Melanie is an actor, director and theatre maker based in Glasgow who makes performance in theatres, on screens and on the streets which is visually driven, physically dynamic and exposes our shared humanity with curiosity and humour. Melanie is Physical Theatre Practitioner with Surge and co-Artistic Director of feminist theatre company Jordan & Skinner.
Melanie creates devised small-mid scale touring productions, and works with both professionals and communities. She specialises in Physical Theatre, Circus, Street Performance and Clown, and teaches across Scotland and internationally.
*CURRENTLY WORKING ON*
Shrill by Amy Conway and Claire Willoughby. A radical new clown cabaret show exploring the anatomy of the female voice and how it is perceived.
The Time Machine: A Radical Feminist Retelling from the End of the World by Jordan & Skinner. An adaptation of H.G. Wells classic told from the end of the world in a feminist bunker. Touring when theatres reopen.
A Brief History of the Fragile Male Ego - a digital remount of Jordan & Skinner's 2019 Fringe hit.
Melanie creates devised small-mid scale touring productions, and works with both professionals and communities. She specialises in Physical Theatre, Circus, Street Performance and Clown, and teaches across Scotland and internationally.
*CURRENTLY WORKING ON*
Shrill by Amy Conway and Claire Willoughby. A radical new clown cabaret show exploring the anatomy of the female voice and how it is perceived.
The Time Machine: A Radical Feminist Retelling from the End of the World by Jordan & Skinner. An adaptation of H.G. Wells classic told from the end of the world in a feminist bunker. Touring when theatres reopen.
A Brief History of the Fragile Male Ego - a digital remount of Jordan & Skinner's 2019 Fringe hit.
