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Josephine Burton

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Josephine Burton (born 1977) is an English theatre director, playwright, podcast host, producer, and Artistic Director and Chief Executive of Dash Arts[1]which she co-founded with Tim Supple in 2005.[2]

She creates cross-artform theatre from real-life testimonies exploring identity, migration and global conflict.

Burton has created cross-form art-form works and produced plays at numerous venues and festivals including the Barbican[3], the Royal Albert Hall, the Roundhouse[4], Southbank Centre, the V&A[5], Latitude[6], the Rich Mix[7], the British Library[8], Sadler’s Wells [9]and the Edinburgh International Festival. [10]

Burton is a guest tutor on Mountview’s MA in Site Specific Theatre Practice[11], a music advisor for PRS Foundation [12]and a professional vocalist.  She is also the co-creator of Home which provides musical encounters with migrant artists in people’s homes to raise funds for shelters for refugees and asylum seekers in the UK.

She hosts the Dash Arts Podcast[13], bringing together academics, artists, authors and communities to explore contemporary issues.

Early Life and Education

Burton grew up in London and graduated with an MA in Classics from Balliol College, Oxford University in 1999. She also studied at Columbia University and the Marcel Hicter European Cultural Foundation. During her time at university, Burton practiced drama and arts journalism.

In 1998 she co-founded the modern klezmer band Oi Va Voi with Jonathan Walton and formed YaD,[14] an organization that promoted the arts of the Jewish diaspora.

Career

Directorial Credits

  • The Reckoning (Arcola, 2025)[15]
  • Crimea 5am (Kiln, 2023)[16]
  • Dido’s Bar (Royal Docks, Oxford Contemporary Music, Journey's Festival, 2022)[17]
  • The Great Middlemarch Mystery (Coventry City of Culture, 2022)[18]
  • Songs for Babyn Yar (JW3, Münchner Kammerspiele, Theatre Podil in Kyiv, and others, 2021–22)[19]
  • European Flash Mob (Westminster, 2019)[20]
  • Renegade Orchestra (British Library, 2017)[21]
  • Dash Arts Forum (Latitude Festival, 2019 and 2021)[22]
  • Memory Safe (Great Get Together Festival, Olympic Park, 2019)[23]
  • Cold Wars (Tate Modern, 2017)
  • Dash Arts Eurosquat (Victoria & Albert Museum, 2017; Rich Mix, 2018; Latitude Festival, 2018)[24]
  • Dash Arts Dacha (Latitude Festival, Rich Mix, The British Library, and others, 2014–17)[25]
  • Lyrical Alliance (Roundhouse, Les Halles de Schaerbeek, 2010)[26]

Co-Producer Credits

  • Twistov (Rich Mix, 2017)[27]
  • One Thousand One Nights (Luminato, Toronto / Edinburgh International Festival, 2011)[28]
  • Babel (Sadler’s Wells and others, 2010)[29]
  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream (India, UK, Italy, Australia, Canada, USA, 2005–2008)[30]
  • Ukrainian Cinema Days in London (Rich Mix, 2015)[31]
  • Dakhabrakha (Various UK venues, 2014, 2016, 2017)[32]
  • Gogol Bordello (ICA, 2005)[33]
  • Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Screaming (Roundhouse, JW3, 2012, 2015)[34]

Artist Credits

  • Memory Safe (Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, 2019)[35]
  • Cold Wars (Tate Modern, 2017)
  • Conflicted (Menier Gallery, 2005)

Co-Writer Credits

  • The Great Middlemarch Mystery (2022)[36]
  • The Reckoning (2025)[37]

Dramaturg Credits

  • Songs for Babyn Yar[38]
  • Lyrical Alliance (Roundhouse, Les Halles de Schaerbeek, 2010)[39]
  • Renegade Orchestra (British Library, 2017)[40]

Themes

Burton is known for immersive, cross-disciplinary theatre with political themes. Her work explores issues such as immigration,[41] British identity, colonial history, and the war in Ukraine[42], often developed with both professional and non-professional performers from diverse backgrounds. Drawing on real-life testimonies, her productions feature movement, poetry, and music—from folk to classical to rap.[43] Through workshops, public events, podcasts and academic partnerships Burton invites ongoing dialogue.[44]

Awards and Honours

Burton’s productions for Dash Arts have received Olivier[45], Evening Standard, TMA, Herald Angel and Dora awards and nominations.

Affiliations and Collaborations

Affiliations

  • Member of the Hard Art Collective

Collaborations with Notable Individuals and Institutions

  • Co-created Babel with choreographers Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Damien Jalet and artist Antony Gormley
  • Musical collaborations with Paul Epworth (2001–2003)
  • Ongoing partnership with Ukrainian playwright Natalka Vorozhbit
  • Instrumental in bringing Ukrainian band Dakha Brakha to the United Kingdom on multiple occasions
  • Collaborated with hip-hop artist Talib Kweli in Lyrical Alliance (2010)
  • Worked with choreographer Hofesh Shechter (2007, 2014—when Hofesh was Guest Director at Brighton Festival)
  • Produced a landmark concert with Gogol Bordello at the ICA (2005)
  • Frequent collaborations with directors Tim Supple, Mark Rosenblatt, and Mark Down (commissioned The Table in 2009)
  • Co-writer and director of The Reckoning, based on testimonies gathered by Peter Pomerantsev and Janine di Giovanni, of The Reckoning Project.
  • Collaborated with Coventry City of Culture on The Great Middlemarch Mystery
  • Projects with notable institutions, including the Kennedy Center (notably for Oi Va Voi and Maurice el Medioni)
  • Curated the X Bloc Reunion festival of Central and Eastern European music at the Barbican (2003)
  • Performed with Oi Va Voi as part of Meltdown at the Southbank Centre

External Links

  • Dash Arts Official Website[46]


References

  1. ↑ "Our Team". DASH ARTS. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  2. ↑ "Josephine Burton on Dash Arts' Revolution17". Run Riot. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  3. ↑ Denselow, Robin (2003-05-28). "X-Bloc Reunion". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  4. ↑ "Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming". Tall Stories. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  5. ↑ "Dash Squat: A European counter-cultural takeover - Special event at · V&A". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  6. ↑ "Tom Ravenscroft - Dash Arts at Latitude Festival - BBC Sounds". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  7. ↑ richmix-admin (2020-02-25). "Raised at Rich Mix interview with Dash Arts' Josephine Burton". Rich Mix. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  8. ↑ "Late at the Library: Sounds of the Revolution". nonclassical. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  9. ↑ Mackrell, Judith (2010-05-19). "Babel". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  10. ↑ Billington, Michael (2011-08-22). "One Thousand and One Nights – review". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  11. ↑ "Josephine Burton - Salon Guest Artist". Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  12. ↑ "Advisors". PRS for Music Foundation. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  13. ↑ "Spotify – Web Player". Spotify. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  14. ↑ Ellis, Samantha (2002-04-24). "Steps to peace". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  15. ↑ Lawson, Mark (2025-06-06). "The Reckoning review – shattering stories of invasion in Ukraine". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  16. ↑ Bright, Martin (2023-01-27). "New play gives a voice to the forgotten Crimean Tatars". Index on Censorship. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  17. ↑ "Dido's Bar". The Royal Docks. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  18. ↑ Clapp, Susannah (2022-04-17). "The week in theatre: The Great Middlemarch Mystery; The 47th; For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide…". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  19. ↑ "Songs for Babyn Yar - Program - Kammerspiele". www.muenchner-kammerspiele.de. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  20. ↑ "anti-Brexit European Flash Mob, London, UK | Picture Capital". www.picturecapital.com. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  21. ↑ "Late at the Library: Sounds of the Revolution". nonclassical. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  22. ↑ "Tom Ravenscroft - Dash Arts at Latitude Festival - BBC Sounds". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  23. ↑ UCL (2019-08-14). "UCL and east London's Dash Arts collaborate for the Great Get Together". UCL East. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  24. ↑ "Dash Squat: A European counter-cultural takeover - Special event at · V&A". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  25. ↑ "BBC Radio 4 - The Kitchen Cabinet, Series 17, Dash Arts Dacha, Shoreditch". BBC. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  26. ↑ "Lyrical Alliance To Perform With Talib Kweli". DJ Mag. 2010-07-12. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  27. ↑ "Review: Twistov (Rich Mix, Bethnal Green)". 2017-11-08. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  28. ↑ Billington, Michael (2011-08-22). "One Thousand and One Nights – review". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  29. ↑ Mackrell, Judith (2010-05-19). "Babel". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  30. ↑ "Tim Supple 2006 production | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Royal Shakespeare Company". www.rsc.org.uk. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  31. ↑ Kitsoft. "Embassy of Ukraine to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Ukrainian Cinema Days in London". uk.mfa.gov.ua. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  32. ↑ admin (2017-12-20). "Event Review: DakhaBrakha @ Oval Space (London; 29th November 2017)". Rhythm Passport. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  33. ↑ Simpson, Dave (2005-12-02). "Gogol Bordello". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  34. ↑ "Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming". Tall Stories. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  35. ↑ UCL (2019-08-14). "UCL and east London's Dash Arts collaborate for the Great Get Together". UCL East. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  36. ↑ Clapp, Susannah (2022-04-17). "The week in theatre: The Great Middlemarch Mystery; The 47th; For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide…". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  37. ↑ "The Reckoning at Arcola Theatre: claustrophobic and unsettling". The Stage. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  38. ↑ Applebaum, Stephen (2021-11-19). "The female cantor's songs for Babyn Yar". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  39. ↑ "Lyrical Alliance To Perform With Talib Kweli". DJ Mag. 2010-07-12. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  40. ↑ "Late at the Library: Sounds of the Revolution". nonclassical. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  41. ↑ richmix-admin (2020-02-25). "Raised at Rich Mix interview with Dash Arts' Josephine Burton". Rich Mix. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  42. ↑ Lawson, Mark (2025-06-06). "The Reckoning review – shattering stories of invasion in Ukraine". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  43. ↑ Stewart, Greg (2025-04-11). "Interview: Josephine Burton on The Reckoning at Arcola Theatre". Theatre Weekly. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  44. ↑ "Josephine Burton on Dash Arts' Revolution17". Run Riot. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  45. ↑ "Olivier Winners 2011". Olivier Awards. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
  46. ↑ "DASH ARTS". DASH ARTS. 2025-07-02. Retrieved 2025-08-26.


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