Jo is a long-term theatre professional with over 30 years of experience in live theatre and film. She graduated from the University of Canterbury with a Bachelor of Arts in 1994 and went on to earn a diploma in Technical Production from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in 1996.
Throughout her career, Jo has worked as a stage manager, lighting designer, and operator both in New Zealand and internationally. Her passion for live performance has seen her involved in over 60 productions for The Court Theatre since 1996, where she currently serves as the head stage manager.
Some of the highlights of Jo's career at the Court Theatre include her work on iconic productions such as Cabaret, Othello, Art, The Seagull, Amadeus, Shepard, Constellations, End of the Rainbow, Blood Brothers, Niu Sila, Waiora, Steel Magnolias, The Events, Venus in Fur, Stephen King’s Misery, Elling, A Streetcar Named Desire, Ladies Night, Ideation, Frankenstein, The Girl on the Train, Flagons and Foxtrots, Appropriate, Sense and Sensibility, Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express, Fun Home, and A Doll’s House.
Court Shows
- 2025 - The End of the Golden Weather - Stage Manager
- 2024 - A Doll’s House - Lighting Designer & Stage Manager
- 2024 - She Kills Monsters - Operator
- 2024 - Fun Home - Rehearsal Stage Manager
- 2024 - Mr and Mrs Macbeth of Heathcote Valley Road - Stage Manager
- 2024 - Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express - Stage Manager
- 2023 - The Haka Party Incident - Stage Manager
- 2023 - Dance Nation - Stage Manager
- 2023 - The Appleton Ladies’ Potato Race - Stage Manager
- 2023 - Appropriate - Stage Manager
- 2023 - Sense and Sensibility - Stage Manager
- 2022 - Flagons and Foxtrots - Stage Manager
- 2022 - The Girl On The Train - Stage Manager
- 2021 - Little Shop of Horrors - Assistant Stage Manager
- 2021 - Frankenstein - Stage Manager
- 2021 - Ladies Night - Stage Manager
- 2020 - A Streetcar Named Desire - Stage Manager
- 2019 - A Christmas Carol - Stage Manager/Operator
- 2019 - Fresh Off the Boat - Stage Manager
- 2019 - The Arsonists - Stage Manager/Operator
- 2019 - Les Liaisons Dangereuses - Stage Manager
- 2019 - Time Machine - Stage Manager
- 2019 - Elling - Stage Manager
- 2018 - A Christmas Carol - Stage Manager
- 2018 - Astroman - Stage Manager
- 2018 - Stephen King's Misery - Stage Manager
- 2018 - Ideation - Stage Manager
- 2018 - Roger Hall's Easy Money - Stage Manager
- 2017 - Venus in Fur - Stage Manager
- 2017 - Steel Magnolias - Stage Manager
- 2017 - Uncle Vanya - Stage Manager
- 2017 - Ropable - Stage Manager
- 2016 - Waiora: Te ū kai pō – The Homeland - Stage Manager
- 2016 - Matariki: Little Eyes in the Sky - Stage Manager
- 2016 - Matthew, Mark, Luke and Joanne - Stage Manager
- 2016 - Winston's Birthday - Stage Manager
- 2016 - Puss in Boots - Stage Manager
- 2016 - The Events - Stage Manager
- 2015 - Exit The King - Stage Manager
- 2015 - The Ladykillers - Stage Manager
- 2015 - Niu Sila - Stage Manager
- 2015 - Constellations - Stage Manager
- 2015 - Shepherd - Stage Manager
- 2014 - One Man, Two Guvnors - Stage Manager
- 2014 - You Can Always Hand Them Back - Stage Manager
- 2014 - Blood Brothers - Stage Manager
- 2014 - The Hound of the Baskervilles - Stage Manager
- 2014 - End of the Rainbow - Stage Manager
- 2013 - Postal - Stage Manager
- 2013 - The Great Art War - Stage Manager
- 2013 - Amadeus - Stage Manager
- 2012 - Rapunzel - Stage Manager
- 2012 - The Motor Camp - Stage Manager
- 2012 - Pacific Post - Stage Manager
- 2012 - Groundswell - Stage Manager/Operator
- 2010 - The Seagull - Stage Manager
- 2010 - A Paintbox of Clowns - Stage Manager