The JMK Award winner for 2010 is Matthew Evans, his production of The Jewish Wife by Bertolt Brecht will open at BAC in July 2010.

Matthew Evans directs for Gameshow, a collaborative group that has created shows including The Tiger That Isn’t, The Spanish Tragedy and is currently developing The Jewish Wife, The Chekhov Project and Robin Hood – a pantomime for Christmas 2010. Other directing credits include Julius Caesar (Physics, Oxford), Arcadia (OUDS on tour) and Little Shop of Horrors (Edinburgh Fringe). He has trained at the Young Vic and National Theatre Studio and has assistant directed A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Gameshow (Port Meadow, Oxford), Sleeping Beauty (Oxford Playhouse), Saturday Night (Arts Theatre), Eurydice (ATC tour). Matthew has also worked with Peckham Shed youth theatre, Punchdrunk, Rose Theatre Kingston and Theatre Royal Plymouth. He assesses for Total Theatre Awards and OffWestEnd.com Theatre Awards.

This is a great opportunity and I would encourage all young directors, no matter what their background or experience, to apply for this award. I learnt so much from the application process alone. The JMK Trust is a huge support and an important player in today’s theatre – Matthew Evans

Matthew’s winning proposal of Bertolt Brecht’s The Jewish Wife opens at BAC on July 21st 2010.

Frankfurt, 1935. As a fascist government takes control, a woman plans her escape. A woman abandons her home, friends and family in an intimate moment played out across 1930s Germany. Immersing the audience in a landscape of domesticity and fear throughout the building, JMK winner for 2010, Matthew Evans, presents epic theatre on a small scale.