Jaz
Woodcock-Stewart Direction

Jaz Woodcock-Stewart is a British director. Born in 1990, she studied acting at Dartington College of Arts, East 15 Acting School and directing at the National Theatre Directors Course in London. Her work ‹Civilisation›, a collaboration with choreographer Morgann Runacre-Temple, won the Jury Prize at the Fast Forward Festival in 2021. The work was also invited to Radikal Jung in Munich in 2022. Last year, she staged a new adaptation of Medea, ‹Jason Medea Medley› for the Staatsschauspiel Dresden. Her production of ‹Paradise Now!› by Margaret Perry premiered at the Bush Theatre in London in 2022 and was nominated for an Olivier Award for Outstanding Performance. She was nominated for Best Director at the Off West End Awards for her productions. Her recent work includes: ‹Gulliver's Travels› (Unicorn), ‹Days Like This› (Antler, BAC), ‹If It Were Me› (Antler, Soho/Underbelly/Bush), ‹You Are So Relevant› (Young Vic), ‹This Way Up› (C Venues). In 2012 she co-founded the theatre collective Antler with other artists, for which she devised, co-wrote, produced and directed plays. Jaz has also worked as an assistant and collaborator with directors such as Joe Hill-Gibbins, Ivo van Hove, Tim Crouch, Simon McBurney and Thomas Ostermeier. At Theater Basel, she is directing ‹Die Glasmenagerie›, which will introduce her to Basel audiences.