JONNIE BROADBENT

London Theatre Program

Jonathan is an actor, director and writer. He is an Associate Artist of Filter Theatre for whom he has collaborated for over 16 years, and is a member of Council at Shakespeare’s Globe. In 2016 Jonathan received the Clarence Derwent Award for his performance as Guy in the Donmar’s production of My Night with Reg. More recently he played Felix Humble in Humble Boy by Charlotte Jones at the Orange Tree (winning an OFFIE for Best Actor), Reg in Alan Ayckbourn’s The Norman Conquests at Chichester, and the Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz for Sheffield Theatres for which he has been nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the UK Theatre Awards 2018. Having joined the RSC in 1999, he returned to the company in 2016 to play Tattle in Congreve’s Love for Love and Robert Harley in Queen Anne by Helen Edmundson. He played Antonio in Greg Doran’s VR-inspired The Tempest, and more recently led the company of The Comedy of Errors. In 2019 Jonathan was a core member of the first resident acting ensemble at Shakespeare’s Globe, participating in their History Cycle, and taking on the roles of Henry 6th and Mistress Quickly. Stints in the West End include Ghost Stories with Andy Nyman and A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Dawn French as Bottom, as well as the critically acclaimed 25th Anniversary production of My Night with Reg.  Jonathan is developing Black Dog by Levi Pinfold with Sheffield Theatres and the RSC. He has also directed for many drama schools, including The School for Scandal at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and The Comedy of Errors for BADA.