Jonathan Oldfield

Jonathan is an award-winning writer across TV, Film, Audio and Live comedy. He has created two solo live storytelling shows: I Just Want Someone To Know I Was Here (2019) and One Way Mirror (2023). He co-created and wrote the award-winning BBC Radio 4 comedy series Time of the Week with Lorna Rose Treen; the first series was winner of Best Radio Sketch Show at the British Comedy Guide Awards 2024 and series two was nominated for Best Audio Comedy at the Chortle Awards 2025.

He has original television projects in development with Brock Media, Rabbit Track Pictures, DLT Entertainment and Greenacre Films, and is also developing an original feature film with the Guard brothers. Alongside this, he is bringing his debut character comedy hour, Exquisite Corpse, to the Edinburgh Festival this year.

As a director, Jonathan works across comedy and live theatre with both ensembles and solo performers. In 2025, he directed four comedy shows at the Edinburgh Fringe, including Lorna Rose Treen’s 24 Hour Diner People (Pleasance Courtyard), Joe Kent Walters’ Frankie Monroe: DEAD!! (Monkey Barrel), Lucy Pearman’s Lunartic (Monkey Barrel), and Alice Cockayne’s Licensed, Professional, Trained, Qualified (Pleasance Courtyard). His work as a director is focused on sharp character work, narrative clarity and strong comic perspective.