Jess Edwards is an award-winning director, writer and creative. She has 15 years' experience directing theatre and has a number of writing projects in development for TV and film. She has just directed Are You Watching? at the Royal Court.
Jess has developed a methodology that takes care of the human in the process. Care and compassion are at the centre of her work, and she uses movement and nervous system exercises to ground performance. She coaches and leads masterclasses in the corporate sector.
A qualified yoga instructor, physicality and embodied emotion is a key aspect of her practice. She also occasionally teaches and lectures on creativity, writing at theatre - most recently at LAMDA, CSSD and Oxford University.
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