Joni Ayton-Kent

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| birth_date = 1995 (age 29)

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| education = Rose Bruford College

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Joni Ayton-Kent is a British actress.

Early life and education

Ayton-Kent studied acting and music at Rose Bruford College, graduating in 2018.{{Cite web |title=Joni Ayton-Kent |url=https://www.bruford.ac.uk/graduate/graduate-profiles/jo-eaton-kent/ |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=Rose Bruford |language=en-GB}}

Career

Ayton-Kent made her London debut in 2019 in the ensemble of Sweet Charity at the Donmar Warehouse.{{Cite web |title=Sweet Charity announces more casting |url=https://officiallondontheatre.com/news/sweet-charity-announces-more-casting/ |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=Official London Theatre |language=en-GB}} She played the non-binary role of Bradley in the British TV series Don’t Forget The Driver (2019).{{Cite web |last=Lily |first=Keah |date=2021-12-13 |title=Meet Jo Eaton-Kent, star of Mark Gatiss' new adaptation of A Christmas Carol |url=https://diva-magazine.com/2021/12/13/meet-jo-eaton-kent-star-of-mark-gatiss-new-adaptation-of-a-christmas-carol/# |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=Diva Magazine |language=en-GB}} The same year she played the nonbinary character Corporal Cheery Littlebottom in BBC America's Terry Pratchett adaptation, The Watch (as Jo Eaton-Kent).

In 2021 Ayton-Kent played Mrs. Mullin in Carousel at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre.{{Cite web |date=2021-08-06 |title=Carousel at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre: first look |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/carousel-at-regents-park-open-air-theatre-first-look_54648/ |access-date=2025-02-20 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Carousel |url=https://openairtheatre.com/production/carousel |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=Open Air Theatre |language=en}} The same year she played the Ghost of Christmas Past in Dickens' A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story, first at the Nottingham Playhouse, then at London's Alexandra Palace.{{Cite web |date=2022-09-22 |title=Mark Gatiss' "Christmas Carol" to be broadcast in cinemas |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/mark-gatiss-christmas-carol-cinema_57421.html/ |access-date=2025-02-19 |language=en-US}}

In 2022 she appeared in Alice Birch’s play Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again at The Other Room, Cardiff,{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=John |date=2022-05-24 |title=Traumatic humour & necessary urgency: Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. is a radical act of public mourning |url=https://www.buzzmag.co.uk/revolt-she-said-revolt-again-alice-birch-cardiff-stage-review/ |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=Buzz Magazine |language=en-GB}} and as Sam in the play The Prince, by Abigail Thorn, at the Southwark Playhouse.{{cite web |url=https://everything-theatre.co.uk/2022/09/review-the-prince-southwark-playhouse/ |title=Review: The Prince, Southwark Playhouse |first=Sara |last=West |date=2022-09-20 |website=everything-theatre.co.uk |access-date=2025-06-10 }} This same year she played four characters in the panto Treasure Island.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/falmouth-packet-panto-treat-is-ansome/174238187/ |title=Panto treat is 'ansome! |first=Kate |last=Lockett |work=Falmouth Packet |date=2022-12-14 |via=newspapers.com }} The following year, Ayton-Kent appeared as Seven in the concert production Super You at the Lyric Theatre in November 2023,{{Cite web |title=Complete Cast Announced for SuperYou West End Staged Concert |url=https://playbill.com/article/complete-cast-announced-for-superyou-west-end-staged-concert |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303015339/https://playbill.com/article/complete-cast-announced-for-superyou-west-end-staged-concert |archive-date=2024-03-03 |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=Playbill |language=en-US |url-status=live }} and in the project The Cost of Living, a mix of protest, performance and music in Swansea, Wales, created and directed by Dave Evans and Memet Ali Alabora.{{Cite web |title=NTW - The Cost of Living |url=https://wearebak.com/work/ntw-the-cost-of-living#:~:text=The%20project,%20The%20Cost%20of,the%20client%20wished%20to%20project. |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=bak |language=en-US}}

In 2024 she was the alternate Bernadette in Priscilla the Party at London's Outernet; the show was an immersive party adaption of the musical Priscilla Queen of the Desert.{{Cite web |title=Immersive Priscilla the Party! Officially Opens in London March 25 |url=https://playbill.com/article/immersive-priscilla-the-party-officially-opens-in-london-march-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910040502/https://playbill.com/article/immersive-priscilla-the-party-officially-opens-in-london-march-25 |archive-date=2024-09-10 |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=Playbill |language=en-US |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=London's Immersive Priscilla the Party! Sets Final Performance |url=https://playbill.com/article/londons-immersive-priscilla-the-party-sets-final-performance |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241010081138/https://playbill.com/article/londons-immersive-priscilla-the-party-sets-final-performance |archive-date=2024-10-10 |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=Playbill |language=en-US |url-status=live }} In February 2025 Ayton-Kent played Elena in the two-day staged concert of If/Then at the Savoy Theatre in London.{{cite web |url=https://www.londontheatre1.com/theatre-news/if-then-staged-concerts-at-savoy-theatre |title=If/Then staged concerts at Savoy Theatre |first=Joseph |last=Dunitz |website=www.londontheatre1.com |date=2025-02-19 |access-date=2025-06-10 }}