Jonnie Riordan

Award Nominations

2023 - nominated for best Choreography / Movement OFFIE for The Book of Will at Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch

2022 - Best Musical Award by Musical Theatre Review for Blood Harmony

Jonnie is a Director and Movement Director. He is Associate Artist of the multi award-winning ThickSkin.

He is a proud graduate of Frantic Assembly’s Ignition programme and works closely with the company as an associate and creative practitioner in the UK and internationally.


The Book of Will
Movement Director Jonnie Riordan has created these segments of physical theatre to cleverly represent the passing of time whilst the characters take on the tedious task of scouring through various papers to edit for the folio and the printing process itself. These moments of movement allow the energy flow of the performance to continue and keep the audience very much engaged.
— ★★★★ West End Best Friend
Nigel Slater’s Toast
It would only be those of the sourest disposition who could not love this bitter-sweet show which, in the hands of director and choreographer Jonnie Riordan, becomes a delicate and sometimes surreal coming-of-age romp which is whisked together using the songs, tastes and smells that deliver us straight back to childhood.
— ★★★★ The Independent
How Not to Drown - Traverse Theatre
This work is a triumph from beginning to end... In terms of choreography, How Not To Drown grapples with gorgeous physicality that combines the raw brutality of life, with a smooth and effortless wave of calm that juxtaposes the play’s constant undertones of tension.
— ★★★ ★ - The Reviews Hub

Gallery


2023

Production

Company

Quiz Chicester Festival Theatre & UK Tour, Dir. Daniel Evans, Co - Movement Dir. Jonnie Riordan & Naomi Said, Video Des. Tim Reid
Cuckoo Royal Court Theatre, Dir. Vicky Featherstone, Movement Dir. Jonnie Riordan
The Book of Will Queen's Theatre Hornchurch, Bolton Octagon, Shakespeare North Playhouse, Dir. Lotte Wakeham, Movement Dir. Jonnie Riordan
Hope has a Happy Meal Royal Court Theatre, Dir. Lucy Morrison, Movement Dir. Jonnie Riordan

2022

Production

Company

Blood Harmony UK Tour, Created by Matthew Bulgo, Jonnie Riordan and Jess Williams, Dirs & Chors. Jonnie Riordan & Jess Williams
A Christmas Carol Bolton Octogan, Dir. Georgia Murphy, Chor. Jonnie Riordan

2021

Production

Company

The Witchfinder's Sister Queens Theatre, Des. Libby Watson
Peter Pan Bolton Octagon
Eavesdropping ThickSkin, Traverse Theatre, Dir. Jonnie Riordan
Monuments ThickSkin, Writer & Dir. Jonnie Riordan

2020

Production

Company

Petrichor ThickSkin, Theatre In VR, Dir & Co-Creator Jonnie Riordan

2019

Production

Company

Nigel Slater's Toast The Lowry, West End & UK Tour, Des. Libby Watson
AWOL Tron Theatre Glasgow
Frankenstein Perth Theatre & Coventry Belgrade, Dir. Patrica Benecke
How Not To Drown Traverse Theatre & Tron Theatre, Dir & Co-Chor. Neil Bettles

2018

Production

Company

Little White Lies Frantic Assembly Ignition - Stratford Circus
All The Things I know Frantic Assembly Ignition - Stratford Circus
Man Up Frantic Assembly Ignition - Latitude Festival
Found Albany Theatre
Boy Magnet Theatre Clwyd
White Noise Beacon Arts Centre, Scotland
The Lion in Winter English Theatre Frankfurt, Dir. Derek Anderson
Great Apes Arcola Theatre, Dir. Oscar Pearce
Eyes Closed Ears Covered The Bunker Theatre, Dir. Derek Anderson

2017

Production

Company

Whisper House The Other Palace, Dir. Adam Lenson
Mobile The Paper Birds, Dirs. Jemma McDonnell & Kylie Walsh
Home Frozen Light, Dir. Kate O'Connor

2016

Production

Company

Maggie & Pierre Finborough Theatre, Dir. Eduard Lewis
A Tale of Two Cities USF, Brit Project, Dir. Eduard Lewis
Caught Plesance Theatre, London, Dir. Eduard Lewis