Jaz Woodcock-Stewart

Jaz Woodcock-Stewart is a British director. Born in 1990, she studied acting at Dartington College of Arts, East 15 Acting School and directing at the National Theatre Directors Course in London. Her work Civilisation, a collaboration with choreographer Morgann Runacre-Temple, won the Jury Prize at the Fast Forward festival in 2021. The work was also invited to the Radikal jung festival in Munich in 2022. Her production of Paradise Now! by Margaret Perry premiered at the Bush Theatre in London in 2022 and was nominated for an Olivier Award for Outstanding Performance. In 2023 she staged a new adaptation of Medea titled Jason Medea Medley for the Staatsschauspiel Dresden. She was nominated for Best Director at the OffWestEnd Awards for her productions. Her recent work includes: Gulliver’s Travels (Unicorn), Days Like This (Antler, BAC), If It Were Me (Antler, Soho/Underbelly/Bush), You Are So Relevant (Young Vic), This Way Up (C Venues). In 2012 she co-founded the theatre collective Antler with other artists, for which she devised, co-wrote, produced and directed plays. Jaz Woodcock-Stewart has also worked as an assistant and collaborator with directors such as Joe Hill-Gibbins, Ivo van Hove, Tim Crouch, Simon McBurney and Thomas Ostermeier. At Theater Basel, she directed Die Glasmenagerie (The Glass Menagerie) in 2025, a production that earned her an invitation to the 2026 Berlin Theatertreffen.