Jens Peters has worked as director and dramaturg in Germany, France and the UK. Credits include 'Footfalls, Come and Go, Not I' (Théâtre National Populaire, Villeurbanne/Lyon; AD to Yvonne McDevitt), 'The Edukators' (Stadttheater Bielefeld, AD to Jens Zimmermann), 'The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant' (Southwark Playhouse, dramaturg to Yvonne McDevitt), 'The Waves' (RADA and Drill Hall), 'This Child' (Southwark Playhouse, AD to John Retallack), What Shaz Says (Southwark Playhouse), and 'The Masculine Law' 'The Masculine Law (Co-director with Mara Lockowandt; TARA Arts and Amnesty International). Jens is a member of the Young Vic's GENESIS Young Directors Programme, as well as founding member and Dramaturg of the Silver Lining Theatre Company.

He is currently working as Assistant to the International Associate Paul Sirett at the Soho Theatre, and has been Assistant Teacher for Dramaturgy and Scene Studies at RADA. Jens holds a BA in English Literature from the University of Cambridge, and an MA in Text & Performance Studies from RADA and Kings College London. He is about to begin his PhD at the University of Exeter on 'The production and reception of New German Writing in the UK'.