The JMK Trust
The JMK Award 2013
Great directors acknowledge that you learn to direct by directing but for young directors opportunities to do so are extremely scarce. The JMK Award provides a rare and extremely valuable opportunity – the chance for a young director to direct their own production with lots of support and advice.
It ran from 10:00 AM, 6 December 2012 to 5:00 PM, 19 December 2012
Registered Charity in England and Wales (295080)
Match funded Campaign target
£2,000
Amount raised
£530
Donations
12
Location
Campaign overview
Aims
Where's the money going?
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The Award gave me the opportunity to do the job for first time; an opportunity I couldn’t get anywhere else.
— Joe Hill-Gibbins
I only wish there were more opportunities like this one for the breadth of talented people.
— Bijan Sheibani
This award provides the opportunity to direct by giving the two things a young director doesn’t have – a space and money.
— Thea Sharrock
The Award gave me the opportunity to do the job for first time; an opportunity I couldn’t get anywhere else.
— Joe Hill-Gibbins
This award provides the opportunity to direct by giving the two things a young director doesn’t have – a space and money.
— Thea Sharrock
I only wish there were more opportunities like this one for the breadth of talented people.
— Bijan Sheibani
Situation
There are very few opportunities for young theatre directors to get the chance to direct their own production. For many the transition from working as an assistant director to working as a director in their own right is difficult to achieve. Without the opportunity to direct their own work they cannot fully learn how to do the job. The JMK Award gives one young director the chance to direct their own production with the freedom to make their own decisions and learn through this experience.
Solution
The JMK Award gives young directors an opportunity to learn through a rigorous three-stage application process, which involves going through all the stages that are needed to mount a production. The Award is given to one outstanding individual. They are given a cash prize with which to direct their own production at the Young Vic. This is an important and rare opportunity, vital to the development of talented young directors.