1995-2001

Co-director, with Jamie McCarthy, of the performance company, HUB, developing cutting edge, music-led, creative collaborations.
Working with teams of writers, directors, actors, musicians, dancers, filmmakers and designers, the company created 4 major shows- ‘Wake’, ‘Learning to Fly’, ‘The Convention of Angels, ‘The Starving Brides’, that toured nationally to venues such as ICA, Blackpool Grand theatre, Warwick Arts Centre and Hammersmith Lyric.

As composer for ‘The Starving Brides’, Jonathan’s work was described by Lyn Gardner in the Guardian as having ‘… all the bewitchment of the sea, a mermaid’s dangerous lullaby that calls you to walk out of your depth into the waves.’

audio extract from The Starving Brides – a piece commssioned by Blackpool Grand based around the sideshows of the Golden Mile in the 1930’s.