JORDI (HE/HIM/HIS) IS A CARIBBEAN-BRITISH MULTI-HYPHENATE ARTIST FROM STREATHAM, SOUTH LONDON.

HIS PRACTICE SPANS THEATRE DIRECTING, CREATIVE PRODUCING, FACILITATING, DRAMATURGY, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND TALENT DEVELOPMENT. HIS WORK IS INFORMED BY STORTELLING TRADITIONS AND MODES OF CREATIVE EXPRESSION FROM ACROSS THE BLACK DIASPORA & GLOBAL SOUTH. HE IS MOST INTERESTED IN EXPLORING THEMES OF DIASPORIC IDENTITY, HISTORY, AND SPIRITUALITY WITHIN BLACK & GLOBAL MAJORITY CONTEXTS. HIS VISION CENTRES ON THE NUANCES OF LOVE, THE STRENGTH OF COMMUNITY, AND INTROSPECTION, WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS.

JORDI IS CURRENTLY THE LAMBETH BAYLIS TRUSTEE ON THE BOARD OF THE OLD VIC (2024/2025), AND WAS PREVIOUSLY THE INAUGURAL CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AT BOUNDLESS THEATRE (2023), PIONEERING A MODEL OF YOUNG CO-LEADERSHIP ALONGSIDE LAMESHA RUDDOCK AS CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. HE WAS ALSO FORMERLY THE ASSOCIATE PRODUCER AT GATEWAY ARTS, ON THE 2022 BLACK BRITISH THEATRE AWARD-NOMINATED DANCE PRODUCTION SATURN RETURNS (SOUTHBANK CENTRE/NORTHERN SCHOOL OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE), AND THE TAKING PART & CREATORS PROGRAM YOUNG ASSOCIATE AT THE YOUNG VIC (2021/2022), WHERE HE TRAINED IN THE WORK OF COMMUNITY PRODUCING, CREATIVE ENGAGEMENT, AND ARTIST DEVELOPMENT.

IN NOVEMBER 2023, HE WAS AWARDED AN ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND: DEVELOPING YOUR CREATIVE PRACTICE GRANT TO DEVELOP HIS SPECIALISM IN ANTI-RACIST APPROACHES TO THEATRE DIRECTING, WITH A FOCUS ON THEATRE-MAKING PRACTICES FROM THE BLACK DIASPORA & GLOBAL SOUTH. IN SUMMER 2024, JORDI WAS ALSO AWARDED A GRAND PLAN FUND GRANT TO KICKSTART HIS JOURNEY INTO PLAYWRITING AND TO BOLSTER THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIS DEBUT PLAY.

JORDI HOLDS A FIRST CLASS BA: JOINT HONOURS DEGREE IN DRAMA AND FILM STUDIES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX, WHERE HE DEVELOPED AN INTEREST IN GLOBAL THEATRE & PERFORMANCE PRACTICES, AND FILM IN DIASPORIC CONTEXTS. HE TRAINED ON AND PARTICIPATED IN THE YOUNG VIC’S FRESH DIRECTION (2022/2023) DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOR DIRECTORS AND ANTI-DISCIPLINARY THEATRE-MAKERS UNDER NIMMO ISMAIL & MONIQUE TOUKO, TALAWA THEATRE COMPANY’S CREATING ROUTES (2023) PROGRAMME FOR GLOBAL MAJORITY FACILITATORS, AND NEW DIORAMA’S THE KNOT (2023) THEATRE BUSINESS BOOTCAMP.