Why Munya Chawawa is 'jumping ship' from socials to Shakespeare
Comedian Munya Chawawa is stepping back from social media to focus on stage acting, specifically a role in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. He expresses a desire to move away from the constant digital surveillance of modern life, drawing inspiration from the pre-smartphone era of 1990s rave culture.
Why it matters
It highlights a growing cultural trend among public figures to reclaim privacy and reduce digital dependency in an era of constant online documentation.
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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