Joseph Turton
Theatre & film director, producer, and educator exploring complex parables where spectacle and silence meet.
About Me.
Joseph is a theatre and film director, producer, and educator based in London. His work explores the tension between spectacle and silence—building complex, often unresolved performance worlds that function as modern parables. Joseph is drawn to stories that resist resolution and performances that press into ambiguity, asking more than they answer.
Joseph trained in Theatre and Performance at London Metropolitan University, completed an MA in Actor Training and Coaching at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, and is now undertaking a PhD at Guildford School of Acting. His research looks at theatricality and antitheatricality in contemporary Stanislavsky-based actor training—examining how technique can both shape and resist the act of performance.
Joseph directs and produces across stage and screen, alongside teaching actors in both formal and workshop settings.
Education
2023 - CURRENT
PhD Theatre
Guildford School of Acting
Through my PhD at Guildford School of Acting, I’m investigating how contemporary Stanislavsky-based training navigates the push and pull between theatricality and antitheatricality—where performance meets resistance, and technique meets disruption.
2021 - 2023
MA Actor Training & Coaching
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
MA in Actor Training and Coaching (Royal Central School of Speech and Drama), focusing on embodied practice, rehearsal pedagogy, and approaches to training the contemporary actor.
2018 - 2021
BA Theatre and Performance Practice
London Metropolitan University
Completed a BA in Theatre and Performance at London Metropolitan University, exploring a range of practical and theoretical approaches to contemporary performance-making.
LATEST PRODUCTIONS
JACK CANDY
FEATURE FILM (In Production)
An out of control Shock Jock plays out his final months on the air on a New York morning radio show.
THE GEORGE COHEN GENIUS PROJECT
THEATRE PLAY (In Production)
Based on the work of George Carlin, Britain receives an interrogation of its people and politics through a series of spoken-word essays.
ONCE UPON A TIME AT DRAMA SCHOOL
THEATRE PLAY (Completed)
A trio of Drama school students reflect on the shifting landscape of training around them and their transition into the professional arena.
EIGHT NUMBERS OF NINE
THEATRE PLAY (Completed)
A survivor of the 2014 Army Foundation College Scandal recounts his experiences in front of a live audience.