"Jonah York's approach to staging is remarkable. Credit is due for tackling such issues so successfully on stage." Ed-fringe Review on Three Jumpers
Jonah has won 2 x Children and Young People Awards for his directing work and his work has been nominated for 3 x Offie Finalist awards and winning an OFFIE in 2024 for his work on FATHER UNKNOWN and 2022 for THE BLACK CAT (Threedom Theatre).
Jonah's credits have included working in both traditional and non-traditional theatre spaces, some productions have even taken place on trampolines!
Jonah also has performed in his own one-person shows, often retelling traditional folk tales within modern settings.
Up Coming;
Atlanis, The World Beneath The Sea (Timbadash Theatre)
Directing includes:
Father Unknown (Northern Stage and Durham Gala), A Selkie's Song (Live Theatre/Actor-Creator) Bake (Alphabetti Theatre), The Tin Soldier (North East Theatre Space), My Fern Flower (Brighton Fringe, Tristen Bates Theatre/Actor Creator), Flesh (NT Connections, Arts-Depot), Blasphemy (Old Red Lion Theatre, Tristian Bates Theatre), Chad (Old Red Lion Theatre), Help Hebert Tweet (Liverpool Town Hall/Liverpool Lightnight), You Can (The Black-E), Three Jumpers (Edinburgh Fringe)
Created with Timbadash;
Wintry Night (Gosforth Civic Theatre/Tour), Skybound (HEADS Education/Tour), Grubbins Wood (Cultural Spring/Tour)
Assisting Credits Include:
A Christmas Carol (Newcastle Castle, North East Theatre Space), Love's Labours Lost (Trainee Assistant, The Globe), King Arthur by Henry Purcell and John Dryden (Dartington Festival Main Hall)
Dramaturgy Includes:
The Black Cat (Threedom Theatre)
"I wish them well with their baby and hope it returns—it certainly deserves to. If and when it returns, go and see it, for as the packed house standing ovation will confirm, you will not be disappointed" - British Theatre Guide on Father Unknown