Jo has been a professional actor for over ten years, working across stage, screen and voiceover. She is a multi-instrumentalist who achieved a BA (Hons) in Actor-Musicianship from Rose Bruford College.
Throughout her career Jo has worked both nationally and internationally, both as a performer and a director/MD. She has worked in puppetry, physical movement, clown, stage combat and more recently in writing, arranging and developing new music for youth groups and academies – one of them making it to be performed at The O2 Arena!
Jo was a core member of the group CtrlAltRep which formed and broadcast globally during the pandemic, winning an Offie Award in 2020. She is passionate about being artistic and having creative freedom anywhere and anytime, and finds huge joy in spreading this wherever she goes.
Theatre
The Last Game – Development (Nottingham Playhouse); Forty Elephants (Stowaway Theatre); Rumpelstiltskin (Eastern Angles); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Vienna’s English Theatre); Rapunzel & The Rascal Prince (The Production Exchange); Where Is Peter Rabbit? (Theatre Royal Haymarket & International Tour);The Snow Dragon & Alice In Wonderland (Derby Theatre); Dick Whittington (Theatre Royal Winchester); Tiddler & Other Terrific Tales (Freckle); The Tempest, Henny Penny, Little Red Riding Hood (The Garage); Viper Squad (CtrlAltRepeat); Robin Hood (Oddsocks); The Scarecrow’s Wedding (Scamp Theatre); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Red Rose Chain); Gatsby (Union Theatre); Princess & The Pea (Tutti Frutti/York Theatre Royal & International Tour).
TV/Film
Testament (Series).
Musical Direction
Red Riding Hood, The Tempest (The Garage); Ministry of Lesbian Affairs (Soho Theatre); Annie, Matilda, Alice, High School Musical, Once On This Island, Seussical (Freedom Academy/ PSSA/Boury Academy).
