Isobel Jacob

Theatre Director, Facilitator & Educator

Currently: SEND Practitioner with Primary Shakespeare Company

Coming up: F*ckboy by Freddie Haberfellner - going to Prague FRINGE 2025 - Winner of Queer Performer’s Award (BingeFringe) and Best LGBTQ+ Play (The Stagey Place)

  • Too Hot, Too Cold, Just Right (Camden People's Theatre) - Director

  • Too Hot, Too Cold, Just Right (Camden People's Theatre) - Director

  • Too Hot, Too Cold, Just Right (Camden People's Theatre) - Director

  • F*ckboy by Freddie Haberfellner (Bitesize Festival & Edinburgh Fringe 2024) - Director

  • F*ckboy by Freddie Haberfellner (Bitesize Festival & Edinburgh Fringe 2024) - Director

  • F*ckboy by Freddie Haberfellner (Bitesize Festival & Edinburgh Fringe 2024) - Director

  • The Komagata Maru Incident by Sharon Pollock (Tramshed) - Assistant Director

  • The Komagata Maru Incident by Sharon Pollock (Tramshed) - Assistant Director

  • I Am Having A Really Good Time by Aisling Lally (Pomona Theatre @ Bread and Roses Theatre) - Director

  • I Am Having A Really Good Time by Aisling Lally (Pomona Theatre @ Bread and Roses Theatre) - Director

  • Orlando by Sarah Ruhl (The Corbett Theatre) - Assistant Director

  • Orlando by Sarah Ruhl (The Corbett Theatre) - Assistant Director

  • Lord of the Flies adapted by Nigel Williams (Gala Theatre, Durham) - Assistant Director

  • Lord of the Flies adapted by Nigel Williams (Gala Theatre, Durham) - Assistant Director

  • Sparks by Simon Longman (Durham Student Theatre) - Director

  • Sparks by Simon Longman (Durham Student Theatre) - Director

  • Love and Information by Caryl Churchill (Durham Student Theatre) - Director

  • Love and Information by Caryl Churchill (Durham Student Theatre) - Director

  • Love and Information by Caryl Churchill (Durham Student Theatre) - Director

  • All Over Lovely by Claire Dowie (Durham Student Theatre) - Director

  • 'Fury' devised by the London Youth Theatre Company (Seven Dials Playhouse) - Director

  • Mermaid (Group 64, Putney Arts Theatre) - Director

  • Remote (Whitgift School) - Director

  • 1984 (London Youth Theatre, Cockpit Theatre) - Assistant Director

  • Mermaid (Group 64, Putney Arts Theatre) - Director

  • 'Fury' devised by the London Youth Theatre Company (Seven Dials Playhouse) - Director

  • Remote (Whitgift School) - Director

  • 'Fury' devised by the London Youth Theatre Company (Seven Dials Playhouse) - Director

  • Katzenmusik (London Youth Theatre, Seven Dials Playhouse) - Assistant Director

  • Remote (Whitgift School) - Director

About me

I’m a theatre director based between London and the South West of England. I graduated with Distinction from East 15 Acting School in 2022, where I completed an MA in Theatre Directing. I aspire to create theatre that is urgent, radical, and holds accessibility, inclusivity and community at its core. I care about working with communities and young people, in particular, and love making "youth theatre" settings more daring and theatrical.

I get excited about working on projects which interrogate form, integrating experimental movement with language and text, and the creation of new, non-traditional work.

​I have a vast array of experience working with young people. For example, I am currently SEND Practitioner with Primary Shakespeare Company and a regular facilitator at Community Focus Inclusive Arts, leading arts-based workshops for young people with learning disabilities.

​I grew up in Trowbridge, Wiltshire and graduated from Durham University in 2020, where I studied English Literature and Philosophy, but spent most of my time involved in over 20 productions across the three years.