Jack Nurse

Jack is a director and theatre-maker. He co-founded Glasgow-based theatre 
company Wonder Fools in 2014.  

Training: Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and the National Theatre Studio Directors’ 
Course 

As Writer: Same Team: A Street Soccer Story (Traverse Theatre) 

As Director/Writer: 549: Scots of the Spanish Civil War, The Kelton Hill Fair, The 
Coolidge Effect (Wonder Fools); When the Sun Meets the Sky (Traverse 
Theatre/Capital Theatres) 

As Director: 24 (Day): The Measure of My Dreams and The Essence of the Job is 
Speed (Almeida Theatre) Òran, The Events and And Then Come the Nightjars 
(Wonder Fools); Lampedusa (Citizens Theatre/Wonder Fools); Meet Jan Black 
(Wonder Fools/Ayr Gaiety); (Almeida Theatre); Larchview (National Theatre of 
Scotland/BBC Scotland);  The Lost Elves (Citizens Theatre/RCS); The Mack, The 
Storm (Play, Pie, Pint/Traverse Theatre) 

www.jacknurse.com