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Jon Fentiman / Directing portfolio
Productions & directing portfolio.
ELTC became a Community Interest Company in 2025. Constellations and the Redbridge Drama Centre performances of Miss Julie followed its incorporation. This record also includes Jon Fentiman’s earlier directing work.
Constellations
2025
Nick Payne
A beekeeper and a physicist meet. Their relationship unfolds through alternative versions of the same moments, exploring how chance and choice shape a life.
An ELTC production presented at The Wanstead Curtain in 2025, after the company became a CIC. The production photographs record the performers surrounded by spectators beneath a canopy of lights.
Cast
Chloe Orrock · Chris Agha
Director
Jon Fentiman
Venue / context
The Wanstead Curtain
Miss Julie
2024–25
August Strindberg
Strindberg’s drama brings desire, class and power into conflict through an encounter between a count’s daughter and her father’s valet.
Presented across 2024–25 at Wanstead Fringe, The Courtyard Theatre and Redbridge Drama Centre. The Redbridge Drama Centre performances took place after ELTC became a CIC. The photographs show performers working close to the surrounding audience.
Cast
Maria Naterstad · Chris Agha · Lia Goresh
Director
Jon Fentiman
Venue / context
Wanstead Fringe · The Courtyard Theatre · Redbridge Drama Centre
BU21
2023
Stuart Slade
Six connected monologues follow young people confronting the aftermath of a terrorist attack in London, moving between trauma, dark humour and attempts to rebuild.
Directed in 2023 at the Corbett Theatre, East 15 Acting School. This production forms part of Jon Fentiman’s directing work before ELTC’s incorporation.
Director
Jon Fentiman
Venue / context
Corbett Theatre · East 15 Acting School
DNA
2022
Dennis Kelly
A group of teenagers tries to conceal a terrible incident. Dennis Kelly’s play examines collective responsibility, belonging and the pressure to protect the group.
Jon Fentiman directed East 15 Acting School undergraduates and postgraduates in this 2022 production. Presented at Wanstead Fringe for local GCSE students and public audiences, it connected a classroom text with live performance.
Director
Jon Fentiman
Venue / context
Wanstead Fringe · School and public performances
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