Kwame Owusu
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Kwame Owusu is a director and writer for stage and screen. He is passionate about bold stories that amplify unheard voices and explore what it means to survive and be alive in the world today.
In 2023 he directed his multi-award-winning debut play DREAMING AND DROWNING (Mustapha Matura Award, RSC 37 Plays Competition) at the Bush Theatre, receiving five-star reviews and a sell-out, extended run. Other writing work includes projects with the Orange Tree Theatre, ETT, and Bush Theatre.
Recent directing work includes: SMALL REVOLUTIONS at Talawa Theatre, ELECTRA at LAMDA, THE BACCHAE by Katherine Soper (after Euripides) at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, EARTHQUAKES in London by Mike Bartlett at Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, BLISTER, THE UNRETURNING, and OTHELLO at ArtsEd.
Recent assistant / associate directing work includes: TITUS ANDRONICUS directed by Max Webster at the RSC and Hampstead Theatre; ROMEO AND JULIE (written by Gary Owen, directed by Rachel O’Riordan) at the National Theatre and Sherman Theatre; and FANGIRLS (written by Yve Blake, directed by Paige Rattray) at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre.
He was selected to take part in Edinburgh TV Festival’s The Network, was the Resident Assistant Director at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, and was a member of the Bush Theatre’s Emerging Writers’ Group. Training includes an MFA (Distinction) in Theatre Directing at Birkbeck, University of London, where he won the Peter Cheeseman Award 2022 for outstanding development as a theatre director.