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Aspects of LoveAspects of Love
 
[West End, 2023]
Director
The Height of the StormThe Height of the Storm
 
[Broadway, 2019]
Director
Peter GyntPeter Gynt
 
[West End, 2019]
Director
A German LifeA German Life
 
[West End, 2019]
Director
The Height of the StormThe Height of the Storm
 
[London, 2018]
Director
Wild HoneyWild Honey
 
[West End, 2016]
Director
Long Day's Journey Into NightLong Day's Journey Into Night
 
[Broadway, 2016]
Director
Good PeopleGood People
 
[West End, 2014]
Director
Private LivesPrivate Lives
 
[West End, 2013]
Director
Sweeney ToddSweeney Todd
 
[West End, 2012]
Director
Faith HealerFaith Healer
 
[Broadway, 2006]
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Man of La ManchaMan of La Mancha
 
[Broadway, 2002]
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Hamlet
 
[Broadway, 1995]
Director
Medea
 
[Broadway, 1994]
Director
The Height of the StormThe Height of the Storm
 
[West End, 0]
Director

Writing

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Awards and Nominations

Olivier Awards - 2016 - Best Director

Jonathan KentGypsy

Tony Awards - 2016 - Best Direction of a Play

Jonathan Kent, Long Day's Journey Into Night


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 2001 - Outstanding Director - Play

Jonathan Kent, Richard II


winner
Evening Standard Awards - 1998 - Theatrical Achievement

Jonathan Kent

Drama Desk Awards - 1994 - Outstanding Director - Play

Jonathan Kent , Medea

Olivier Awards - 1991 - Performance of the Year by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Jonathan KentThe Rehearsal

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TV: Hablamos con Amanda Digón, Pepe Nufrio y el equipo de EL ALMA AL AIRE en su pres Photo
TV: Hablamos con Amanda Digón, Pepe Nufrio y el equipo de EL ALMA AL AIRE en su presentación oficial
by Adela González Pérez - Mar 30, 2026

El primer musical original de Stage Entertainment en España basado en el legado musical de Alejandro Sanz llegará al Teatro Coliseum el 1 de octubre.
PHOTOS: EL ALMA AL AIRE se presenta oficialmente en Madrid con Amanda Digón y Pepe N Photo
PHOTOS: EL ALMA AL AIRE se presenta oficialmente en Madrid con Amanda Digón y Pepe Nufrio
by Adela González Pérez - Mar 25, 2026

Madrid se ha vestido de gala este mediodía para dar la bienvenida oficial a EL ALMA AL AIRE, el proyecto más ambicioso de Stage Entertainment España.
Cast And Creative Team Set For EL ALMA AL AIRE World Premiere In Madrid Photo
Cast And Creative Team Set For EL ALMA AL AIRE World Premiere In Madrid
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 25, 2026

El Alma Al Aire, a new musical featuring the songs of Alejandro Sanz, will premiere in Madrid. The Stage Entertainment production will open at the Ocaso Coliseum. The show features a new story set in a fishing village.
TV: No te pierdas los números de la presentación de EL ALMA AL AIRE Photo
TV: No te pierdas los números de la presentación de EL ALMA AL AIRE
by Juan-Jose Gonzalez - Mar 25, 2026

Amanda Digón y Pepe Nufrio lideran la nueva producción original de Stage Entertainment España, que llegará a la Gran Vía el 1 de octubre.
Tom Stoppard's INDIAN INK Adds Additional Week at Hampstead Theatre Photo
Tom Stoppard's INDIAN INK Adds Additional Week at Hampstead Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Jan 5, 2026

Due to demand, Tom Stoppard’s Indian Ink will play an additional week at Hampstead Theatre concluding its run on Saturday 7 February, 2026. Learn more here!
Review: INDIAN INK, Hampstead Theatre Photo
Review: INDIAN INK, Hampstead Theatre
by Clementine Scott - Dec 17, 2025

Indian Ink is not among Tom Stoppard’s greatest plays. The tale of a literary darling moving to 1930s India is awkwardly structured and hamfisted in its messages about Indian identity. Yet this revival breathes new life into the lesser-known work.
Full Cast Set For Tom Stoppard's INDIAN INK at Hampstead Theatre Photo
Full Cast Set For Tom Stoppard's INDIAN INK at Hampstead Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Oct 23, 2025

Hampstead Theatre has announced the full cast for its upcoming production of Tom Stoppard's Indian Ink. Directed by Jonathan Kent the show will run at Hampstead Theatre this December.
Review: TOSCA, Starring Anna Netrebko, Royal Ballet and Opera Photo
Review: TOSCA, Starring Anna Netrebko, Royal Ballet and Opera
by Gary Naylor - Sep 12, 2025

If you come to opera via film musicals and, later, stage shows, Tosca is amongst the most accessible. The story of the lovers and the evil apparatchik is told at a furious pace, trauma after trauma piling up as the emotional heft becomes all but unbearable. There’s no standing about for twenty minutes while someone sings stage left, no mythical dwarves hiding gold, no magical toymaker. Nor, as early critics were quick to point out, is there a whole lot of poetry either in Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa adaptation of Victorien Sardou’s sensational play. However, there are compensations…
Felicity Kendal, Tracy-Ann Oberman and More Featured in Hampstead Theatre Autumn 2025 Photo
Felicity Kendal, Tracy-Ann Oberman and More Featured in Hampstead Theatre Autumn 2025 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 30, 2025

Hampstead Theatre has unveiled its Autumn 2025 season featuring a mix of premieres and a celebrated revival. See the full season here and learn how to purchase tickets!
Review: HOUSE OF GAMES, Hampstead Theatre Photo
Review: HOUSE OF GAMES, Hampstead Theatre
by Gary Naylor - May 13, 2025

Beautifully performed, but somewhat vanilla, Richard Bean's adaptation lacks a necessary bite
Full Cast Set For David Mamet's HOUSE OF GAMES at Hampstead Theatre Photo
Full Cast Set For David Mamet's HOUSE OF GAMES at Hampstead Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Mar 24, 2025

Hampstead Theatre has announced the full cast for House of Games, a new production of Richard Bean's gripping adaptation of David Mamet's noir thriller.
LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT Film Sets World Premiere in Dublin Photo
LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT Film Sets World Premiere in Dublin
by Josh Sharpe - Feb 4, 2025

The new film adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Long Day's Journey Into Night, will see its world premiere as part of the Dublin International Film Festival on February 27.
HOUSE OF GAMES and More Set For Hampstead Theatre's Spring 2025 Season Photo
HOUSE OF GAMES and More Set For Hampstead Theatre's Spring 2025 Season
by Stephi Wild - Feb 3, 2025

Hampstead Theatre has announced details of its Spring 2025 season. The new programme, which runs from March to June, includes two world premieres and more.
Photos: PERFECT CRIME's John Schneider Receives Sardi's Caricature Photo
Photos: PERFECT CRIME's John Schneider Receives Sardi's Caricature
by Bruce Glikas - Jan 16, 2025

John Schneider, who is currently starring in Perfect Crime Off-Broadway, recently received his caricature at the iconic Sardi's. BroadwayWorld was there for the unveiling of the portrait. Check out photos here!
Wilbury Theatre Group Kicks Off 2025 With THE FATHER Photo
Wilbury Theatre Group Kicks Off 2025 With THE FATHER
by Stephi Wild - Jan 3, 2025

Wilbury Theatre Group has announced the cast and creative team for the professional Rhode Island premiere of The Father: A Tragic Farce by Florian Zeller, translated by Christopher Hampton.
A History of GYPSY's Mama Rose and the Women Who Have Played Her Photo
A History of GYPSY's Mama Rose and the Women Who Have Played Her
by Stephi Wild - Dec 29, 2024

Gypsy is back on Broadway, starring Audra McDonald in the iconic role of Mama Rose. BroadwayWorld is looking back on some of the performers who have taken on the musical's lead role, from Ethel Merman to Patti LuPone, Bernadette Peters, and more.
The T.S. Eliot Lecture 2024 Will Feature Ralph Fiennes Photo
The T.S. Eliot Lecture 2024 Will Feature Ralph Fiennes
by Stephi Wild - Sep 26, 2024

The ninth annual T.S. Eliot Lecture on December 15th at 6pm will feature Ralph Fiennes reading and then discussing his relationship with T.S. Eliot’s poem Four Quartets, marking the 80th anniversary of its first publication as a single volume in 1944. 
Eun Sun Kim Makes Her Royal Opera Debut Conducting TOSCA Photo
Eun Sun Kim Makes Her Royal Opera Debut Conducting TOSCA
by Stephi Wild - Sep 18, 2024

South Korean conductor Eun Sun Kim will make her Royal Opera House debut on the Main Stage this November conducting Puccini's Tosca - her first major operatic conducting appearance in the UK
Review: TOSCA, Royal Opera House Photo
Review: TOSCA, Royal Opera House
by Franco Milazzo - Jul 2, 2024

Fronted by some fresh faces, Jonathan Kent’s cinematic take on the Puccini masterwork Tosca returns for its seventeenth run at Covent Garden. 
TOSCA Comes to the Royal Opera House This July Photo
TOSCA Comes to the Royal Opera House This July
by Stephi Wild - Jun 6, 2024

This July, The Royal Opera will present Jonathan Kent’s classic production of Puccini’s Tosca. The composers most dramatically charged work; this timeless staging receives its 15th revival since its premiere in 2006 with two leading international casts. 
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What awards has Jonathan Kent been nominated for?

Best Director (Olivier Awards) for Gypsy, Best Direction of a Play (Tony Awards) for Long Day's Journey Into Night, Outstanding Director - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Richard II, Theatrical Achievement (Evening Standard Awards), Outstanding Director - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Medea and Performance of the Year by an Actor in a Supporting Role (Olivier Awards) for The Rehearsal.

What awards has Jonathan Kent won?

Outstanding Director - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Richard II and Theatrical Achievement (Evening Standard Awards).

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