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Jimmy Walters

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Jimmy’s credits at the the Finborough Theatre also include an acclaimed production of John Osborne’s A Subject of Scandal and Concern. Other direction includes Julius Caesar (Saatchi Gallery and Chelsea Theatre), Improbable Fiction (Courtyard Theatre), A Naughty Night With Noël Coward (Old Red Lion Theatre), Hamlet (United Arab Emirates Tour and Network Theatre), I the Jury (Hen and Chickens Theatre), Breaded Butler (Troubadour) and Dear Ray (Edinburgh Festival). Assistant Direction includes Young Shakespeare Company tours of Twelfth Night and Romeo and Juliet (Bloomsbury Theatre), Othello (Riverside Studios) and Knock Yourself Out (Courtyard Theatre).

In 2014 Jimmy formed Proud Haddock with James Ahearne. The company specialises in unearthing stories from the past while finding relevance today. Past productions include Charlies Aunt, The Skin Game, Billy Bishop Goes to War, Square Rounds (also by Tony Harrison), The Dog Beneath the Skin, Mrs Orwell, Julius Caesar, A Naughty Night With Noel Coward, and A Subject For Scandal and Concern.

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Feb. 17, 2025

Trackers of Oxyrhincus: A Reprised Conversation with Jimmy Walters

In the fourth part of this short series of guest episodes before we get back to continuing the journey through the Shakespeare and Jonson cannon today’s episode is a repeat of episode 32 of the podcast, first released in late 2020. Having just produced an episode on satyr play on the main podcast and another on the papyologists who rediscovered the play Trackers for the fledgling Patreon account I was very pleased to be able to talk to theatre director Jimmy Walters who have produced a revival o...
Guest: Jimmy Walters
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Dec. 21, 2020

Trackers of Oxyrhynchus with Jimmy Walters

Episode 32 An interview with theatre director Jimmy Walters about his 2017 production of Trackers of Oxyrhynchus by Tony Harrison. This version of the Satyr play 'Trackers' by Sophocles was originally performed by the National Theatre in 1988. Jimmy's revival was at the Finborough Theatre in west London. In conversation we discussed the approach to the play and the way the adaptation by Tony Harrison put current social concerns at the heart of the play, which still remained true to many as...
Guest: Jimmy Walters