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Jordan recently finished shooting principal photography for Offbeat Pictures new short film, English Blood, where he played boxing trainer Robby. English blood was written and Directed by Darren L. Downs. Set in Leeds, England, artistically gifted, Adam Ritchie, 17 must comply with an overbearing father, Joe Ritchie, a former local boxing champion who has raised his son to make up for his own lost dreams. Priming him for the national title, Ritchie… Read More
By Jessica Blank and Erik Jansen. Sol3. Directed by Andrei Schiller-Chan. Chapel off Chapel. May 20th-June 7th, 2015. Two statements that are generalisations but nonetheless true. 1) Great theatre is exhilarating and transcendent. It touches something deep inside, enlightening and elevating each member of the audience. 2) Great theatre is as rare as hen’s teeth. Well it maybe rare, but it’s not difficult to find – in this case it’s just a… Read More
The Exonerated is a powerful play about death row and is being performed at Chapel off Chapel in The Loft. Directed by Andrei Schiller Chan, this play takes real life stories of people who have been sentenced to death only to be later exonerated of the crime – their life having been stolen from them even though they are still living. This play is so powerful that it was turned into a… Read More
Powerful stories from escapees of the death penalty By Myron My The death penalty has, and probably always will be, a contentious issue. There will be one side that states you have to pay for your crimes, while the other would say no-one has a right to take anyone’s lives. While no side can be universally claimed as “correct”, the Sol III Company‘s production of The Exonerated will have even the most staunch believer… Read More
Written by Jessica Blank & Erik Jensen The #1 play of the year…intense and deeply affecting… — NY Times Jordan has been cast as Kerry Max Cook in The Sol III Company’s production of The Exonerated. Directed by Andrei Schiller-Chan, The Exonerated will be showing at Chapel off Chapel between May 20th – June 7th A visceral drama illuminating the true stories of six survivors of death row. Unapologetic in its approach… Read More
By Cheryl Threadgold Mockingbird Theatre’s founder Chris Baldock, challenges traditional performance boundaries, treating audiences to innovative theatre experiences. The former Meat Market in North Melbourne is the atmospheric venue for the company’s latest production, Quills, by American playwright Doug Wright, set in 1807 in the French lunatic asylum, Charenton. Now operating as Arts House, the well-preserved 19th century building with meat hooks still protruding from walls, provides the ideal setting for re-creating… Read More
by Antony Steadman A play about the final days of the Marquis De Sade? We know immediately that the piece will be sexually charged, confrontational and debauched. Yes it is all these things, and so much more. Whilst the piece is not immediately loveable, it is certainly enjoyable on a more challenging, thought-provoking level. Chris Baldocks direction is bold and daring. Whilst some of the more intimate scenes are played at opposite… Read More
by Nick Pilgrim Written in 1995 by Doug Wright, Quills is an Obie award – winning, multi – layered, cerebral tug o’ war. The American playwright and screenwriter is also a Pulitzer Prize winner for I Am My Own Wife (2004). His other works of note include Interrogating the Nude (1992) along with the book musicals, Grey Gardens (2006), and Hands on a Hardbody (2011). Based on the final days in detainment… Read More
Macabre. Debauched. Thrilling. Hilarious It’s finally here! Mockingbird Theatre presents the highly anticipated Melbourne premiere of Quills by Doug Wright Directed by Chris Baldock BUY TICKETS HERE 1st – 15th August Meat Market Pavilion, 5 Blackwood Street, North Melbourne, VIC 3051
Mockingbird Theatre has just cast Jordan in their up and coming production of Quills by Doug Wright, and it is set to be their largest production to date. “Exuberant theatre-making…gory, depraved, revolting and—uh-oh—sentimental. On top of all that, the play has something to say about censorship and what happens when you try to suppress art…Smirky, gross-out fun with a purpose. It’s an amazing show” – Variety Quills is a play about the last days of the Marquis… Read More
Jordan Armstrong | Actor 