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#JMKSpace: Creating COVID-proof performance in 2021

January 19, 2021 by Jo

#JMKSpace: Creating COVID-proof performance in 2021 with Barra Collins This workshop is an invitation to explore how to make uncancellable live performance in the coming year. Over the course of the workshop, Barra will discuss digital platforms, open source technologies, and affordable technical gubbins that you can explore to start creating live performance online, offline […]

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#JMKSpace: Dramaturgy, the what, why and how

January 7, 2021 by Jo

#JMKSpace: Dramaturgy, the what, why and how… with Stewart Pringle This workshop will explore the place of dramaturgy in play development, workshopping and rehearsal. We will consider different approaches to working with a dedicated dramaturg, but also developing your own dramaturgical skills to deepen your engagement with texts and writers. The session will take place […]

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#JMKSpace: Exploring Form

December 1, 2020 by Jo

#JMKSpace: Exploring Form with Kirsty Housley In this zoom workshop Kirsty will explore the techniques she uses to find the right form for each different piece of work and story. Covering aesthetic, structure and technology, we’ll be looking at how you can really push each piece you make to be fully, uniquely itself. The session […]

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#JMK Space: Support Our Work in 2022

November 30, 2020 by Stephen Fewell

Theatre relies on its ability to attract a stream of promising new talent, prepared to work with commitment for very modest wages on a freelance basis, creating the sort of shows that often achieve international success after beginning life in small theatres like The Orange Tree and The Young Vic. This year, continued theatre closure […]

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#JMKSpace: Arts Council England Project Funding with Rebecca Atkinson-Lord

November 26, 2020 by Jo

In a drastically changed/changing landscape, and time of real uncertainty for directors and theatre makers, we have asked Rebecca Atkinson-Lord (Artistic Director and CEO of Arch 468 and former Co-Director of Theatre at Ovalhouse) to run this session on how to apply for Project Grant funding from Arts Council England. Rebecca will talk about her […]

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#JMKSpace: Working with Non-Traditional Texts

November 26, 2020 by Jo

#JMKSpace: Working with Non-Traditional Texts with Tinuke Craig Join Tinuke Craig for this workshop which will examine the particularities of directing work that doesn’t fit comfortably into traditional structures. Perhaps the play is more like a poem, perhaps it has no beginning, middle or end, perhaps the characters are called 1, 2, 3 or maybe […]

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#JMKSpace: Climate Justice and Sustainability

November 24, 2020 by Jo

#JMKSpace: Climate Justice and Sustainability In this workshop with Lucy Davies you will explore how the lens of climate justice might influence our practice, and how we can commit to cultural production which does not mirror global exploitation of resources and marginalised people. Monday 7th December 5.00 – 6.30pm. This #JMKSpace event is open to […]

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#JMKSpace: The Role of Producer in the Development of Ideas

November 24, 2020 by Jo

#JMKSpace: The Role of Producer in the Development of Ideas In this two-hour online workshop Tim Bell will examine the role of a producer in the development of an idea and you will explore how producers work with artists, when does a producer start producing, and what does that actually mean? 5.00- 7.00p.m on Wednesday […]

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#JMKSpace: From translation into an original production

November 17, 2020 by Jo

#JMKSpace: From translation into an original production Join director Caroline Steinbeis for this workshop exploring working with classic foreign plays, the translation process and how to go about finding your own voice when staging adapted plays. The workshop will explore The Arsonists by Max Frisch. A PDF copy of the text will be sent out […]

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#JMKSpace: Lead better participatory workshops online

November 10, 2020 by Jo

#JMKSpace: Lead better participatory workshops online Due to massive demand, we are running this workshop again. A 2 hour online workshop looking at how theatre makers can work with video conferencing (e.g. Zoom) to lead better, more creative participatory workshops. For anyone who wants to become a better facilitator online. You will learn about the […]

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  • The JMK Award Returns to the Young Vic in 2026 May 14, 2025
  • Clare Menzies Kitchin MBE May 15, 2024
  • Adam Karim wins 2024 JMK Award April 19, 2024

Alumni

Adam Karim Kalungi Ssebandeke 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 Cockayne Foundation, The London Community Foundation, 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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