JARI LAAKSO
  • Home
  • ABOUT
    • CV
    • Reviews
  • PORTFOLIO
    • Garage
    • Send in the Clowns
    • Piaf
    • La Soiree
    • Rough Sleeper
    • The Mother Life
    • Julie
  • Contact
DIRECTING AND DRAMATURGE CREDITS

Majestique
- a new seductive cabaret circus -
2020 - Skråen, Aalborg, Denmark
Director: Betty Siemers
Associate Creative: Jari Laakso

Garage

by Mika Myllyaho
Translated by Eva Buchwald
Cut the Cord Theatre
2020 - Yard Theatre, London
Director: Lucinda Dawkins
Dramaturge: Jari Laakso

La Soir
ée
- a contemporary variety and circus show -
2019 - Ice Cream Factory, Perth, Australia

2018 & 2019 - Skraen, Aalborg, Denmark
Director: Betty Siemers
Assistant Director: Jari Laakso


Send in the Clowns: Sondheim’s Extraordinary Women
Music of Stephen Sondheim
The Stephen Sondheim Society
2018 - Garrick Theatre, Lichfield ​
Director: Jari Laakso
Musical Director: Jason Carr

Fossil Girl
by Liz Freeborn
2018 - London Theatre Workshop, London
Director: Ray Rackham
Musical Director:
Dramaturge: Jari Laakso

Rough Sleeper

by Barnaby Hallam
2017 - Arts Theatre, London
2018 - Theatre Royal Stratford East, London (BEAM Festival)

Director: Barnaby Hallam
Musical Director: Tamara Saringer
Dramaturge: Jari Laakso

Acting Through Song - workshops

2018 - Loimaa, Finland
Director: Jari Laakso
Musical Director: Merikerttu Mutala

The (M)other Life
by Amity Dry
2017 - Wyndham's Theatre, London
Director: Christopher Hurrell
Assistant Director: Jari Laakso
Orchestrations: Matthew Brind

PIAF
by Pam Gems
Gillian Tan & Blackwinged Creatives
2016 - Charing Cross Theatre, London
2015 - Bridewell Theatre, London
2015 - The Warren: Otherplace, Brighton
Director: Jari Laakso
Musical Director: Joe Louis Robinson (Brighton)
Musical Director: Isaac McCullough (Bridewell)

Ah, Wilderness!
by Eugene O'Neill
London Theatre Workshop
2014 - London Theatre Workshop, London
Director: Brandon Force
Dramatuge: Jari Laakso

Consumed
- devised play -
Border Crossings
2013 - UK Tour
Director: Michael Walling
Assistant Director: Jari Laakso

Company
by Stephen Sondheim & George Furth
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
2013 - Webber Douglas Studio
Director: Martin Parr
Assistant Director: Jari Laakso
Musical Direction: Michael Haslam

Louisa 
- a musical workshop-
Theatre Duet of Helsinki
2013 - Embassy Theatre, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Director: Jari Laakso
Music: Lari Noresvuo
Lyrics: Merikerttu Mutala
Book: Jari Laakso & Merikerttu Mutala

Sports Play
by Elfriede Jelinek
Just a Must
2012 - UK Summer Tour
Director: Vanda Butkovic
Assistant Director: Jari Laakso

London - París
- a musical cabaret -
Theatre Duet of Helsinki
2011 - Accidental Festival, Roundhouse, London
2010 - Narri Stage, Helsinki
Director: Jari Laakso
Created by: Jari Laakso & Merikerttu Mutala

PRODUCTION CREDITS

La Soirée
- a contemporary variety and circus show -
2019 - Ice Cream Factory, Perth, Australia

2018 & 2019 - Skraen, Aalborg, Denmark
Director: Betty Siemers
Company Stage Manager: Jari Laakso


Hear My Soul Speak
adapted by Christopher Hurrell
​from The Tempest by William Shakespeare
2018 - RADA Festival
Director: Christopher Hurrell
Production Assistant: Jari Laakso

La Soir
ée
- a contemporary variety and circus show -
2017-2018 - Aldwych Theatre, London
Director: Brett Haylock
Assistant Stage Manager: Jari Laakso


Drunk
by Drew McOnie & Grant Olding
The McOnie Company
2014 - Leicester Curve & Bridwell Theatre, London
Choreography: Drew McOnie
Stage Manager: Jari Laakso

Violet
by Jeanine Tesori & Brian Crawley
London School of Musical Theatre
2014 - Bridewell Theatre, London
Director: Matthew Ryan
Musical Director: Jim Henson
Stage Manager: Jari Laakso

But I'm a Cheerleader: The Musical
by Andrew Abrams & Bill Augustin
Crow and Elk Productions
2013 - Hospital Club, London
Director: Jerry Mitchell
Musical Director: Richard John
Stage Manager: Jari Laakso

Peter and Alice
by John Logan
Michael Grandage Company
2013 - Noel Coward Theatre, London
Director: Michael Grandage
Set Design: Christopher Oram
Set Design Intern: Jari Laakso

Golden Child
by David Henry Hwang
True Heart Theatre Company
2013 - New Diorama Theatre, London
Director: Choon Ping
Rehearsal Stage Manager: Jari Laakso

Accidental Festival 2012
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
2012 - Roundhouse, London
Production Manager: Jari Laakso


QUALIFICATIONS

2015 - Goldsmiths, University of London,
​London, UK
  • MA in Musical Theatre Writing

2013 - Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, 
London, UK
  • BA (Hons) Theatre Practice - Performance Arts

2008 - Kallio Senior Secondary School of Performing Arts, Helsinki, Finland
  • National Diploma of Theatre Arts
  • Scholarship for Theatre Arts

OTHER TRAINING

Verbatim Theatre Workshop
National Theatre Studio

Musical Staging Through Movement Workshop
​
Musical Theatre Network & Stage Directors UK


LANGUAGES


Finnish (native)
English (fluent)
Swedish (moderate)


IT SKILLS

Macintosh & Microsoft Software
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)
QLab - programming
Photoshop
iMovie
GarageBand



© 2020 Jari Laakso
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
  • Home
  • ABOUT
    • CV
    • Reviews
  • PORTFOLIO
    • Garage
    • Send in the Clowns
    • Piaf
    • La Soiree
    • Rough Sleeper
    • The Mother Life
    • Julie
  • Contact