After 10 productions with the National Youth Theatre, including “Living The Dream” for the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai as Oberon, Joseph Black graduated from Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 2014.
Since then, his theatre credits include:
Clay in The Dutchmen, Duke Orsino in “Twelfth Night” and Claudio in “Much Ado” with GB Theatre Company, William the Troll, Bombur and The Great Goblin King in the Duke Theatre’s award-winning park show, “The Hobbit” (UK Theatre Award – Best Show for Children and Young People, Northern Soul – Best Theatre Production), Stanley in “A Streetcar Named Desire” with Rapture Theatre Company, Baloo / The Monkey King and Rann in Greenwich Theatre’s “Jungle Book”, The Beast in “Beauty and The Beast” at Salisbury Playhouse, Cleomenes in Cheek By Jowl’s “Winter’s Tale”, Orange Tree Theatre’s “Romeo and Juliet” as Lord Capulet, Friar Laurence and Prince and a European tour of “Othello” as the titular character with TNT.
He is also credited as the Fight Director of “Rabbits” by Sadie Smith, and “Eternity” by Asaro, and fight captain in most of the shows mentioned above