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Friday, May 2, 2025

PERFORMING THE BENEFIT

On the4 th and 5th March 2025 I performed The Benefit at the Alma Tavern Theatre in Clifton, Bristol. I was pleased I accomplish...

Sunday, March 23, 2025

LA LOTTA

December 2024 I was lucky to support new writing from Viola Bruni, a Bristol based theatre maker, dancer and circus arts specialist. Thi...

Monday, August 19, 2024

EXPERTISE AND ACTIVISM ON AGEING AND THE LIFECOURSE

Recently I had cause to pull together my work on Ageing as opposed to other projects, so I reproduce this below. My script for 'The B...

Saturday, March 30, 2024

THE BENEFIT an extract

The Benefit is a show intended for solo performance this Autumn. It is a mix of narrative, verse and dialogue. The protagonist is a besp...

Tuesday, February 13, 2024

FIVE YEARS OF THIS BLOG! My blog has served me more as an aide memoire or diary than an interactive blog inviting comment and discussion. ...

Thursday, April 27, 2023

JO CROSS PROFILE

MORE DETAILS ABOUT MY CURRENT WORK AND A FULL C.V. JO CROSS e.mail: jecross19 [at] yahoo.co.uk mob.: 079756565473 I am a Bris...

Thursday, January 12, 2023

MOVING ON

2022 has been good year for watching amazing theatre, particularly at Bristol Old Vic. Also keeping my script Age Queer ticking o...

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About Me

Jo Cross: After theatre training (Guildhall) I trained as a drama teacher and spent many years teaching in Hackney, east London. I continued to develop my theatre skills as a regular contributor to Chat’s Palace Community Theatre in Hackney. A mid-life shift found me studying for a sociology degree with the OU. I followed this up with an MSc at the University of Bristol, then a PhD in 2015. All the while I ran schools’ workshops at Bristol Museum which included the development of actor/character work. Between 2019 – 21 I have been employed as an actor on 1000 Witches, a collaboration between Bristol University’s history department and arts practitioners. Bristol has afforded me great opportunities to re-skill as an actor / theatre maker: Diverse Artists' Network, Bristol Meisner and Theatre West, the latter awarding me dramaturgical support for my script Age Queer under their 2021 scheme for women writers. I have served as the lead on Bristol City Council’s DIY Artists' Network Equality and Inclusion sub-group, as a Theatre Bristol agent and am a trustee of Travelling Light Theatre. I am a member of Equity and Bristol Old Vic Artists' Forum.

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