Kwame Kwei-Armah
| Born | March 24, 1967 |
| Hometown | Hillingdon, England |
| Height | 6'2" (1.88m) |
| Parents | Eric Roberts |
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Kwame Kwei-Armah: arts education cuts pose danger to diversity in theatre
- Outgoing artistic director of Young Vic calls for urgent government action to redress arts funding in schools
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Theatre needs risk-takers like Kwame Kwei-Armah whose Young Vic has been dynamite
The first African Caribbean figure to lead a major British theatre has announced his departure but his bold approach must remain
- EntertainmentEvening Standard
Young Vic's Kwame Kwei-Armah stands down and warns of 'painful reality' for UK theatre
The actor and director warned of dark times to come for London theatre unless the Government takes action
- EntertainmentThe Guardian
Kwame Kwei-Armah steps down from Young Vic and calls for ‘government intervention’ for theatres
Artistic director will leave in the autumn after six years in the post, and says without further investment the stage sector’s ‘pipeline of talent’ could be lost
- EntertainmentEvening Standard
OPINION - Crazy for You, Cherrelle Skeete and A Strange Loop: The Evening Standard Theatre Podcast
A love letter to old school American showbiz - we review Crazy for You, which is now on at the Gillian Lynne Theatre. This feet-tapping musical features the songs of George and Ira Gershwin, and it’s directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman. Cherrelle Skeete, star of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and the Amazon original, Hanna, joins Nick Curtis to talk about her role in Beneatha’s Place, which is written and directed by Kwame Kwei-Armah.
- EntertainmentThe Telegraph
The Young Vic needs a hit – but this hot-button play isn’t it
You don’t necessarily need to have seen or know masses about A Raisin in the Sun and Clybourne Park to make sense of Beneatha’s Place, penned by actor turned writer (and Young Vic artistic director) Kwame Kwei-Armah and first seen in Baltimore in 2013. Given that it’s a quasi-addendum to those two major works, though, a little context helps.
- EntertainmentBANG Showbiz
ITV 1 commissions new drama based on Justin Fashanu
ITV1 has commissioned a new drama based on the lives of John and Justin Fashanu.
- EntertainmentPA Media: UK News
Life of footballers Justin and John Fashanu being adapted into ITV drama
Fash will chart their lives from childhoods spent in Barnardo’s care homes to becoming household names.
- EntertainmentEvening Standard
Fash: ITV announces new heartbreaking drama about footballer Justin Fashanu
BAFTA-nominated writer Kwame Kwei-Armah tackles the unhappy tale of two brothers
- EntertainmentThe Guardian
Warhol and Basquiat to be reborn on screen in movie of hit Young Vic play
Paul Bettany and Jeremy Pope star in The Collaboration, which shows the artists in 1980s New York
- NewsThe Independent
UK’s first national Black civil rights organisation launched by cross-section of influential figures
A national and independent civil rights group, founded by some of the most influential Black people in the country, has been set up to advance justice for Britain’s Black communities.
