
Jo trained at Laine Theatre Arts in Epsom, Surrey.
Theatre credits include: Spangler in
The Human Comedy (The Young Vic & Watford Palace),
King Hildebrand/Mr Northwind in
The Enchanted Pig (The Opera Group, Royal Opera House,
UK Tour and New Victory Theatre New York); Ace in
It's A Wonderful Life (New Wolsey
Theatre, Ipswich); Papa Ge in
Once On This Island (Birmingham Rep., Nottingham Playhouse
and Hackney Empire); Mullins in
Peter Pan - A Musical Adventure (West Yorkshire Playhouse);
The Voice Of Audrey II in
Little Shop Of Horrors, (New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich); Masana in
Rebellion (Hackney Empire Studio Theatre); Dick Whittington in Stephen Fry's
Cinderella (The Old Vic Theatre),
u/s King Neville, The Man In The Saloon in
Blues In The Night (New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich),
Lt. Brannigan and u/s Arvide Abernathy in
Guys and Dolls (Piccadilly Theatre), where he
created the roles of Calvin and The Greek; u/s Quickly Robinson in
Jailhouse Rock (Piccadilly
Theatre); Marvin and u/s Brutus T. Firefly in
Oh! What A Night (U.K. & European Tour) ; u/s
Booker T. Washington in
Ragtime (Piccadilly Theatre); Sam in
Whistle Down The Wind (U.K.
National Tour); Rhythm Boy
My One & Only, (Piccadilly Theatre); Shenzi & u/s Banzai and
Ed in the original London cast of Disney's
The Lion King (Lyceum Theatre)
Recording credits include: Bush Tales (Zorilla Entertainment),
Morris: A Life With Bells On
(Twist Films),
Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure,
Flashdance - The Musical,
Skins (E4),
Disney's Dinosaur,
Hollywood Action Movie (Surface Films), Paramount Comedy Channel,
Gophers! (Zenith/ Central
Television, for Channel 4),
Sister Brother (Arista Records),
The Foundations
Other credits include: The Southlanders Vocal Quartet, Honda: Dreamscape,
Saturday Live (Triffic Films),
Pumpkin Soup For The Soul, workshop (Stratford East),
The Bet, workshop(Criterion Theatre),
The Royal Variety Performance and
Children In Need.
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