK Birmingham
      • JMK Bristol
      • JMK Edinburgh
      • JMK Manchester
      • JMK Newcastle
      • JMK Northampton
      • JMK Nottingham
      • JMK Reading
      • JMK Salisbury
      • JMK Stoke-on-Trent
      • JMK Yorkshire
    • #JMKSpace
    • JMK Director Practitioners
  • Assistant Director Bursaries
    • Victoria Wood Assistant Director Bursary – Leeds Playhouse
      • Apply: Leeds Playhouse Victoria Wood Assistant Director Bursary
    • Victoria Wood Assistant Director Bursary – Royal Exchange Manchester
      • Apply: Royal Exchange Victoria Wood Assistant Director Bursary
    • JMK Assistant Director Bursary Recipients
    • JMK Bob Carlton Bursary
  • Support us
    • How you can help
    • Support for Free with Online Shopping
    • Legacies
    • JMK Gift Membership & Awards Circle
    • ShareGift
    • Thanks to our supporters
  • Blog
  • More information
    • Learn about directing
    • Archive Playlists
    • Privacy Policy
    • Contact
  • Director’s Day – Nottingham Playhouse
  • Directing and theatre-making within a socially engaged context with Jack Nurse from Wonder Fools
  • Making Theatre Sustainable Workshop