Jo is an award-winning performance maker and educator, and has worked as an actor, director, writer and cabaret performer. She has performed nationally and internationally as an actor and cabaret singer. Career highlights include performances for: Tadashi Suzuki’s Theatre Festivals in Japan; The Brisbane Cabaret Festival; The Brisbane Festival and The Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She has completed a PhD in cabaret performance and an MA on applications of the Suzuki method. She has trained with Kristin Linklater (Scotland), The Suzuki Company of Toga (Japan), P3/East (USA), and Shakespeare & Company (USA).
Professional memberships
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The Australasian Association for Theatre, Drama and Performance Studies |
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The Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA) |
Fellowships
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Ian Potter Foundation Fellowship, 2001 |
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Lord Mayor's Creative Sparks Fellowship, 2004 |
Current research projects
| Project name | Investigators | Funding body | Year |
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Regional Arts Development Grant for creative work as research 'Julius Caesar'. |
Dr Jo Loth | $8,600 | 2017 |
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Regional Arts Development Grant for creative work as research 'The Centre'. |
Dr Jo Loth and DrGinna Brock | $4,000 | 2017 |
Research areas
- Actor training
- The Suzuki actor training method
- Linklater voice training
- Contemporary revisions of classical texts
- Cabaret
Teaching areas
- Theatre and Performance
Dr Jo Loth’s specialist areas of knowledge include: actor training, cabaret and the Suzuki actor training method.
In the news
USC Newsroom
Regional theatres keep curtains open despite COVID
25 NovemberFrom driveway performances and reduced-capacity shows to hibernation – even turning off the back office fridge to save money, theatre groups of the Noosa, Sunshine Coast and Moreton Bay regions managed to survive COVID-19 lockdowns without folding for good.
Top director to lead new Performing Arts degree
26 September 2016The University of the Sunshine Coast is set to introduce a new postgraduate Performing Arts degree, led by the founder of the award-winning Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre.