KWAME KWEI-ARMAH is Artistic Director of the Young Vic theatre. He was Artistic Director of Baltimore Centerstage (2011-18) and Artistic Director of the Festival of BlackArts and Culture, Senegal(2010), where he wrote and directed the opening ceremony at Senghor stadium. As a playwright, Kwame was the first AfricanCaribbean 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), isPatron 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 Great Black Britons.
