Testimonials from previous collaborators
Working with Jenny as one of our Partner Associate Directors on The Odyssey has been an absolute joy and privilege. She brings such a depth of care, heart, humanity, and skill to her work with community and professional actors. She is wonderfully generous with her passion and her support and leads with her values in a way that is properly inspiring. Thank you Jenny!!!
Emily Lim, Director
As a director, Jenny has an extraordinary ability to discover and harness the unique skills and best ideas from the performers and creative company she is working with – whoever they are, whatever their background. It’s like her superpower. As an artist, her vision for performance is all about heartfelt storytelling. Her work celebrates human vulnerability. It is emotionally powerful and sensitively orchestrated. Jenny is one of a kind and working with her – which I have done now in many different capacities – has always felt like a special privilege.
Marietta Kirkbride, Scriptwriter, Dramaturg, Violinist
Jenny is a dream to have on your team! Having worked with her on numerous occasions as co-director or as my associate she always brings compassion, creative flair, and curiosity to any process. I trust her instincts implicitly and any project is massively enriched by her involvement in it.
Jesse Jones, Artistic Director, Royal & Derngate. Co-founder, The Wardrobe Ensemble.
Jenny has helped me to grow so much as an independent theatre maker. I owe a huge amount to her tenacity, talent, care and her nack for unlocking brilliant things you knew were there but couldn't find on your own. She is one of the most insightful, generous directors I have ever worked with and I cherish every moment I'm in a rehearsal room with her.
Holly Beasley-Garrigan, Performance-Maker, Choreographer and Performer
Jenny has an amazing capacity to lead a project with vision and integrity whilst maintaining space for other artists to contribute. Having known and worked with Jenny for over a decade now, I know that her ability to make those around her feel safe and heard is her superpower, an asset for any project she is bought in on.
Rebecca Wood, Designer
Working with Jenny is a joy. She’s a director of great insight and ability, who brings a unique perspective and approach to any production. Projection design can sometimes be an afterthought, but throughout Outlier Jenny was insistent on its importance as a storytelling tool. I had a refreshingly broad creative brief, but also clear feedback on how my designs were serving the story. She directs with immense compassion, openness, and generosity; I felt that I was valued as a collaborator and viewed as an integral part of the production from its initial stages through to its opening. She is an invaluable asset to the theatre industry and I cannot wait to see what she does next.
Christopher Harrisson, Illustrator, Animator, Writer, Theatre-Maker
Jenny and I first met when we were both thrown into a project as associates and immediately developed an efficient and enjoyable working relationship. We have since collaborated on several other productions and I can now not only call her my fellow creative, but also a dear friend.
Joe Price, Lighting Designer
Jenny Davies is a collaborative force. She is enormously creative and totally understands the responsibility that she has to hold a room & to take them forwards. The work she makes is daring and formally inventive; it embraces difference and wants to create environments and experiences that vibrate your soul. She's an artist who wants to create environments where everyone feels welcome, empowered and able to make their best work & a room is always better for Jenny Davies being in it.
Ben Atterbury, Creative Producer, New Work Producer Bristol Old Vic
Jenny is exceptional at creating work with and for communities. She takes time and care to understand what communities really need and want and designs programmes of work where everyone's best skills are able to be showcased, as well as creating a working environment of pure joy. Her inclusive practices for both communities and professionals when creating work are truly ground-breaking.
Liz Counsell, Producer, Project Manager, Access Consultant
Jenny is a fantastic director, she can make any cast feel at ease while also finding detail and beauty in a production.
Stephanie Kempson, Director, Writer, Dramaturg
Jenny brings immense attention to detail, a passion for transportive narrative and a deeply progressive ethos. This unique combination allows her to make you perform better without feeling inadequate or judged for not being perfect to start with! I would recommend her to anyone, anywhere.
Jackie Clementines, Performance Artist, Workshop Facilitator, Youth Worker