Jonathan’s work in both theatre and opera has been acclaimed by audiences and critics alike in the UK and abroad. He has been nominated for and won several awards including the Olivier Award for Best Revival (KING LEAR), the US Helen Hayes Award for ‘Most Outstanding Director’ (THE DOG IN THE MANGER), the UK Theatre Award for Best Musical Production (COMPANY) and a Best Touring Production (TWELFTH NIGHT), and he also received the Spanish Gold Medal for Excellence in the Arts. He has worked with many leading companies in the UK including: The Donmar Warehouse, Young Vic, Royal Shakespeare Company and Shakespeare’s Globe. His work has spanned many different genres, across a range of disciplines, in a number of languages and with many of the country’s leading writers and practitioners.

His recent work includes the critically acclaimed production of KING LEAR, starring Sir Ian McKellen (the fastest selling West End show after HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD), FROZEN, starring Suranne Jones, Jason Watkins and Nina Sosanya at the Theatre Royal Haymarket and THE COUNTRY WIFE, a radical retelling of the Wycherly classic, starring Susannah Fielding at the Chichester Festival Theatre.

Jonathan also worked on the first major revival of the iconic South African jazz musical, KING KONG: LEGEND OF A BOXER, which has been nominated for and won, many of the major South African Theatre Awards, including Best Director and Best Production.