JACK SHEPHERD (Writer/Director/Theatre/TV) An established actor, Jack also wrote and directed many stage plays including THE CUTTING EDGE which launched the Arcola Theatre’s 20th anniversary. Previous plays include IN LAMBETH (Donmar Theatre, Time Out Award for best directing and writing); CHASING THE MOMENT, about jazz musicians (Edinburgh Festival, BAC and Arcola Theatre). He also directed several plays at The Globe, including HOLDING FIRE. For TV, Jack’s dramas include THE ACTUAL WOMAN, UNDERDOG and CLAPPERCLAW (all BBC).
Review excerpts for IN LAMBETH include:
‘A glowing triumph that makes you remember why you go to the theatre’ (Irish News)
Review excerpts for THROUGH A CLOUD include:
‘Shepherd throws his heart into writing the words for both men so that their arguments are deeply embedded within their characters… You can’t help but be engaged’ (Time Out)
Review excerpts for HOLDING FIRE! include:
‘Runs riot over every level of the theatre… the rhetoric is passionate-and, in the face of contemporary concerns about the emergence of a 21st-century underclass, fiercely relevant’ (The Times)
‘Expertly orchestrated premiere production by Mark Rosenblatt… the theatre is thrillingly transformed into a ‘People’s Parliament’… always vibrantly alive’ (The Independent)
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