Jo McShane

Jo is from Liverpool and trained at Laine Theatre Arts. She is an experienced choreographer having worked in Theatre, TV and Film. She is also an established performer and teacher.

Her choreography has been nominated 3 times for an Off-West End Award. She is also part of the creative team behind the tap trio, The Tap Chaps, whose work has been performed all round the world including places such as New Orleans, Antarctica and the Caribbean.

Jo is currently working on Oliver! at the Gielgud Theatre, West End as Assistant Children’s Director.

Resident Director work includes:

Frank’s Closet, Arts Theatre and Wilton’s Music Hall. Dir: Sasha Regan
Salad Days, UK Tour. Dir: Bryan Hodgson
Legally Blonde, Kilworth House. Dir: Mitch Sebastien
Sister Act, Kilworth House. Dir: Mitch Sebastien
Singing in the Rain, Kilworth House. Dir: Mitch Sebastien

Choreographer work includes:

Frank’s Closet, Arts Theatre and Wilton’s Music Hall (Choreographer)
Saudi Games 2023, Riyadh (Director of Choreography)
Life After Life, BBC (Associate Choreographer) Dir: John Crowley
Top Hat the Musical, Cunard (Choreographer) Dir: Tom O’ Brien
Bohemian Rhapsody, Promotional video, Twentieth Century Fox (Choreographer)
Salad Days, UK Tour/ Union Theatre, Off-West End Award Finalist (Choreographer) Dir: Bryan Hodgson
Two Gentlemen Of Verona, The Andrew Lloyd Webber Theatre (Choreographer) Dir: Sir Trevor Nunn
A Christmas Carol – GSA (Choreographer) Dir: Bronagh Lagan
Lend Me A Tenor – LSMT (Choreographer) Dir: Graham Gill
Soho Cinders, Union Theatre (Off West End Award Nominee) (Choreographer) Dir: Will Keith
Bad Girls, Union Theatre (Off West End Award Nominee) (Choreographer) Dir: Will Keith
Hamilton, Lewis, Edinburgh Fringe Festival and The Kings Head (Choreographer) Dir: Benji Sperring
Bullets Over Broadway, UK Premier – GSA (Choreographer) Dir: Graham Gill
The Scarecrow’s Wedding, UK Tour (Choreographer) Dir: Eva Sampson
A Christmas Carol, Blackpool Winter Gardens (Choreographer)  Dir: Paul Nicholas & Kyle Davies
The Dreamers, Abbey Road (Associate Choreographer to Lee Proud) Dir: Jean-Pierre van der Spuy
The Smallest Show on Earth, UK Tour (Associate Choreographer to Lee Proud) Dir: Thom Southerland
How to Succeed in Business, Wiltons Music Hall (Associate to Lucie Pankhurst) Dir: Benji Sperring

Performing Credits include:

Blitz, Apple TV (Steve McQueen)
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Theatre Royal Drury Lane (Sam Mendes)
Cats The Musical, UK & European Tours (Trevor Nunn)
South Pacific, Kilworth House (Mitch Sebastian)
Blood Brothers, West End and UK Tour (Bob Thompson/ Bill Kenwright)
Legally Blonde, Kilworth House (Mitch Sebastian)
Singin In The Rain, Kilworth House (Mitch Sebastian)
Sister Act, Kilworth House (Mitch Sebastian)
Chicago, Aberystwyth Arts Centre (Antony Williamson)
Grease, West End & UK Tour (David Gilmore)
Chess The Musical, Aberystwyth Arts Centre (Antony Williamson).