Jonathan Kent
Director
Film, TV & Theatre
Film, TV & Theatre
Between 1990 and 2002 Jonathan was joint Artistic Director of the Almeida Theatre, which he founded as a full-time producing theatre. His productions included Britannicus, Phèdre; (also West End/New York); Hamlet (also Broadway); Plenty (West End); King Lear; The Tempest; Platonov; Lulu (also Washington); Coriolanus / Richard II (also New York /Tokyo); Naked (also West End); The Government Inspector; Ivanov (also Moscow); Tartuffe; Gangster No 1; The Life of Galileo; Chatsky; The Showman; The School for Wives; Medea (also West End/Broadway); The Rules of the Game; All for Love; When We Dead Awaken.
Other theatre work includes Sweet Bird of Youth (Chichester Festival Theatre); Long Day’s Journey Into Night (Broadway); David Hare's Young Chekhov Trilogy: Ivanov, Platonov & The Seagull (Chichester Festival Theatre and the National Theatre); Gypsy (Chichester Festival Theatre and the West End); Good People (The Hampstead Theatre and the West End); Private Lives (Chichester Festival Theatre and the West End); Sweeney Todd (Chichester Festival Theatre and the West End); The Emperor and Galilean (National Theatre); A Month in the Country (Chichester Festival Theatre); Oedipus (National Theatre);The Country Wife, The Sea, Marguerite (Theatre Royal Haymarket Season); Faith Healer (Dublin/Broadway); As You Desire Me (West End); King Lear (Sheffield Crucible); Hecuba (Donmar); Hamlet (Japan); Man of La Mancha (Broadway); Le Cid, Mother Courage and Her Children (National Theatre); The False Servant (National Theatre).
Opera work includes Manon Lescaut (The Royal Opera House); Hippolyte et Aricie (Glyndebourne); The Flying Dutchman (ENO/Royal Danish Opera), The Fairy Queen (Glyndebourne/Paris/New York); Don Giovanni (Glyndebourne); Die Frau ohne Schatten (Mariinsky St Petersburg); The Letter (Santa Fe); The Marriage of Figaro (Santa Fe); Elektra (Mariinsky St Petersburg); The Turn of the Screw (Glyndebourne); The Tempest (Santa Fe); Tosca (Royal Opera House); A Child of Our Time (ENO); Lucio Silla and Kát'a Kabanová (Santa Fe).
Television
Production | Company | Notes |
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2020 | BBC | By Alan Bennett |
Theatre
Production | Company | Notes |
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2019 | A co-production with National Theatre and Edinburgh International Festival | by David Hare |
2018 | Wyndham's Theatre | Simon Friend Entertainment |
2017 | Hampstead Theatre | |
SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH 2017 | Chichester Festival Theatre | |
LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT 2016 | American Airlines Theatre, New York | |
WILD HONEY 2016 - 2017 | Hampstead Theatre | Directed by Howard Davies |
YOUNG CHEKHOV 2016 | National Theatre | David Hare's translation of Ivanov, Platonov & The Seagull |
GYPSY 2015 | Chichester Festival Theatre and the West End | |
YOUNG CHEKHOV 2015 | Chichester Festival Theatre | David Hare's translation of Ivanov, Platonov & The Seagull |
GOOD PEOPLE 2014 | Hampstead Theatre | |
PRIVATE LIVES 2012 | Chichester Festival Theatre and the West End | |
SWEENEY TODD 2012 | Chichester Festival Theatre and the West End | |
THE EMPEROR AND GALILEAN 2011 | National Theatre | |
A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY 2010 | Chichester Festival Theatre | |
MARGUERITE 2008 | Theatre Royal Haymarket | |
OEDIPUS 2007 | National Theatre | |
THE SEA 2007 | Theatre Royal Haymarket | |
THE COUNTRY WIFE 2007 | Theatre Royal, Haymarket | |
FAITH HEALER 2006 | The Gate Theatre, Dublin, and Broadway | |
AS YOU DESIRE ME 2005 | Playhouse Theatre | |
KING LEAR 2005 | Sheffield Crucible | |
HECUBA 2004 | Donmar Warehouse | |
HAMLET 2003 | Japan | |
MAN OF LA MANCHA 2002 | Broadway | |
KING LEAR 2002 | Almeida Theatre | |
THE TEMPEST 2001 | Almeida Theatre | |
PLATONOV 2001 | Almeida Theatre | |
LULU 2001 | Almeida Theatre | |
CORIOLANUS 2000 | Gainsborough Studios, New York, and Toyko | |
RICHARD II 2000 | Gainsborough Studios, New York, and Toyko | |
NAKED 1999 | Playhouse Theatre | |
NAKED 1998 | Almeida Theatre | |
BRITANNICUS 1998 | Almeida Theatre and West End | |
PHEDRE 1998 | Almeida Theatre and West End | |
PLENTY 1998 | Almeida Theatre and West End | |
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR 1997 | Almeida Theatre | |
IVANOV 1997 | Almeida Theatre | |
TARTUFFE 1996 | Almeida Theatre | |
HAMLET 1995 | Almeida Theatre and Broadway | |
GANGSTER NO. 1 1995 | Almeida Theatre | |
MOTHER COURAGE AND ALL HER CHILDREN 1995 | National Theatre | |
THE LIFE OF GALILEO 1994 | Almeida Theatre | |
LE CID 1994 | National Theatre | |
CHATSKY 1993 | Almeida Theatre | |
THE SHOWMAN 1993 | Almeida Theatre | |
SCHOOL FOR WIVES 1993 | Almeida Theatre | |
MEDEA 1992 | Almeida Theatre, West End and Broadway | |
THE RULES OF THE GAME 1992 | Almeida Theatre | |
ALL FOR LOVE 1992 | Almeida Theatre | |
WHEN WE DEAD AWAKEN 1990 | Almeida Theatre |
Opera
Production | Company | Notes |
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MANON LESCAUT 2014 | Royal Opera House | |
HIPPOLYTE ET ARICIE 2013 | Glyndebourne | |
THE FLYING DUTCHMAN 2012 | ENO/Royal Danish Opera | |
THE TURN OF THE SCREW 2011 | Los Angeles Opera | |
ELEKTRA 2011 | Nice Opera | |
DON GIOVANNI 2011 | Glyndebourne | |
THE TURN OF THE SCREW 2011 | Glyndebourne | |
THE FAIRY QUEEN 2010 | Glyndebourne, Paris, New York | |
DON GIOVANNI 2010 | Glyndebourne | |
DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN 2009 | Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg | |
THE LETTER . 2009 | Santa Fe | |
THE FAIRY QUEEN 2009 | Glyndebourne | |
MARRIAGE OF FIGARO 2008 | Santa Fe | |
ELEKTRA 2007 | Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg | |
THE TURN OF THE SCREW 2007 | Glyndebourne | |
TOSCA 2006 | Royal Opera House | |
Tom Ades's THE TEMPEST 2006 | Santa Fe | |
CHILD OF OUR TIME 2005 | ENO | |
LUCIO SILLA 2005 | Santa Fe | |
KATYA KABANOVA 2003 | Santa Fe |