JORDI M. CARTER

Theatre Director.

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

His recent work includes directing Daniel Kaluuya’s Centre 59 Company at the Roundhouse, making his West End debut as Associate Director on MARIE & ROSETTA at @sohoplace, and lead direction across new writing devised performance, and institutional collaborations,

THEMES & AREAS OF CREATIVE EXPLORATION.

Social consciousness. Blackness (culture, diaspora & history). West Indies. Afrosurrealism. Poetic realism. Coming of age. Personal identity. Self-discovery. Spirituality. Progressive masculinity. Emotional vulnerability & interiority. Platonic love. Healing.

PRACTICE.

New writing. Devised theatre. Adaptations. Textual analysis. Dramaturgy. Character as Soul → Body → Mind. The actor and the space. Movement-based storytelling. Mindfulness. Training emerging actors.

RECENT CREDITS.

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: UK Theatre Award-nominated and Black British Theatre Award-winning 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 FARM by George Orwell, adapted by Tatty Hennessy, dir. Amy Leach | Stratford East, Leeds Playhouse, Nottingham Playhouse, Feb — Apr 2025.

UP NEXT.

He directs the Almeida Theatre’s 14–18 Young Company in BRINK: New Writing responses to Anya Reiss’ adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s A DOLL’S HOUSE, by Martha Loader & Stefanie Reynolds (May 2026).