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JMK Award 2018 – Workshops

November 8, 2017 by Katherine Rigg

JMK Award Workshops in association with the Young Vic. These workshops are an opportunity to find out more about the JMK Trust and making an application to the annual JMK Young Director Award.Wednesday 13th December 2017Wednesday 10th January 2018at The Clare Theatre, Young Vic, 66 The Cut, London, SE1 8LZ The JMK Award was established in memory of James […]

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Stage Directors UK Workshop

October 24, 2017 by Katherine Rigg

In a workshop open to members of a JMK Regional Directors Group, Tom Hescott will discuss the work of the recently created group Stage Directors UK which aims to support directors and lobby for their rights at all stages of their careers. He’s keen to hear the group’s questions about what you need as emerging directors […]

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Join our Thunderclap

September 26, 2017 by Katherine Rigg

On Friday 13th October at 12 noon, we will be using a platform called Thunderclap to cover social media with a trailer about our work. Thunderclap is a tool that allows people to pledge a single Tweet or Facebook post to support a cause, and this will be posted along with all the other supporters’ messages […]

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JMK and Birmingham Rep Assistant Director Bursary

September 18, 2017 by Katherine Rigg

The JMK Trust in partnership with Birmingham is offering an Assistant Director Bursary to a director based in the West Midlands. Details below and on the Birmingham Rep vacancies page. We are looking for an Assistant Director for Tessa Walker’s upcoming production of 101 Dalmatians. The Assistant Director will need to be available for: Rehearsals […]

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The Half of It – directed by 2011 winner Cathal Cleary

August 8, 2017 by Katherine Rigg

Cathal Cleary, winner of the JMK Award 2011, and his theatre company MOMMO present the premiere of The Half of It at the Dublin Fringe this September. In a Dublin flat, a Cork woman is climbing the walls. She hasn’t stepped outside for six years. She lives alone, eating dry digestives and hiding from the postman. Her […]

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Tickets On Sale – My Name Is Rachel Corrie

August 2, 2017 by Katherine Rigg

Tickets are now on sale for the 2017 JMK Award winner Josh Roche‘s production of My Name Is Rachel Corrie, which will be staged at the Young Vic, 29th September – 21st October. About the Production: March 2003. The Gaza Strip. 23 year old Rachel Corrie stands between a Palestinian house and an armoured bulldozer. Meet the heroine behind the […]

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Assistant Director Bursary at the Sherman Theatre

July 5, 2017 by Jo

The JMK Trust in partnership with the Sherman Theatre is offering an Assistant Director Bursary to a participant of the JMK & Sherman Directors’ Group. This arts scholarship, funded by The Carne Trust, will provide a learning and training opportunity for a talented emerging director, based in the Cardiff area who has demonstrated a commitment […]

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Free residency at Northern Stage

June 28, 2017 by Jo

Deadline extended – apply by 5pm 17th July JMK & Northern Stage present: Ways Into Text: A practical guide. Thurs 27th & Fri 28th July 2017 10am – 5pm How do you approach text as a director? Do you emphasize the psychological realism or bring out the poetry and musicality of the language? Should you […]

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Assistant Director Opportunity at Northern Stage

June 20, 2017 by Jo

The JMK Trust in partnership with Northern Stage is offering an Assistant Director Bursary to a young director based in the North East of England. The bursary is an arts scholarship, funded by the Lever-hulme Trust that will provide a learning and training opportunity for a talented emerging director, based in the North East of […]

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Assistant Director Opportunity – Bristol Old Vic

June 16, 2017 by Jo

Assistant Directing Opportunity – The Caretaker The JMK Trust in partnership with Bristol Old Vic is offering an Assistant Director Bursary to a participant of the JMK & Bristol Old Vic Directors’ Group. The bursary is an arts scholarship, funded by the Leverhulme Trust that will provide a learning and training opportunity for a talented […]

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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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