Joly Black

producer

Joly Black [Jolly] he/him

Joly is an Independent Producer and General Manager based in London, working on productions across the world. Joly produces new theatrical work, often storytelling, playful with form, and with a bold artistic statement.

He’s currently developing a slate of new commercial work and is excited to collaborate with artists who strive for exceptional artistic standards. He works as a Producer, General Manager and Associate Producer in both commercial and subsidised contexts.

In 2026, Joly has produced and general managed productions touring across the UK, Australia, New Zealand, London’s Off-West End and Off-Broadway in New York.

Recent projects include Wright&Grainger’s SELENE and HELIOS (International Tour); Red Fox Theatre’s CATCH OF THE DAY (59E59, New York); A DoL HOUSE (The Big House, London); HERE COMES J. EDGAR (King’s Head Theatre, London); Monique DeBose’s ADDING UP AMERICA: SOLVING THE RACE EQUATION (Assembly, Edinburgh Fringe); BLAZE FM (Pleasance, Edinburgh Fringe); BUYER & CELLAR (King’s Head Theatre & Theatre Royal Plymouth); THE WHEEL OF NOUNS (UK Tour).

Coming up…. THE GANG OF THREE (UK TOUR) and THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE (UK TOUR)

Joly has worked on touring productions large and small. The UK has a vibrant touring landscape with venues and audiences hungry for high-quality, exciting work.
Equally, there are fantastic opportunities to tour work originating in the UK across the world. Joly produces Wright & Grainger’s award-winning work, which has toured across 4 continents.
Joly works as a Producer and General Manager in London. He has been involved in some the most commercially succesful productions at the King’s Head Theatre including HERE COMES J. EDGAR! and THE GANG OF THREE.
Off West End venues offer an exciting place to build a production, ready for transfer and/or touring.
Joly offers producing, general management and consultancy services to Artists and Producers looking to take work to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
As the largest Arts festival in the world, the Fringe offers a unique marketplace for artists to present and develop their work, build an audience and connect with the Industry.

WORK WITH JOLY

CURRENTLY:

THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE - UK TOUR

From best-selling novel to major hit Netflix series, The Haunting of Hill House now takes to the stage in this gripping new production that blurs the line between heart-thumping suspense and the supernatural.

This bold new stage adaptation is tense, unsettling and darkly playful, where shadows whisper, walls remember, and nothing is as it seems… As grief, desire and the dangerous comfort of belonging seep through every wall, one question lingers: is Hill House haunted…or are we?

UK TOUR - More info

THE GANG OF THREE - UK TOUR

Set against the backdrop of economic crisis, Robert Khan and Tom Salinsky's acclaimed political drama brings to life the personalities, principles and private tensions that shaped a generation of politics.

Following a sell-out smash hit run in London, this play returns for a major national tour this autumn. A chance to revisit a defining moment in the battle for the soul of the Labour Party, which captures the towering intellects, fierce rivalries and the private tensions behind public power.

More info

Wright&Grainger’s SELENE - International TOUR

A STORY ABOUT THE GODDESS AND THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON from the internationally award-winning team behind ORPHEUS comes a new sibling show to the hugely acclaimed HELIOS. Winner of Best Theatre at Adelaide Fringe 2026.

“A very special moment indeed” The List

“Makes the cosmic feel intimate and the intimate feel epic” Theatre Travels

Now Touring Australia & New Zealand | Coming to the UK June 2026 | More info & tickets

PREVIOUSLY:

HERE COMES J. EDGAR! - King’s HEad Theatre

As Director of the FBI for almost 50 years, Hoover was the most powerful man in America. Yet behind all the machismo and homophobia was his concealed sexuality, his secret partying and his lifelong love affair with his deputy, Clyde Tolson. Here was a man who stopped at nothing to exert his control - yet underneath the petticoats of power lay his own secrets...

Written by Harry Shearer (The Simpsons and This Is Spinal Tap) and Tom Leopold (Seinfeld and Cheers), with music by Peter Matz (Musical Director for Barbra Streisand and Carol Burnett), this ★★★★★ world premiere exposes the private life of J. Edgar Hoover... in the form of a Broadway musical!

More info

Red Fox Theatre’s CATCH OF THE DAY - 59e59, New York

Ireland, 1966.

A skipper sails into Dingle bay with a very unusual catch. What follows is a ridiculous series of events involving Eamon De Valera, Queen Elizabeth, and a surprising amount of nuns.

An unbelievable true story built from interviews, Catch of the Day is a raucous and little-bit-political play with live trad music, all set in a pub. This "side-splittingly funny" (The Irish Post) show has been teaching audiences about Anglo-Irish relations in very silly ways since 2018.

59E59, BRITS OFF-BROADWAY | 10th June - 28th June 2026 | More info & tickets

BLAZE FM - Edinburgh Fringe ‘25

EXPLOSIVE POLITICAL THEATRE from THE BIG HOUSE, acclaimed Grime MC Jammz and award-winning writer of ElectrolyteJames Meteyard.

Blaze FM is explosive new writing weaving Drill, Grime and Jungle tracks through an electrifying hour of powerful, political theatre.

Hackney-based pirate radio station Blaze FM pioneers new music as a voice to the madness outside. But in the midst of court orders, redevelopments, shutdowns by DTI, and outright attacks against Black music, the Blaze family fight for their right to exist.

PLEASANCE TWO, 31 Jul - 25 Aug

Following a succesful Edinburgh Fringe run in 2025, Blaze FM is touring the UK in Autumn 2026 - More info.

A DOL HOUSE - The BIG HOUSE

‘It’s a vulnerable package. That’s why we’re here. Eyes-on, two-to-one, double-supervised. We keep the protocols, the procedures; we keep the conditions of the order. There is a system. We are the system

Each year, more than a thousand vulnerable teenagers are placed under Deprivation of Liberty orders, and held under constant supervision in the name of safety. Each year the number goes up, and yet most people have no idea it’s happening.

Written by acclaimed writer David Watson (L8r, Housed) and directed by Maggie Norris (Blaze FM and Redemption), A DoL House examines the lived experience of young people who have been subject to a Deprivation of Liberty order.

17th June - 11 July 2026 - More info

HELIOS -WRIGHT&GRAINGER

From ‘Masters of Storytelling’ (FOURTHWALL) Wright&Grainger, HELIOS is the multi-award-winning follow-up to the internationally-acclaimed ORPHEUS, EURYDICE, and THE GODS THE GODS THE GODS. Join them in a little room with a tape player - and a delicate tale to tell.

A story about the son of the god of the sun, HELIOS transplants the Ancient Greek tale into a modern-day myth wound round the winding roads of rural England - and into the everyday living of a towering city. It’s a story about life, the invisible monuments we build to it, and the little things that leave big marks.

‘Quiet intimacy & boyhood wonder’ - THE GUARDIAN

‘Electric hour of performance’ - PLAYBILL

‘This company truly are the best at storytelling’ - THREEWEEKS