Robert is a trustee of the JMK Trust. He had the privilege of working with James on two productions in 1995, Much Ado About Nothing at the Southwark Playhouse, starring Eve Best as Beatrice, Will Keen as Benedick and Michael Grecco as Don Pedro and Don Juan at Battersea Arts Centre, starring Michael Grecco as the eponymous lover.

JMK Trust & Award

The award was established in memory of James Menzies-Kitchin, who staged his first production in 1995.  In the following year and a half, he established himself as a theatre director of thrilling promise.  He was committed to staging classical theatre of the highest quality and was an entrepreneur of unstoppable drive.  His clarity of vision, his tenacity of purpose and above all his courage, inspired all those who worked with him.  In 1996, at the age of only 28, James died suddenly and the Trust was set up to encourage others to fulfil their potential, as he had promised to do.

The JMK Trust was founded to give opportunities to young theatre directors of similar ability and vision.  The JMK Award allows one such director a year to stage their own production of a classic text.  

If you wish to become a Friend of the Trust, please contact:

The JMK Trust, 22 Burghley Road, Kentish Town, London, NW5 1UE.

or you can email ken@jmktrust.org

The JMK Award is kindly supported by the Jerwood Charity, BAC, Step Change and the Ian Ritchie Foundation

Patrons: Baroness Howe, Sir Ian McKellen, Dame Judi Dench

For more information about the Trust and the award visit the Trust's website

Registered Charity Number 295080