Jonathan Kent (born 1946, South Africa) is an English theatre director and opera director. He is best known as a director/producer partner of Ian McDiarmid at the Almeida Theatre fron 1990 to 2002.
After an upbringing in South Africa, educated at the Diocesan College, he came to London in the 1970s and trained as an actor at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Working under Giles Havergal and Phillip Prowse at the Glasgow Citizens Theatre, he...
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Jonathan Kent (born 1946, South Africa) is an English theatre director and opera director. He is best known as a director/producer partner of Ian McDiarmid at the Almeida Theatre fron 1990 to 2002.
After an upbringing in South Africa, educated at the Diocesan College, he came to London in the 1970s and trained as an actor at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Working under Giles Havergal and Phillip Prowse at the Glasgow Citizens Theatre, he found that "acting taught him just how difficult it is to act....acting is a valiant pursuit" .
By 1990 Kent had formed an association with the Scottish actor Ian McDiarmid, and between 1990 and 2002 as joint artistic directors, they turned the Almeida into a major producing theatre. The success of this venture - presenting a wide range of international plays - led to productions transferring to the West End (14 between 1990 and 2002 under Kent's tenure) and also to Broadway.
In 1995/6, he directed Mother Courage and Her Children, at the...
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