Jaz Manville
Jaz Manville
Director
Director
Theatre and Opera Director
For me, every production has a moment. The image of that instant in the performance informs everything. As long as I know exactly how that moment looks and feels, the rest will follow.
Currently, I'm especially interested in site-specific work, trauma-informed theatre and queer stories but, as my mother taught me, I'll try anything once!
GALLERY
My work
Recent projects include
Associate Director - LA BOHÈME
Putney Festival
Site-specific production directed by Rachael Hewer and conducted by Mark Biggins
Assistant Director - A TALE OF ORPHEUS & EURYDICE
Opera North
Whistle Stop opera written and directed by Simone Ibbett-Brown blending Western opera, British folk and South Asian music.
Director - THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
EODS - Italian Gardens, Eastbourne
Reinterpreting Shakespeare's problematic battle of the sexes for an open-air staging
Assistant Director - L'ENFANT ET LES SORTILÈGES
VOPERA and LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Virtual production using green screen technology and VFX in response to the 2020 pandemic. Directed by Rachael Hewer and conducted by Lee Reynolds. More information here
Assistant Director - BRUNDIBÁR
JW3
Children’s opera by Hans Krasa. Production for Yom HaShoah memorial. Postponed due to COVID-19. Directed by Rachael Hewer and conducted by Michael Coleby.
Director - THE DUCHESS OF MALFI
Putney Theatre Company - Putney Arts Theatre
Brutalist, queer staging of Webster's classic play
Assistant Director - OPERA ACCELERATOR 2019
Opera Accelerator - Kintai Arts Festival
Reimagining scenes and arias with international singers. Directed by Karina Novikova and conducted by Vladimir Konstantinov.
Director & Co-Writer - BISCUITS
QMTC - Pinter Studio, London
New play on the lack of legislation protecting trans* students in British schools. Co-written by Alice Hope Wilson
Assistant Director - LA TRAVIATA
Devon Opera - touring
Original staging directed by Rachael Hewer. Designed by Leanne Vandenbussche and conducted by Jonathon Pease.
Director - HOW WE KILLED RASPUTIN
QMTC - Pinter Studio, London
New comedy by Greg Dimmock exploring the beginnings of the Russian Revolution.
Director - BLOOD & ICE
QMTC - Pinter Studio, London
Play by Liz Lochhead examining female creativity, privilege and survival through the life of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.
Director - LA CLEMENZA DI TITO and FIDELIO
Columbia University New Opera Workshop - Miller-Glickstein Theater, NYC
Mozart and Beethoven scenes exploring personal crisis and concealment
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