The JMK Trust

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

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Winner 2000

Thea Sharrock

Production: Top Girls by Caryl Churchill

theasharrockweb_562Thea is a theatre and film director. Her film credits include Me Before You (2015) and The Hollow Crown (2012). Upcoming films include The One and Only Ivan (2020).

After graduating from Oxford, where she was President of OUDS, Thea attended the directors course at the National Theatre Studio, working on a number of productions in London and on tour. Her winning production of Top Girls toured the UK twice, before a brief run in the West End. In 2001 she became Artistic Director of Southwark Playhouse. In addition she served as an associate director on the long-running West End production of Art. From 2004-2006, she was Artistic Director at the Gate Theatre.

Theatre credits include The Sunshine Boys (Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles and the Savoy Theatre, London); The Bodyguard (Adelphi Theatre) and 13 (National Theatre). Her directing credits also include: Equus with Daniel Radcliffe (Gielgud Theatre); The Misanthrope with Keira Knightley and Damian Lewis (Harold Pinter Theatre); After the Dance with Benedict Cumberbatch (National Theatre).

I wouldn’t be where I am now without winning the Award. The only way to become a director is to direct. There is no three year drama school course to go on after which you can be a qualified director. This award provides the opportunity to direct by giving the two things a young director doesn’t have – a space and money – Thea Sharrock

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Thea Sharrock’s production of Top Girls injects sparkling comedy into one of the most insane and yet one of the most thought provoking dinner parties in the 20th century. Sharrock realises playwright Caryl Churchill’s slightly dated but still important vision in all it’s stirring complexities – Rachel Halliburton in The Evening Standard

Sharrock brings a fresh eye to the extraordinary opening dinner party – Robert Hewison in The Sunday Times

No Runner-up was appointed in 2000. Erica Whyman, then Artistic Director of Southwark Playhouse, gave one of our shortlisted directors, Toby Frow, space at Southwark Playhouse to develop his play, Peer Gynt.

Finalists in 2000 were: Marianne Sharp, Alison James, Ari Edelson, Anthony Banks, Catherine Alexander, Toby Frow and Joe Hill-Gibbins.

Latest News

  • JMK Trust announces new recipients of 2023 Victoria Wood Bursaries March 14, 2023
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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
  • Exploring the relationship between Director and Movement Director with Vicki Manderson
  • JMK Workshop – GROUPWORK – OUR DEVISING AND REHEARSAL PROCESS