JORDI M. CARTER

Theatre 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, directing the Almeida Theatre Young Company, and directing new writing, devised performance, and adaptations across leading UK venues.

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.

SELECTED RECENT CREDITS.

Director: BRINK (TRAD FAM MUM & DAD by Stefanie Reynolds; KILO, FOXTROT, NOVEMBER by Martha Loader) | Performed by the Almeida 14 - 18 Young Company | Almeida Theatre, May 2026.

Director: …BEFORE I WAKE | Written, devised, and performed by Daniel Kaluuya’s Centre 59 Company | Roundhouse, Apr 2026.

Associate Director: MARIE & ROSETTA (West End Premiere) by George Brant, dir. Monique Touko | @sohoplace, Feb — Apr 2026.

Associate Director: FRIENDSGIVING / THE MENDING CIRCLE (Bill Cashmore Award) by Shona Graham and Chloe Yates, dir. Rebekah Murrell | Lyric Hammersmith, Sep 2025.

Director: PAUSE/REWIND (World Premiere) devised and performed by the Bush 14 — 17 Young Company | Bush Theatre, Aug 2025.

Associate Director: Black British Theatre Award-winning and UK Theatre Award-nominated MARIE & ROSETTA (UK Premiere) by George Brant, dir. Monique Touko | Rose Theatre, English Touring Theatre, Wolverhampton Grand, Chichester Festival Theatre, May — Jul 2025.

Assistant Director: UK Theatre Award-winning & Olivier Award-nominated ANIMAL FARMby George Orwell, adapted by Tatty Hennessy, dir. Amy Leach | Stratford East, Leeds Playhouse, Nottingham Playhouse, Feb — Apr 2025.

Director: AROMATHERAPY by Khai Shaw | Talawa Theatre Company, Jul 2024.

Director: THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR by Nikolai Gogol, adapted by Jordi M. Carter | Lyric Hammersmith, UAL: Wimbledon College of Arts, Mar 2024.