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

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About the JMK National Programme

We work with venues around the UK offering groups for young and emerging theatre directors, to provide access to exclusive free workshop and development opportunities as well as a chance to meet regularly with a group of peers to network and share ideas. There is no upper age limit for these groups.

Partners so far are Tobacco Factory Theatres and Bristol Old Vic; Sherman Cymru; Northern Stage; Traverse Theatre; HOME Manchester; Leeds Playhouse; New Vic Stoke; Royal & Derngate Northampton; Birmingham Rep; Nottingham Playhouse; Reading Rep; Wiltshire Creative and Nuffield Southampton Theatres.

Click on a venue to find out more about the JMK Directors’ Group we run there and how to join.

About the National Programme:

Our groups at these partner venues are run by our five Director Practitioners (DPs) – who are established, locally-based directors. These DPs curate our Programme for their region, working with their nearest partner venues to tailor our Programme to the needs of local directors.

The emerging directors who take part in our Programme benefit from the mentorship, guidance and support of their local DP, who is in place to oversee their creative and professional development. The DPs also lead workshops at each other’s venues, exchanging knowledge and skills to benefit all our participants.

Our Director Practitioners are Adele Thomas, Nik Partridge, Maria Crocker, Martin Berry and Piers Black. Find out more about them here.

Assistant Director Bursaries:

At each of our JMK Directors’ Groups, we award one Assistant Director bursary each year for a member of that group to assist on a production at their local venue. Click here to discover more about our bursaries.

Our Supporters:

The JMK National Programme in 2018/19 is supported by The Carne Trust (for our work at Sherman Cymru), The Leverhulme Trust, the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation, the Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust and Arts Council England Grants for the Arts.

Read more about the Programme here:

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Alumni

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

Click here to view all JMK alumni

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

The JMK Trust is kindly supported by Philip Hooker, The Martin Bowley Charitable Trust, Arts Council England, the Orange Tree Theatre, The Noël Coward Foundation, Didymus,
The Thistle Trust, The Chapman Trust, The Golsoncott Foundation, The Unity Theatre Trust and all our individual donors.

Registered address: Talton Farm Cottage, Newbold on Stour, Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 8UB.

Registered Charity: No. 295080

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