AS DIRECTOR
WEST END PRODUCTIONS
Sept – Dec 2003 WAIT UNTIL DARK
At Garrick Theatre. London. Kenwright Productions
Starring Peter Bowles
Feb - July 1999 THE BIRTHDAY PARTY by Harold Pinter
With Timothy West, Prunella Scales,Salisbury, national tour and Picadilly Theatre, London.
May - June 1998 THE COLLECTION & THE LOVER by Harold Pinter
With Harold Pinter, Lia Williams, Douglas Hodge and Colin McFarlane
Donmar, London
Feb -March 1996 A TALENT TO AMUSE. Peter Greenwell’s one man show of Noel
Coward songs, poems and anecdotes at the Vaudeville Theatre.
OTHER LONDON PRODUCTIONS
Sept – Dec 2005 JOE & I a new play by Laurie Slade
Kings Head Theatre starring Peter Bowles
Apr - June 2003 MY SAINTED AUNT by Philip Sagar
The New End Theatre, London
April-June 2002 THE LAST OBIT by Peter Tinniswood
The New End Theatre, London
April - June 2000 THE GUESTS AND GOODBYE KISS by Ronald Harwood
The Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond
Sept - Oct 1998 PLAY by Samuel Beckett
The Riverside Studios, London
NUMBER ONE TOURING PRODUCTIONS
Jan – Nov 2006 THE HOLLOW by Agatha Christie
First National tour for newly formed Agatha Christie Theatre Company
June – Oct 2005 WAIT UNTIL DARK
National Tour for Bill Kenwright
Feb – May 2003 THE BLUE ROOM by David Hare
National Tour for Green & Lenagan Productions
Jan - April 2002 RELATIVE VALUES by Noel Coward
National tour for Theatre Royal Bath Productions
May - July 1999 THE KINGFISHER by William Douglas Home
With Tony Britton and Rosemary Leach. National tour.
OUT OF LONDON PRODUCTIONS
SHAKESPEARE
Aug – Oct 2004 HENRY V for Tour de Force Ltd
Tour in Essex and Suffolk in which I also played Chorus.
Aug – Oct 2003 MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING for Tour de Force Ltd
Arundel Festival, New Theatre Royal Portsmouth, and schools tour in UK
Aug – Oct 2002 A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM for Tour de Force Ltd
Arundel Festival, New Theatre Royal Portsmouth, and schools tour in UK
July - Oct 2001 MACBETH for Tour de Force Ltd
Castle grounds Arundel Festival, Ross on Wye Festival and Connecticut, USA.
Aug/Sept 2000 HENRY V for Tour de Force Ltd
Castle grounds Arundel Festival
OTHER
May - July 2001 GO BACK FOR MURDER, THE UNEXPECTED GUEST and SPIDER’S WEB
The Christie Festival, Palace Theatre Westcliff.
Mar/Apr 2001 BOORSKALE a new musical by Paul Tomkinson.
Palace Theatre Westcliff.
Nov 2000 A STRING OF PEARLS a new play by Pearl Goodman.
Minerva Chichester.
NON UK PRODUCTIONS
May – June 2002 COMUS by John Milton
Modern interpretation for Milton Simposium. South Carolina. USA
Oct – Dec 2003 INTENT TO MURDER by Leslie Sands
Vienna
AS ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
WEST END PRODUCTIONS
July 05 – YOU NEVER CAN TELL by GB Shaw Director Sir Peter Hall
for Theatre Royal Bath Productions
National Tour and Garrick Theatre starring Edward Fox
April – Aug 2005 THE HOME PLACE by Brian Friel Director Adrian Noble
Sonia Friedman Productions.
Starring Sir Tom Courtenay at The Comedy Theatre.
Jan – May 2005 WHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY by Brian Clark Director Sir Peter Hall
Sonia Friedman and Mark Rubinstein
Starring Kim Cattrall at The Comedy Theatre.
EVENTS
November 2005 BY CHRISTOPHER! – CHICHESTER FESTIVAL THEATRE
Gala to recall the life and work of Christopher Fry. Cast including Dame Judi Dench and Sir Donald Sinden.
March 2005 ONLY ONE KNIGHT – HAYMARKET THEATRE TSUNAMI GALA
Charity gala. Cast including: Dames Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Eileen Atkins, Joan Plowright, Helen Mirren and Sir Anthony Sher among others.
Dec 2004 JUDI DENCH & FRIENDS – THE ROSE THEATRE KINGSTON
A gala evening to launch Sir Peter Hall’s new theatre. Cast including; Judi Dench, Charles Dance, Harold Pinter, Tim Pigott Smith, Martin Jarvis
May 2004 THE WORD BITES LIKE A FISH Royal Festival Hall
An evening of Stephen Spender poetry with Harold Pinter, Seamus Heaney, Tony Harrison and Vanessa Redgrave.
April 2004 SIR JOHN GIELGUD CENTENARY GALA Gielgud Theatre for the RSC.
With Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Alan Bennett, Peter Hall, Paul Scofield, Ian Richardson, Martin Jarvis, David Hare, Ned Sherrin
March 2003 CHILLER- AN ADVENTURE IN FROZEN FOOD
A launch show for Birds Eye Walls. Wrote, directed, designed and produced.
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Joe was Resident Director of Chichester Festival Theatre from 1994 – 97 working under Patrick Garland, Duncan Weldon and Sir Derek Jacobi. He transferred over fifty productions on to tour and into the West End.
He is Chief Executive of THE IDEAS FOUNDRY; a company dedicated to raising funds to invest in the promotion and development of new writing and composing for the stage.
He was Artistic Director of TOUR DE FORCE LTD from 1993 - 2006.
Company Manager for Triumph Proscenium Productions Ltd on shows on tour and in The West End.
Production Assistant (and some time stunt double) to Dawn French on MURDER MOST HORRID, for Talkback Productions, Producer Jon Plowman.
He continues to be a Guest Director at The RADA, Webber Douglas Academy, Guildford School of Acting, Eastern Connecticut State University, University of South Florida, and Birmingham University.
QUALIFICATIONS
1989-1990 MA in Directing, University of Birmingham
1986-1989 BA Drama and Theatre Arts Course, University of Birmingham
First Class BA Hons.
INTERESTS
Gardening - tending a half acre allotment. Cooking - with ingredients from the garden. Car restoration - currently rebuilding a 1949 Series I Landrover. Sailing - crewing for Lona II, a 1905 Gaff Cutter.
REFERENCES
Bill Kenwright BKL House 106 Harrow Road London, UK W2 1RR
Tel: 020 7446 6234 Fax: 020 7446 6210