JENNIFER JACKSON (she/her)
Jennifer is a Latinx British-Bolivian theatre-maker, movement director and actor. This is her RSC debut.
Her acclaimed production, ENDURANCE, premiered at HOME Manchester/ Battersea Arts Centre, and was shortlisted for the prestigious Stückemarkt at the Theatertreffen (Berliner Festspiele, 2022).
Theatre includes: I, JOAN, The Merchant of Venice (Globe); Britannicus (Lyric Hammersmith); The Breach (Hampstead); KES (Bolton Octagon); 5 Children and It (Theatre Royal Bath); Endurance (HOME Manchester/ BAC); The Mountaintop, Cuttin’ it, Wuthering Heights, Death of a Salesman, Queens of the Coal Age, Our Town (Royal Exchange Theatre); Baby Reindeer (Francesca Moody Productions/The Bush- Olivier Award 2020); Midnight Movie, Invisible Summer, Living Newspaper (Royal Court); Perspective (New Views National Theatre); Amsterdam (ATC/Orange Tree/ Theatre Royal Plymouth); I Wanna Be Yours (Paines Plough/The Bush); Parliament Square (Bush Theatre/Royal Exchange Theatre); The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart (New Vic Theatre); Be My Baby, Around The World in 80 Days (Leeds Playhouse); Mountaintop UK Tour (Young Vic/ Desara Productions Ltd); Mayfly, Out of Water (Orange Tree).
Television and Film includes: Hope – A film (Clean Break), Hold Hold Fire (ICA, Olivia Plender), The Great (Hulu).
Events include: Coventry Moves, Coventry City of Culture 2021.
Awards: She was a recipient of a Jerwood Live Work Award (2021), and was recently awarded the Jerwood New Work Fund (2023) for WRESTLELADSWRESTLE.