Jim’s recent work includes the musicals The Odyssey, Hex, Pericles and Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear: The Musical! (Olivier Award nomination 2020) (National Theatre); We Begin Again (National Theatre and The Guardian); The Beautiful Cosmos of Ivor Cutler (winner of Best Music and Sound at the Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland) (Vanishing Point and National Theatre of Scotland). Cowbois (Royal Court, RSC); Mother Courage and her Children (Royal Exchange); Twelfth Night and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare’s Globe); Teh Internet is Serious Business and Posh (The Royal Court). Shibboleth (Abbey Theatre, Dublin).  

As a singer and musician, Jim Fortune has toured the world, working with, amongst many others, Tom Jones and Blondie. He has recorded sessions for BBC Radios one, two and three and has been an EMI recording artist appearing on many tv shows and festivals. Jim Fortune was a BAFTA music judge 2022.