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SELECTED PREVIOUS WORK
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COMPOSITION, ARRANGEMENT & Musical Direction
Your Song / Elton Reimagined
Komedia Brighton, Glastonbury Festival, Soho Theatre, Bosco Theatre Isle of Wight, Assembly Edinburgh, Underbelly Boulevard (2025).
Arrangements, musical direction & piano by MFJ. Written & performed by Jess Robinson. Co-produced by Jess Robinson, Topper & Fred & Sophie Chapman Talent.
“An uproarious triumph” ★★★★★ Broadway World. “A masterclass in musical comedy” ★★★★★ Edinburgh Reviews.
I CAN DIE TOO
Sadler’s Wells London (2025, reading).
Arrangements, musical direction & keyboards by MFJ. Story by Frances Ruffelle. Play by Alan Cumming, Sally George & Frances Ruffelle. Directed by Bill Buckhurst. Produced by Lovechild with Aria Entertainment.
GUNPOWDER HILL
Ivy Arts Centre Guildford (2025).
Libretto, music, lyrics, musical direction & piano by MFJ. Directed by Julian Woolford. Produced by Guildford School of Acting (MFA Musical Theatre New Writing Project).
NANNY
Swindon Arts Centre, Bristol Old Vic, Theatre Royal Plymouth (2024).
Music, lyrics, musical direction & piano by MFJ. Written & performed by Alana Ramsey & Lizzie Stables. Co-written & directed by Jenny Rainsford. Produced by Bethany Cooper & Lizzie Vogler for Folio Theatre.
“Brilliant lyrics” ★★★★★ Bath Voice. “Witty, sharp and observant” Bristol Post.
Beauty and the Beast
Cast Doncaster (2017, fully British Sign Language-integrated production).
Musical direction & piano by MFJ. Written by Matthew Bugg & Tobias Oliver. Directed by Matthew Bugg. Produced by Deborah Rees for Cast.
STAY ANOTHER SONg
Young Vic London (2016).
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.
MADAME GINGERLINE / CHAMBERS OF FLAVOUR / PLANET GINGERLINE
East London (2013-2016, secret locations).
Music, lyrics & arrangements by MFJ. Conceived & produced by Suz Mountfort & Kerry Adamson for Gingerline Group.
“Exciting and ambitious” Harper’s Bazaar.
2012: AN OLYMPIC VAUDEVILLE
Greenwich Theatre London (2012).
Co-written & performed by MFJ & Leela Bunce. Produced by 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).
Camera Lucida (Tristram Kenton/Guardian)
Miss Nightingale (Darren Bell)
Heels of Glory (James Millar)
Royal Vauxhall (David Monteith Hodge)
Punch (Flavia Fraser-Cannon)
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Writing, PERFORMANCE & Direction
Ruth Less
Barbican Centre, Southbank Centre, Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, Shoreditch Town Hall, Soho Theatre, Pleasance & Glastonbury Festival.
Written & performed by MFJ.
☆ Winner, Double R Club’s Miss Twin Peaks 2013.
“The most interesting and innovative act… absolutely brilliant” Loose Lips.
Tall, Dark & Anxious
Underbelly Edinburgh, Soho Theatre London (2022).
Directed by MFJ. Written & performed by Richard David-Caine.
☆ Winner, Amused Moose Comedy Award for Outstanding Show.
MISS NIGHTINGALE
The Hippodrome London (2018).
Written, directed & produced by Matthew Bugg for Mr Bugg Presents. George Nowodny played by MFJ.
“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.
Beans
Canal Café Theatre London (2017).
Written by MFJ. Directed by Tim McArthur. Produced by Emma Taylor for CCT.
“A bright-eyed and spiky show” ★★★★ The Stage. “A sixty minute whirlwind of gag after gag” ★★★★ Boyz.
ROYAL VAUXHALL
Latitude Festival, Royal Vauxhall Tavern London (2016).
Written by Desmond O’Connor. Directed by Lucy Wray. Produced by Suzanna Rosenthal for Something for the Weekend. Kenny Everett played by MFJ.
“Kenny is astonishingly accurate” Fest.
HEELS OF GLORY
Chelsea Theatre London (2016).
Written by Tricity Vogue & Richard Link. Directed by Stephen Heatley. Honey played by MFJ.
“Jones charms the audience with his impeccable comic timing and innate hilarity” This is Cabaret.
WIF & WER
National Theatre Temporary Theatre London (2015).
Written by Rona Munro. Directed by Anna Ledwich. Produced by Ben Monks for Women Centre Stage Festival (24 Hour Plays). Paul played by MFJ.
A Stranger Kind
Orofena Films (2015).
Written by Oliver Murray & Aled Roberts. Directed by Oliver Murray. Musician played by MFJ.
☆ Winner, New York Horror Film Festival Audience Award.
CAMERA LUCIDA
Barbican Centre London (2014).
Conceived & directed by Dickie Beau. Produced by Dicky Eton for Dead City Radio. Fig.3 played by MFJ.
☆ Winner, Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award.
“A truly spine-tingling experience” The Guardian.
The Artist-Critic Conflict
Camberwell Studios (2014).
Written, produced & performed by MFJ. Filmed by Duncan McLean.
☆ Nominee, British Comedy Award for Best Internet Comedy Programme.
Screwtopia!
Assembly Edinburgh, St James Theatre/The Other Palace, Adelaide Fringe (2013-14).
Directed by MFJ. Written & performed by Four Screws Loose (Richard David-Caine, Joseph Elliott, Thom Ford & Conan House). Produced by Hannah Layton for James Grant Management.
“One of the most invigorating shows you’re likely to encounter” ★★★★ Chortle.
Session Squared
48 Hour Film Project London (2013).
Written by MFJ & Jonny Klein. Directed by Christopher Mills. Produced by HookHitch.
☆ Winner, 48 Hour Film Project London Audience Award.
PUNCH
Underbelly Edinburgh (2012).
Written by Steven Bloomer. Directed by Jess Edwards. Produced by Little Dog Productions. John played by MFJ.
“Jones is a terrific lead” Time Out.