King Lear

Trained at LAMDA as an actor, John has worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, Shared Experience, Theatre de Complicité, David Glass Ensemble, the Almeida Theatre, the Gate Theatre, and the Young Vic, as well as in the West End and in television and film.

As a director he has worked for the Royal Opera, Queens Theatre, Hornchurch, the Royal Court and the Bridewell, among others and has led workshops in Paris, Hong Kong, at Epidauros, RADA and for the National Youth Theatre. He has also directed final shows at RADA, LAMDA, Boston University, Mountview Academy and East 15. 

John also has an ongoing directing relationship with Welsh National Opera.

William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's preeminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His surviving works, including some collaborations, consist of 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.

Contains depictions of graphic violence including physical and verbal abuse. Contains themes of madness, suicide, and death. Use of haze, smoke and fire on-stage.