REVIEWS - Directing, Movement Direction and Playwriting

'Jenny is a extraordinary artist who combines great strength and authority, with a fragile and beautiful ethereality. A new writer of real originality.'

Movement direction and acting for 'Crossing No-man's Land' - Kay Adshead (director), Mama Quilla Theatre Co, 2025 

'A sequence of physical comedy involving dough-kneading delivers one of the show's most engaging and tactile moments - a rare instance where humour, texture and metaphor align.'

Movement direction for 'Dick Fiddler is Dead' - Spy in the Stalls, 2025

'movement direction by Jenny Ayres... the production artfully intertwines dark humour, surreal imagery and emotional depth'

Movement direction for 'Dick Fiddler is Dead' - Parikiaki Times, 2025

'movement direction by Jenny Ayres... an emotional meditation on how we find meaning amid confusion'

Movement direction for 'Dick Fiddler is Dead' - Greek City Times, 2025

'Speech, song, dance and an instrumental score for percussion, cello and harp were melded together inseparably... Ayres built up the modern woman's testimony from one word answers into, finally, a kind of "I have a dream" speech.

Direction, playwriting and acting for 'Cover her' - The Guardian, 2025

'Ayres's script blends colloquial naturalism with linguistic facility...with Glimpse, Ayres certainly fulfils [Noel] Coward's ambition'

Playwriting for 'Glimpse' - British Theatre Guide, 2018

'An interesting tribute to one of  twentieth-century's great dramatists... Jenny Ayres' Glimpse is easily the best.'

Playwriting for 'Glimpse' - The Review Hub, 2018

'beautifully written and sparkle like the brightest star'

Playwriting for 'Glimpse' - The Spy in The Stalls, 2018

'Witty, moving, charming and highly entertaining'

Playwriting for 'Glimpse' - The Upcoming, 2018

'Hugely entertaining... Glimpse by Jenny Ayres is the most rewarding'

Playwriting for 'Glimpse' - Reviewsgate, 2018

REVIEWS - Acting

'Powerful performance and cleverly structured... Jenny absolutely smashed the delivery'

Acting, direction and playwriting for 'Nailed' - Audience written feedback, 2025

'Superb...a wonderful actress'

Acting - Catherine Arten, Casting Director, ACA Casting 2014

'Jenny Ayres as Cavale captures the booze and drug fuelled vibe of the early 70's'

Acting and movement direction for 'Cowboy Mouth' - Remote Goat, 2009

'in this beguiling ensemble piece, Ayres, Anstey and Bignell fit neatly together, seamlessly combining lyrical text, intriguing visual effects and expressive physical language'

Acting for 'Roses and Morphine' - Hairline, 2005

'uniformly excellent cast'

Acting for 'Roses and Morphine' - Irish Times, 2005

'Jenny Ayres as the manipulative, wide-eyed Kay gives a sparky performance'

Acting for 'Operation Wonderland' - The Times, 2004

'two performers, Stewart Lodge as Jed and Jenny Ayres as Kay, the Blue Fairy, are brilliant'

Acting for 'Operation Wonderland' -  Teletext, 2004

'impressive work from performers Stewart Lodge and Jenny Ayres'

Acting for 'Operation Wonderland' - The Scotsman, 2004

'an undoubtedly arresting, well-performed evening'

Acting for 'Operation Wonderland' - The Independent, 2004

'Jenny Ayres has a lot of fun with her very mobile face playing, among other creations, a wonderfully twitchy March Hare and a lovely lugubrious Gryphon'

Acting for 'Alice in Wonderland' - The Stage, 2004

'Jenny Ayres is memorable as an Egyptian Beauty'

Acting for 'Ben Hur' - The Church Times, 2002

'Unequivocably and absolutely brilliant'

Acting for 'Ben Hur' - Whats's On, 2002

'an elite performer'

Acting - BBC Comedy, Open Audition, 2001