JORDI M. CARTER

Director.

Jordi M. Carter (he/him/his) is a Caribbean-British director from Streatham, South London.

Recent work includes his West End debut as the Associate Director of MARIE & ROSETTA at @sohoplace, directing Daniel Kaluuya’s Centre 59 at the Roundhouse, and directing / associate directing new writing, devised performance, re-imagined classics, adaptations, and Young Companies across the UK.

ARTISTIC INTERESTS.

Blackness (culture, diaspora, history) • Progressive masculinity • Afrosurrealism • Poetic realism • Coming of age and self-discovery • Spirituality • Emotional vulnerability & interiority • Platonic love • Healing • Social and political consciousness.

DIRECTORIAL APPROACH.

Character: Soul → Body → Mind • Movement • Sound • Music and rhythm • Textual analysis • Dramaturgy • The actor and the space • Audience experience • Mindfulness.

He was the inaugural Co-Artistic Director & CEO at Boundless Theatre (2023) and the 2024/25 Lambeth Baylis Trustee at The Old Vic.

He currently sits on the Board of Trustees at Chichester Festival Theatre.