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Joanne Fisher |
Managing Director
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Temp address:
c/o 478 Edge lane
Droyslden
Manchester
M43 6JW
United Kingdom |
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01612929464 |
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0871 9184086 |
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07956 423895 |
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BA (Hons) Acting Studies
PGCE teaching certificate
Advisory Board Member 'The Arden'
Spotlight member
Directors Guild of Great Britain
An imaginative, creative energetic actor, director, teacher, writer & freelance practitioner with extensive experience of working with undergraduates, adults and young people, both in an educational setting as well as in the business sector and entertainment industry. Her work has taken her throughout the UK and internationally to Switzerland on several occasions. Jo regularly co ordinates and supplies her specially trained staff as well as herself for external projects for companies such as Key 103, Virgin, Trafford Housing Trust, Womens Aid and many other charities and commercial businesses.
A selection of recent work
Directing
‘A Song for the Lovers’ The Lowry
‘Womens Aid Project’ Various venues
‘Voice over’ (Punjabi) Voice Over
‘Animal Farm’ Young offenders institute, Cheshire
‘Once a Catholic’ Lostock Arts College
‘The Balcony’ The Manchester College (degree students)
Acting
‘Waterloo road’ (BBC) ‘Tess’
‘Kelloggs ad’ ‘mum’
‘Macbeth’ 'Lady Macbeth'
‘Hindley’ 'Myra Hindley'
Teaching (Current)
Contemporary Theatre The Arden Degree level
Dance Improvisation The Manchester college A level students
Trained with
The renowned Keith Johnstone – week residential
Augusto Boal - Brazilian Forum theatre practitioner (as well a many other forms of community theatre)
Max Stafford Clark – from The Royal Court.London and artistic director of ‘Out of joint’
Frantic Assembly – physical theatre company
Tipp – theatre in prisons and probation
Previous work includes:
· Project co ordination for People First Housing Association (Voice over)
· Trainer to adults returning to education , completion straight into industry.
· Trainer adults to teach
· Outreach to adults from under privileged areas.
· Artistic Director or Footlights Theatre School, Manchester & Cheshire.
· Produced ‘Treasure island’ 2007
· Project managed young offender project
· Director & writer of smallscale production for Manchester Adventure Playgrounds, celebrating 30 years at Zion Arts Theatre.
· Project Manager responsible for coordinating team of twelve staff for provision for 70 children. (4- 12yrs old)
· Director of large scale musical play in association with Cultureshock & the Commonwealth games, involving 120 primary school children, 14 core cast members and the Northern Chamber Orchestra.
· Co-ordinator of New writing Festival at Contact Theatre. |
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