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SELECTED PREVIOUS WORK
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COMPOSITION & ARRANGEMENT
NANNY (2024-)
Bristol Old Vic, Theatre Royal Plymouth.
Music, lyrics, musical direction & piano by MFJ. Written & performed by Alana Ramsey & Lizzie Stables. Co-written & directed by Jenny Rainsford. Produced by Bethany Cooper & Liz Vogler for Folio Theatre.
BBC Radio 4.
Directed by Sara Pascoe. Co-produced by David Morley for Perfectly Normal Productions.
PLANET GINGERLINE (2013), CHAMBERS OF FLAVOUR (2015), MADAME GINGERLINE (2016)
East London (secret locations).
Music, lyrics & arrangements by MFJ. Conceived & produced by Suz Mountfort & Kerry Adamson for Gingerline Group.
STAY ANOTHER SONG (2016)
Young Vic London.
Arrangements, musical direction & piano by MFJ. Devised by students of London Nautical School & St Martin in the Fields High School for Girls. Directed by Elayce Ismail. Produced by Imogen Brodie for Taking Part.
2012: AN OLYMPIC VAUDEVILLE (2012)
Greenwich Theatre London.
Co-written & performed by MFJ & Leela Bunce. Produced by James Haddrell for Greenwich Theatre Emerging Artists.
“Bursting with inventive attention to music, comedy, visual impact and dramatic structure” Time Out Critics’ Choice
☆ Nominee, Stiles & Drewe Prize for Best New Song (2014)
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PERFORMANCE
CAMERA LUCIDA (2014)
Barbican Centre London.
Performed by MFJ, Mason Ball, Miranda Floy & Paddy Glynn. Conceived & directed by Dickie Beau. Produced by Dicky Eton for Dead City Radio.
☆ Winner, Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award
HEELS OF GLORY (2016)
Chelsea Theatre London.
Performed by MFJ (Honey), Susan Harrison (Jay), Topsie Redfern (Splendorella), Sarah-Louise Young (Allura), Holli Dillon, Kiki Lovechild, Grace K Miller & Beth Necessity. Written by Tricity Vogue & Richard Link. Directed by Stephen Heatley.
MISS NIGHTINGALE (2018)
The Hippodrome London.
Performed by MFJ (George), Lauren Chinery (Maggie), Oliver Mawdsley (Frank), Adam Langstaff (Tom), Matthew Bugg & Toby Oliver. Written, directed & produced by Matthew Bugg for Mr Bugg Presents.
“Jones is sodding marvellous… channelling his inner Liza Minnelli straddling a straight-back chair. In less capable hands, it could have been a weak impression of the original but Jones makes it inarguably his” Exeunt
PUNCH (2012)
Underbelly Edinburgh.
Performed by MFJ (John) & Kirsty Mann (Anne). Written by Steven Bloomer. Directed by Jessica Edwards. Produced by Little Dog Productions.
ROYAL VAUXHALL (2016)
Latitude Festival, Royal Vauxhall Tavern London.
Performed by MFJ (Kenny Everett), Sarah-Louise Young (Diana, Princess of Wales) & Tom Giles (Freddie Mercury). Written by Desmond O’Connor. Directed by Lucy Wray. Produced by Suzanna Rosenthal for Something for the Weekend.
WIF & WER (2015)
National Theatre Temporary Theatre London.
Performed by MFJ, Eleanor Matsuura & Tom Byam Shaw. Written by Rona Munro. Directed by Anna Ledwich. Produced by Ben Monks for Women Centre Stage Festival (24 Hour Plays).
L to R: Heels of Glory (James Millar), Miss Nightingale (Darren Bell), Royal Vauxhall (David Monteith Hodge), Punch (Flavia Fraser-Cannon), Camera Lucida (Tristram Kenton/Guardian)
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OTHER
A STRANGER KIND (2015)
Musician / Orofena Films. ☆ Winner, New York Horror Film Festival Audience Award.
BEANS (2017)
Writer / Canal Café Theatre London. “A bright-eyed and spiky show” The Stage ★★★★ “A sixty minute whirlwind of gag after gag” Boyz ★★★★
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (2017)
Musical director & pianist / CAST Doncaster (fully British Sign Language-integrated production).
FOUR SCREWS LOOSE: SCREWTOPIA! & THE BIG SCREW-UP (2013-)
Director / Assembly Edinburgh, St James Theatre London, Adelaide Fringe, Southbank Centre. Filmed for BBC Arts and Odeon.
RICHARD DAVID-CAINE: TALL, DARK AND ANXIOUS (2022)
Director / Underbelly Edinburgh, Soho Theatre London. ☆ Winner, Amused Moose Comedy Award for Outstanding Show.
RUTH LESS (2013-)
Writer & performer / Performances include Barbican Centre, Shoreditch Town Hall, Soho Theatre, Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club & Glastonbury Festival. ☆ Winner, Double R Club’s Miss Twin Peaks 2013.
SESSION SQUARED (2013)
Writer / ☆ Winner, 48 Hour Film Project London Audience Award.
THE ARTIST-CRITIC CONFLICT (2014)
Writer, performer & producer / ☆ Nominee, British Comedy Award for Best Internet Comedy Programme.