Why Munya Chawawa is 'jumping ship' from social media to Shakespeare
Comedian Munya Chawawa is stepping back from social media to pursue a stage acting career in a modern adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. He cites a desire to escape the 'digital world' and the constant pressure of being recorded.
Why it matters
This reflects a growing cultural trend of 'digital detoxing' among public figures who feel the negative impact of constant social media surveillance.
Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Munya Chawawa says he is on "a conscious mission" to use his phone less
Comedian, content creator and documentary maker Munya Chawawa became a star in the "golden era" of online video, but says his stage acting debut in Shakespeare is part of a move to "jump ship" from social media.
Recently, he has been immersing himself in footage of the UK's 1990s illegal rave scene.
It was a time of hedonism and freedom surrounded by political and media panic - and is the setting for a modern take on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, in which Chawawa will appear.
"I've obviously done a super-deep dive into rave culture and watched loads of rave footage from all these little free parties where they would find an empty field," he says.
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