Jo was the Artistic Director of Opera Australia between 2023 and 2024.
She trained at Bristol University, the American Musical & Dramatic Academy in New York, the National Theatre Studio Directors' course and the Royal Shakespeare Company's Assistant programme.
Opera and Theatre includes
The Yeomen of the Guard
ENO
also creator of the new edition and revised lyrics for English National Opera
Gypsy
Royal Exchange Theatre
Carmen
Welsh National Opera
Rodelinda
Royal College of Music
The Fantastic Follies of Mrs Rich
Royal Shakespeare Company
Kiss Me Kate
Opera North / London Coliseum
Oklahoma
Grange Park Opera
Twelfth Night
Royal Exchange
Don Giovanni
Nationale Reisopera, Netherlands
Don Carlo
Grange Park Opera
Kiss Me Kate
Opera North / Tour
Winner 'Best Musical', CityLife Awards
Carousel - Revival
Opera North / Tour
La Bohème
Washington National Opera
The Marriage of Figaro
Opera North / Tour
Nominated Best Opera, Manchester Theatre Awards
The Roaring Girl
Royal Shakespeare Company
Silly Kings
National Theatre Wales
Winner Theatre Critics of Wales Award for Best Production for Children & Young People
La Vie Parisienne
Royal College of Music
Carousel
Theatre du Chatelet, Paris
The Two Widows
Angers Nantes Opera
Carousel
Opera North / Barbican
The Country
Salisbury Playhouse
Ruddigore
Opera North / Barbican
Aida
ENO / Houston Opera / San Francisco Opera
The Rape of Lucretia
Royal College of Music
Le Nozze Di Figaro
Classical Opera Company
A Night At The Chinese Opera
Royal Academy of Music
Cunning Little Vixen
Royal College of Music
La Fanciulla Del West
Opera Holland Park
The Palace In The Sky
ENO for Hackney Community Opera
Charlie Lavender
Southwark Playhouse
Secondhand Dreams
Scarborough
Le Toreador
Battignano Opera Festival
About Face
Linbury Studio at ROH
Yeoman of the Guard (ENO)
Gypsy (Royal Exchange)
Carmen (WNO)
Carmen (WNO)
The Follies of Mrs Rich (RSC)
The Follies of Mrs Rich (RSC)
Twelfth Night (Royal Exchange)
Twelfth Night (Royal Exchange)
Don Giovanni (Nationale Reisopera)
Don Carlo (Grange Park Opera)
The Two Widows (Angers Nantes Opera)
Carousel (Opera North)
The Marriage of Figaro (Opera North)
Ruddigore (Opera North)
The Roaring Girl (RSC)
Kiss Me Kate (Opera North)