John trained with Chickenshed Theatre (London) and Arts Lab (Zimbabwe).

His theatre credits include The Jungle (Young Vic/Sonia Friedman productions/Playhouse Theatre & Good Chance Theatre/St Ann’s Warehouse NYC & San Francisco Curran Theatre); No One Is An Island (Tangle International); Bent (National Theatre); Twelfth Night (Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre); Peter Pan (National Theatre/Bristol Old Vic/Troubador); Workshop Negative (Tangle International); I Am Thomas (National Theatre of Scotland/Told By an Idiot); Beasty Baby (Theatre-Rites/Polka Theatre); Now You See Me (Immediate Theatre); NGUVA (Simba Dans Ensemble, Norway); Water Bread and Salt, Dream Nation (Tangle International Company); The Maids, Oedipus (Developing Artists UK/ Zimbabwe tour); Riots, Globaleyes (Chickenshed); Also by Mail (The Hat Factory); Can’t Talk About This (Tumbuka Dance Company, Zimbabwe); Shift (Dance Trust Zimbabwe); Diary of a Madman (Spear Theatre, Zimbabwe), Much Ado About Nothing (Reps Theatre, Zimbabwe); GPA, Loupe (Imidlalo Productions/tour); The Coup, Waiting for Constitution and Wedding Night (Theatre in the Park/tour).

He is also composer and musical director for Tangle’sVolpone touring this year.

In 2019, he was awarded Broadway World’s Regional Award for ‘Best Featured Actor in a Play’ in The Jungle.

His film work includes Playing Warriors.