PAPER SWAN PRODUCTIONS
Jessa Thompson - Artistic Director
Founder and Artistic Director of PSP, Jessa is a Playwright, Director and Performer based in the South of England. Passionate about original work and new writing, Jessa formed PSP in 2017 in order to bring life to scripts gathering dust, and continues to write bold new material for PSP as well as other companies.
2020
January 2020 - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
Director
Shotgun Theatre. The Exeter Phoenix.
March 2020 - All the lonely People.
Collaborative Director, Dramaturg, Writer and Actor (Penny)
Neck of the Woods Theatre Company
June 2020 - Cymbeline for the Anthopocene.
Research Support intern
2019
March 2019 – Lens Flayre (Tour)
Playwright & Actor (Dr Lily Montgomery at St James School)
St James’s School, Torquay Academy, Bodmin College & Brixham College.
Theatre in Education piece developed in collaboration with University of Exeter & Doorstep Arts.
May /August 2019 – The Parliament (Tour)
Playwright & Director.
Paper Swan Productions. Old Timers, Exeter. Quaker Meeting House, Exeter. Cecil Sharp House, London.
December 2019 - A Fine Partnership
Playwright.
Published in Exeter 'T3 Journal" 2020
2018
March 2018 - Whitechapel
Playwright & Director.
Theatre with Teeth. Old Timers, Exeter.
May 2018 - The Parliament
Playwright, Director & Co- Production Manager.
Paper Swan Productions. Thornlea Studios, Exeter.
May 2018 - Grounded
Playwright, Director, Production Manager & Actor (Amina).
Paper Swan Productions. Poltimore Festival.
November 2018 –The Lost Lover by Delariviere Manley.
Collaborative Director, Dramaturg & Actor (Olivia)
Developed in Collaboration with The University of Exeter.
November/December 2018 – Angelus by Patrick Swain. (Tour)
Actor (Regan)
Theatre With Teeth. Music & Drama Studios, Exeter. London Theatre Workshop.
December 2018 – Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring.
Director & Actor (Martha Brewster).
EUTCo (Exeter University Theatre Company). The Barnfield Theatre, Exeter.
2017
2017 - The Flies Project.
Project Convener, Director & Writer.
Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School, Marlow.
Additional Production Credits
March 2019 - Port by Simon Stephens. Assistant Stage ManagerEUTCo (Exeter University Theatre Company). MAKETANK, Exeter.
May 2019 – Spring Awakening
Costume Supervisor.
Shotgun Theatre. Kay House, Exeter.