The winner of the JMK Award 2016 was Roy Alexander Weise with his production of ‘The Mountaintop’ by Katori Hall. His designer was Rajha Shakiry and his producer was Desara Bosnja. Runners up were Chelsea Walker with her proposal for ‘Low Level Panic’ by Clare McIntyre (working with designer Rosanna Vize and producer Chloe Courtney) […]
Latest JMK Leverhulme Regional Assistant Director Bursaries
Congratulations to our new JMK Leverhulme Assistant Director Bursary recipients. Christa Harris will be assisting Tessa Walker on The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe at Birmingham Rep. Miriam Higgins will assist Adam Penford at Salisbury Playhouse on Deathtrap and Alex Rex will assist Gary Sefton on The Snowqueen at Royal & Derngate Northampton. Tom […]
Winner of the JMK Award 2015
The winner of the JMK Award 2015 was Liz Stevenson with her production of Barbarians by Barrie Keeffe which was at the Young Vic 27th November – 19th December 2015. We are delighted that Liz’s production of Barbarians has been nominated for an Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement at an Affiliate Theatre. The runner up […]
New Directors’ Group at Sherman Cymru
We are delighted to announce that we’re setting up a group for young and emerging directors with a new regional partner, Sherman Cymru in Cardiff.
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Alumni news
Don’t miss The Chronicles of Kalki at the Gate Theatre until 31st January, directed by JMK Award winner Alex Brown. More details here. Michael Oakley, another JMK Award winner, is directing The Life and Times of Fanny Hill at Bristol Old Vic starring Caroline Quentin. The assistant director on the production is Miriam Battye, recipient […]
New Play List for 2015
For the JMK Award 2015 we will be asking applicants to choose from a new list of plays. To obtain a copy of the list please email jo@jmktrust.org. Applications will open on 17th January 2015 and close on 31st January 2015.
New Directors’ Group
We’re launching a new group for directors’ at Nuffield Theatre Southampton. The first meeting is Thursday 30th October. To sign up please click here. Throughout the year group members will be offered workshops from leading industry directors, exclusive opportunities to observe rehearsals, and first consideration for assisting opportunities on Nuffield’s main programme. To join the […]
Royal Parks Half Marathon
JMK Trustee Robert Gill is running the Royal Parks Half Marathon this Sunday 12th October in memory of Graham Menzies-Kitchin, James’ father who died in September. Graham was instrumental in setting up the Trust and is sadly missed by all of us. You can sponsor Robert here.
Some sad news
It is with great sadness that we pass on the news that James’ father, Graham Menzies-Kitchin, died late last week. Graham was an instrumental force in the initiation and operation of the JMK Trust, attending and encouraging our first informal meeting in the weeks that followed James’ own death and later running most things on […]
