Joni Ayton-Kent

Ayton-Kent studied acting and music at Rose Bruford College, graduating in 2018.^[1]

Ayton-Kent made her London debut in 2019 in the ensemble of Sweet Charity at the Donmar Warehouse.^[2] She played the non-binary role of Bradley in the British TV series Don’t Forget The Driver (2019).^[3] The same year she played the nonbinary character Corporal Cheery Littlebottom in BBC America's Terry Pratchett adaptation, The Watch (as Jo Eaton-Kent).^[3]

In 2021 Ayton-Kent played Mrs. Mullin in Carousel at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre.^[4][5] 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.^[6]

In 2022 she appeared in Alice Birch’s play Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again at The Other Room, Cardiff,^[7] and as Sam in the play The Prince, by Abigail Thorn, at the Southwark Playhouse.^[8] This same year she played four characters in the panto Treasure Island.^[9] The following year, Ayton-Kent appeared as Seven in the concert production Super You at the Lyric Theatre in November 2023,^[10] 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.^[11]

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.^[12][13] In February 2025 Ayton-Kent played Elena in the two-day staged concert of If/Then at the Savoy Theatre in London.^[14]