Kwame kwei-armah artistic director meaning

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Kwame Kwei-Armah OBE became Artistic Director of the Young Vic theatre in 2018.

He was Artistic Director of Baltimore Centerstage (2011-18) and Artistic Director of the Festival of Black Arts and Culture, Senegal (2010), where he wrote and directed the opening ceremony at Senghor stadium.  As a playwright, Kwame was the first African Caribbean to have a play produced in London’s West End (Elmina’s Kitchen).

His triptych of plays was produced at the National Theatre, where he later created the online resource The Black Play Archive.

Kwame was Chancellor of the University of the Arts, London (2010-2015), is Patron of Ballet Black, The Black Cultural Archives, and Chair of Warwick Arts Centre Advisory Board.  Kwame was awarded an OBE for Services to Drama in 2011, and in 2020 listed as one of 100 Gre