Director credits include: Escaped Alone (Tron Theatre, Winner Best Director, Best Production, and Best Ensemble, 2024 CATS Awards), The Inquiry (Chichester Festival Theatre), Wolfie (Tron Theatre), Moonset (Citizens Theatre, shortlisted for Susan Smith Blackburn Prize), Sing Yer Heart Out For The Lads (Chichester Festival Theatre, Revival Director), She Wolf (Edinburgh Festival Fringe), The Metamorphosis: Unplugged (Vanishing Point), Alright Sunshine, Mary and Ada Set the World to Rights (Òran Mór).

Joanna is Associate Director at the Tron Theatre, a National Theatre Connections Mentor Director, and a Creative Associate of Vanishing Point. She teaches and directs at a number of drama schools, including Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and Mountview. She was a finalist for the 2022 JMK Award. She trained on the RSC Directors’ Course and at Birkbeck College, University of London.