Joanna Turner – Artistic Director

Joanna Turner – Artistic Director

Joanna is Artistic Director of Baseless Fabric. She is an opera director and theatre maker with a particular passion for re-imagining classics, working in non-traditional theatre spaces and reaching new diverse audiences. Experienced working on big stages as well as in site-specific, immersive and promenade environments, Joanna places clear detailed storytelling and a focus on the relationships between characters at the heart of her work.

Recent credits include: Cosi Fan Tutte (Royal Danish Opera – Revival Director), Carmen (Arcola Theatre & Street Opera, 4 Stars Evening Standard), Die Fledermaus (Arcola Theatre & Street Opera – 4 Stars The Guardian & The Stage), Cosi Fan Tutte (Street Opera – OffWestEnd Award Finalist for Best Opera Production).

As a librettist Joanna has adapted and re-written new contemporary English librettos of The Elixir of Love, Carmen, Die Fledermaus and Cosi Fan Tutte for re-imagined productions aimed at reaching new diverse audiences performed promenade in public spaces.

Associate/Revival Director credits include work at Vlaamse Opera Belgium, New York City Opera and Opera North and as Assistant Director at Opera North, Welsh National Opera, Scottish Opera, Shakespeare’s Globe and Young Vic. Directors assisted include Katie Mitchell, Tim Albery and Daniel Kramer. Joanna also worked as a script reader for Liverpool Everyman and Manchester Royal Exchange including for the Bruntwood Prize, and as a youth theatre leader at the Orange Tree Theatre and Hackney Music Development Trust.

 

The Press on Joanna Turner:

Hadjilouca’s design stands back and lets the piece flow, the ideal backdrop for Joanna Turner’s skilfully choreographed, high-energy direction- , Theatre Cat
Joanna Turner’s lean, entertaining production- , Theatre Cat
It’s great fun, and Turner’s updating gives a ring of truth to the potentially farcical story.- , The Stage
Turner’s slick adaptation… is propelled by natural colloquialisms … and an enthusiastic and convincing cast- , The Stage

 

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