Kwame Kwei-Armah

Apr 16, 2024 | youngvic.org | Elvis Costello |Sarah Ruhl |Kwame Kwei-Armah |Budd Schulberg

Performances Mon-Sat, 7.30pmWed & Sat matinees, 2.30pmPreviews: Tue 10 - Mon 16 Sep Venue Main House You gotta keep him here, Miss Jeffries. He’s the goose who laid the golden egg. When local radio producer Marcia Jeffries interviews drunk drifter “Lonesome Rhodes” in his jail cell, she immediately sees his potential and gives him a slot on her show.

Apr 12, 2024 | imdb.com | David Kushner |Kwame Kwei-Armah |Spike Lee

Musical about the origin of Viagra, Pfizer's erectile dysfunction drug.Musical about the origin of Viagra, Pfizer's erectile dysfunction drug.Musical about the origin of Viagra, Pfizer's erectile dysfunction drug.

Oct 28, 2023 | newsbreak.com | Kwame Kwei-Armah

Beryl Gilroy by Bernardine Evaristo Beryl Gilroy, born in 1924, is the unsung heroine of the Windrush generation of writers. She arrived in Britain from Guyana in 1951 and worked as a schoolteacher in London for many years, eventually becoming a headteacher. Her wonderful, groundbreaking memoir, Black Teacher (1976), is an account of her early years as a teacher in the 1950s and the racism she encountered and overcame, always with great humour and dignity in the face of extreme ignorance.

Jul 5, 2023 | msn.com | Kwame Kwei-Armah

As we get ready to open Beneatha’s Place at the Young Vic theatre in London, it has been beautiful to dance again with the genius that is Lorraine Hansberry. She was an Afrofuturist whose plays spoke to what was happening at the time and things that were yet to happen in Africa. When we think about Black politics, we don’t often think about the 1950s and how radical it was.

Jun 27, 2023 | youngvic.org | Kwame Kwei-Armah

"A riveting production...Cherrelle Skeete is outstanding"★★★★★Morning Star“A remarkable play...flawlessly executed”★★★★★The Upcoming“Superbly acted, highly charged - and very funny”★★★★Evening Standard“Bold, witty, and at times, explosive”★★★★The RenditionA razor-sharp satire from Young Vic Artistic Director Kwame Kwei-Armah about power, politics and race. 1959.