Directing, Coaching & Script Consultancy
As well as creating his own work, Joz is also available as a consultant-for-hire on live shows and scripted projects. His collaborative work includes:
- Director of Anna Leong Brophy’s Born Sexy Yesterday; Emmeline Downie’s Gail and Alice Fraser’s Oh, Man (all currently in development)
- Director of The Mayor & His Daughter’s A Genuine Appreciation Of Comedy (4.5 stars from Chortle, longlisted for the ISH Edinburgh Comedy Award)
- Director of Tara Boland’s Dusty Creases: Dance Your Life Away (one of Telegraph critic and Edinburgh Comedy Award judge Tristram Fane-Saunders’ favourite shows of 2025)
- Director of Andy Barr’s The Hotly Anticipated Fourth Debut Hour From Rising Star Andy Barr and Lulu Popplewell’s Love Love (multiple four-and-five star reviews across their runs)
- Director of Edy Hurst’s The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witchcraft in the Countie of Edy Hurst (premiered at the Lowry in Salford and transferred to a nationwide theatre tour)
- Director of Cerys Bradley’s Sportsperson (winner of the Neurodiverse Review Award for Autistic Excellence)
- Head writer of Gandalf Watches The Lord Of The Rings, webseries for impressionist and Youtuber Charlie Hopkinson which has achieved hundreds of thousands of views and received praise from Forbes
- Script consultant on Winkies and Coven by Miranda Holms
- Script consultant on Yanks by Kathy Benjamin, Jennifer Bradford & Katie Stober (finalist at the Scriptwriters & Co. International Festival and the SWN Screenplay Competition)
- Script consultant on Manxiety by Olivier Award-winning playwright and screenwriter Jon Brittain
- Script consultant on Once In A Lifetime by Ben Harris
- Script consultant on Gemini Books by Lottie Field and Maria Shehata
- Script consultant on Recovery by Chris Taylor and Robert Neumark Jones
- Script consultant on Origin Story by Holly Whitbread
- Creative consultant on shows including Ayoade Bamgboye’s Swings & Roundabouts; Ada & Bron’s The Origin Of Love; Ben Target’s Lorenzo; Rosalie Minnitt’s Clementine and Clementine 2.0; Abby Vicky Russell’s Gush; Mark Silcox’s Women Only; Christian Brighty’s Playboy; Ted Hill’s Ted Hill Tries And Fails To Fix Climate Change; Lulu Popplewell’s Actually, Actually; Mikey Bligh-Smith’s Outdoor Inland Water; Katie Pritchard’s The Estate Agent and I Kiss The Music; Anna Soden’s It Comes Out Your Bum; Simon Topping’s No More Murders In The Village; Dan Kelly’s How I Went To Every Supermarket In The World; Jaz Mattu’s Jaz Mattu Emerges and Everyone Is Here and Nerine Skinner’s The Rise And Fall Of Nerine Skinner
The projects I have consulted on and given notes on have gone on to win awards and competitions and sell out theatrical runs. I’m an expert at spotting what it is you’re trying to achieve or say with a project, and identify ways to make it clearer, sharper and more compelling, as well as devising a watertight and satisfying structure and exploring creative ideas for jokes, images, dialogue, setpieces etc.
If you have a project – either a live show or a script – that you would like me to consult on or to collaborate on in some way, my rates are reasonable and flexible according to a project’s budget. Please feel free to get in touch via the Contact page and let me know about your project, and we can explore ways in which we could work together.