Jim Manganello

Jim is a director, movement director and performer based in Glasgow. With Lucy Ireland, he co-founded Shotput, a dance-theatre company in Glasgow. Shotput makes work about the darker corners of contemporary experience with athleticism, humour and a healthy sense of the absurd. The company's show, 'Ferguson and Barton', is loosely inspired by Hitchcock's film Vertigo. Shotput has made two podcasts, 'The Slow Dance', in which teens talk to teens about sex - and 'The Shotput Podcast', which aims to be a record of dance-makers in Scotland today. Shotput was a recipient of the #LoveDanceScotland commission to make 'Totentanz', a contemporary dance of death. With Lucy, Jim directed and choreographed the UK premiere of Enda Walsh's play with dance 'Arlington'.

Jim loves working across forms, including dance, theatre, opera and music theatre. Before moving to Scotland, he trained at École Lassaad in Brussels. He works with professionals, non-professionals and young people. As a freelancer, he's worked at the Lyceum, Perth, RCS, Central School of Speech and Drama, the Citizens, Fulham Opera, Scottish Opera, Blackheath Halls Community Opera, the Viaduct Theatre (Chicago), Garsington Opera. He's currently part of an alliance of organisations and artists looking to open a creation space for new work in Scotland.

Jim likes meeting people, talking, and making stuff happen - if any of the above resonates with you, please don't be shy - get in touch.