About Jo

Jo (formerly John) Clifford is a writer, performer and teacher who lives in Edinburgh.

Jo is Professor of Theatre and Bill Findlay Fellow of Stage Translation at Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh, and Associate Playwright of the Playwrights' Studio, Scotland.

This year’s work:

La nuova tonica di Dio (Italian translation of God’s New Frock) in Teatro scozzese, Intercity Festival and Ubulibri , Milano 2007.

“God’s New Frock” in The Sexual Theologian, Marcella Althaus-Reid and Lisa Isherwood, SCM Press 2007.

Lucy’s Play, Fairplay Books, Edinburgh 2007.

Tchaikovsky and the Queen of Spades to be performed with Russian and British actors at the Nuffield Theatre, Southampton (10th- 26th May)

Leave to Remain:  a performance/ritual on death and the recovery from mourning. Devised and performed by myself and Suzanne Dance. Scottish Storytelling Centre, 24th-26th May.

Work In Progress:

The Crossing: a dance with text performance on Peat and The Memory of the Earth being created in collaboration with Claire Pençak and Tabularasa Dance Company (Development Week April 16th-22nd)

Tieresias: a narrative/performance piece  exploring archetypes of androgyny

Yerma, Blood Wedding: new translations to be published by Nick Hern Books.

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