JONNIE IS A DIRECTOR AND MOVEMENT DIRECTOR.

JONNIE MAKES BOLD PHYSICAL PRODUCTIONS WITH COLLABORATIVE CREATIVE TEAMS. HE HAS A KEEN INTEREST IN NEW WRITING AND IS A READER FOR THE BRUNTWOOD PRIZE FOR PLAYWRITING. HE HAS CREATED WORK FOR THEATRE, FILM AND DIGITAL PLATFORMS INCLUDING WORK FOR VR. HE CO-CREATED THE FIRST VR FILM TO BE ACCREDITED BY THE BFI (PETRICHOR). HE IS A PROUD GRADUATE OF FRANTIC ASSEMBLY'S IGNITION PROGRAMME WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE COMPANY AS AN ASSOCIATE AND A CREATIVE PRACTITIONER.

AS DIRECTOR: Blood Harmony (ThickSkin), The Witchfinder's Sister (Queens Theatre), Eavesdropping (ThickSkin, Traverse Theatre), PETRICHOR(ThickSkin), Nigel Slater's Toast (West End, UK tour), Man Up (Frantic Assembly LittleWhite Lies (Frantic Assembly Ignition, Stratford Circus) All the Things I Know(Frantic Assembly Ignition, Stratford Circus).

AS MOVEMENT DIRECTOR/CHOREOGRAPHER:

Bedroom Farce (Queens Theatre), Northanger Abbey (Orange Tree),Quiz (UK tour), Cuckoo(Royal Court), Hope Has a Happy Meal (Royal Court), The Book of Will (Queens Theatre, Bolton Octagon, Shakespeare North Playhouse), A Christmas Carol (Bolton Octagon) Peter Pan (Bolton Octagon), How Not to Drown (ThickSkin), Great Apes (Arcola Theatre), The Lion in Winter (English Theatre Frankfurt), Eyes Closed Ears Covered (The Bunker), Home (Frozen Light), Maggie & Pierre (Finborough Theatre), CAUGHT (Pleasance), A Tale of Two Cities (USF, Brit Project). 

AS ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR: Things I Know to be True (Frantic Assembly, UK tour), Chalk Farm (ThickSkin, Bush Theatre, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Off Broadway), The Static (ThickSkin, UK tour),  

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS: 

Nominated for best Choreography/Movement OFFIE for Northanger Abbey

Nominated for best Choreography/Movement OFFIE for The Book of Will 

Best Musical Award by Musical Theatre Review for Blood Harmony

How Not to Drown - Fringe First, Herald Angel Award. 

Nigel Slater's Toast - CAMEO Award, Best Page to Stage

SHOWS WITH PERFORMERS IN TRAINING: 

Scuttlers (LAMDA - Movement Director), Katzenmusik (LIPA - Director), Frantic Assembly Ignition (Director).