Jennifer Jennings

Jennifer Jennings is a theatre and festival maker based in Dublin. She is: co-founder and co-director of acclaimed Irish theatre company THISISPOPBABY; co-creator/Arts Programme Director of Beyond the Pale Music Festival; and was the inaugural Artistic Director-in-Residence at UCD’s Creative Futures Academy.

For THISISPOPBABY, directing highlights include the smash-hit WAKE (seen recently on London’s West End, Manchester’s Aviva Studios and Sydney Festival), the international sensation RIOT (World Tour 2016-2019; Best Production, Dublin Fringe 2016), Shit by Patricia Cornelius (Best Ensemble nomination, Irish Theatre Awards 2023) and Lords of Strut: Absolute Legends family show (World Tour 2017-2019).

Jenny is co-creator of all of THISISPOPBABY’s festivals, including Where We Live Festivals 2018 & 2020, Queer Notions Arts Festival 2009 & 2010, POPTENT at Electric Picnic 2008-2010 and WERK 2010-2014 (The Abbey Theatre, IMMA and Melbourne Festival).

Producing highlights include Alice in Funderland – A New Musical by Phillip McMahon and Raymond Scannell (2012), Sure Look It, Fuck It by Clare Dunne (2019), and all of Panti Bliss’ theatre work, including the world tours of If These Wigs Could Talk and High Heels in Low Places (World Tours 2015-2025).

Previously Jennifer has been Artistic Director of Neon Lights Music & Arts Festival (Singapore), Arts Programme Director of Harvest Music Festival (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane), Head of Programming at Abbotsford Convent Melbourne, Marketing Director of dlr Festival of World Cultures and Programme Director for Dublin Fringe Festival.