Jo Turner

Jo works as a writer, theatre maker, director and actor across a wide range of theatre, film and tv. He is a graduate of Melbourne University and the Ecole Internationale de Theatre Jacques Lecoq.

Residencies/Awards:

 

Personal:

Phillip Parsons Fellowship 2017 (co-winner)

Artist in Residence, Sydney Theatre Company, playwright/director, 2012.

Ian Potter Cultural Foundation grant for Ecole Jacques Lecoq,1994.

For Shows:

Le Voyage, Critics Choice, Sydney Fringe 2018

Deathtrap, Best Independent Design, Sydney Theatre Awards 2016

The Stallion of Death, People’s Choice, Short and Sweet

The Thirty Nine Steps, Helpmann Award, Best Touring Production

Writing includes:

In 2012 Jo was artist in residence at the Sydney Theatre Company where he was commissioned to write In a Heart Beat. Other playwriting credits include Ruby’s Wish (Belvoir/Sydney Opera House/Arts Centre Melbourne), Prison Songs (adaptation, Darwin Festival), Max Remy – In Search of the Time and Space Machine (Australian Theatre for Young People), Ishmael and the Return of the Dugongs (ATYP and Riverside); The Window (co-author) (Arts Asia Pacific); Mademoiselle Fifi (Darlinghurst Theatre); Don’t Stare Too Much! (Darlinghurst Theatre) and Dead on the Ground (co-author) (hoipolloi UK). Jo was also co-writer of the 2013 Helpmann Awards ceremony with Eddie Perfect.