About
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About the team
JO HOLE
has worked as a professional actress, director, theatre producer and now agent for over 30 years.
Early TV success in TENKO, MISS MARPLE - NEMESIS, GOLD etc led to work at the Donmar Warehouse, RSC and National Theatre and more recently character roles in feature films and TV including HALF-LIGHT (with Demi Moore), HOLBY CITY, EASTENDERS, FRANKIE, DOC MARTIN, THE POISON TREE, PUBLIC ENEMIES and THIRTEEN series (BBC 3) amongst many.
Jo has directed at Liverpool Playhouse, Young Vic Studio and Ustinov Studio Bath and produced over 20 plays including SIMPLICITY by Lady Mary Wortley Montague - the world premiere of a play written in 1725 which Jo presented at the Northcott Theatre in Exeter and transferred to the Donmar Warehouse Theatre. She more recently helped to transfer IRISH BLOOD ENGLISH HEART from the Union Theatre to Trafalgar Studios
Jo opened JHA at Ealing Studios on 1st October 2012 and now works with her team from the heart of theatre land in Glasshouse Street, just a few yards from Piccadilly Circus.
Latest News
ILLONA LINTHWAITE captures headlines on her return to the ROH
ILLONA LINTHWAITE is making waves (again) at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden with her soul-catching performance and features in today’s Sunday Times as a clarion for senior actresses everywhere. In 2025 Illona garnered review mentions way above expectations for her first outing as ‘Erda’ in the Wagner Ring Cycle directed by Barrie Kosky. She has been invited back to the role for Part 2 - SIEGFRIED in the ROH 2026 season.