Jonathan Rainey Reid

Director Musical Director Facilitator Creative

He/Him.
I’m an actor-musician and theatre maker originally from the north of Ireland. I’ve been in orchestras and youth shows for as long as I can remember, so music in theatre has always been a part of my life. Since moving to Leeds for my studies, I’ve been lucky enough to collaborate with a lot of amazing artists and companies and found a new love for composing and arranging. I’ve helped to tell a lot of different stories in a lot of different ways, but at their core the stories are interesting and most importantly fun, and that’s what fuels me to make. Enjoyment.

Credits

Assistant Director/Musical Supervisor, Get Wed, Harrogate Theatre, 1 week
Assistant Director, Flights of Fancy, National Opera Studio/Opera North, 2 weeks
Director, The Book of Eternity, Northern Opera Group, 5 weeks
Assistant Director, The Headless Soldier, Lyric Theatre, 1 week, 2023
Sound Designer, Maria de Buenos Aires, Northern Opera Group, 1 week, 2023
Assistant Director, Frida, Northern Opera Group, 1 week, 2023
Director, Afterglow, R&Ds, Ongoing, 2022-2023
Assistant Director, The Coup Coup Club, SlungLow, 1 week, 2023
Associate Musical Director, Twelfth Night, Leeds Playhouse, 3 weeks, 2022
Librettist, Good Morning Channel 1, Opera North, R&D, 2020
Assistant Director, Sleeping Beauty, Gateway Theatre, 4 weeks, 2020

Training

BA (Hons) Actor Musician, Leeds Conservatoire, 2023
The Actor’s Workshop & Repertory Company, NYMTH Dramaturgy Training, 2021
National Theatre, New Views (Highly Commended), 2021
Opera North, Make a Scene, 2021
Northern Ireland Opera, Artistic Director Shadow, 2019

Location

West Yorkshire

Experience

1-2 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Live art
  • Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
  • Music
  • New technologies / digital
  • Opera
  • Streaming
  • Theatre / Live perfomance
  • TV - documentary
  • TV - drama

What I do

  • Access consultancy (including BSL, audio-description and neurodiversity)
  • Directing
  • Dramaturgy
  • Facilitating
  • Mixing
  • Music - Can learn by ear
  • Music - Can Read
  • Music - Plays Instruments
  • Music - Singing
  • Music Composition
  • Outdoor performance
  • Performing
  • Producing
  • Sound Design
  • Theatre making
  • Verbatim theatre
  • Working with disabled artists
  • Working with young people
  • Workshopping & Development
  • Writing

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