Jim Johnson (theatre-maker/musician)

Jim Johnson, born in 1971 in Neston, Cheshire, is a theatre maker and musician. He is one of the 300,500 best unsigned songwriters in the country according to a reliable source. Between 2003 and 2006, the period in which the theatre was closing down, he was Education Officer at the Gateway Theatre in Chester.[1] During this time he wrote, directed and produced productions for both main house and studio, including Of Mice and Men,[2] Jane Eyre,[3] Alice's Adventures in Wonderland[4] Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe,[5] Wind in the Willows,[6] and Romeo and Juliet,[7][8][9][10] as well as his wholly unoriginal play with self-penned songs entitled Girls Next Door.[11] During this period he also closed down another formerly successful theatre project - the Cheshire County Youth Theatre directing Edward Bond's Arcade.[12][13] Somehow, in 2006 he was appointed Artistic Director and Chief Executive of Peshkar Productions in Greater Manchester, often working with producer Bryan Savery.[14] He is vice chair of the board of trustees for Collective Encounters Theatre For Social Change in Liverpool. .[15]

References

  1. ↑ "Chester Gateway conjures up education workshops - News". The Stage. 2004-01-20. Retrieved 2013-01-14.
  2. ↑ "Liverpool Stage". BBC. 2004-03-17. Retrieved 2013-01-14.
  3. ↑ "Jane Eyre, Chester Gateway". Flintshire Chronicle. 2004-04-23. Retrieved 2013-01-14.
  4. ↑ "Liverpool - Entertainment - Alice's Adventures In Wonderland @ Chester Gateway". BBC. Retrieved 2013-01-14.
  5. ↑ Philip Key Daily Post (2003-12-16). "The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Chester Gateway - Liverpool Arts - Culture". Liverpool Daily Post. Retrieved 2013-01-14.
  6. ↑ "Liverpool - Entertainment - Wind in the Willows @ Chester Gateway". BBC. Retrieved 2013-01-14.
  7. ↑ Key, Philip (2005-02-28). "Shakespeare for the shellsuit generation - Liverpool Arts - Culture". Liverpool Daily Post. Retrieved 2013-01-14.
  8. ↑ "Arts Diary: Shakespeare for the shell suit generation; Philip Key reports on efforts to bring the Bard to sceptical pupils. - Free Online Library". Thefreelibrary.com. 2005-02-28. Retrieved 2013-01-14.
  9. ↑ "Liverpool - Entertainment - Romeo and Juliet @ Chester Gateway". BBC. 2005-03-18. Retrieved 2013-01-14.
  10. ↑ "Urban twist". Flintshire Chronicle. 2005-03-11. Retrieved 2013-01-14.
  11. ↑ "Review: Girls Next Door/ Chester Gateway Theatre Studio. - Free Online Library". Thefreelibrary.com. 2004-09-10. Retrieved 2013-01-14.
  12. ↑ "Arcade". Remotegoat.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-01-14.
  13. ↑ "Gateway to stage career". Chester Chronicle. 2006-06-07. Retrieved 2013-01-14.
  14. ↑ "Jim Johnson". sustained theatre. Retrieved 2013-01-14.
  15. ↑ Collective Encounters. "People". Collective Encounters. Retrieved 14 January 2013.


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