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.
He recently directed his multi-award-winning 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. Recent directing work includes: 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, and Othello at ArtsEd. Recent associate directing work includes: Romeo and Julie by Gary Owen at the National Theatre and Sherman Theatre, and FANGIRLS by Yve Blake at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre. Recent writing work includes: HORIZON at the Bush Theatre, and The Factory for English Touring Theatre. He is currently developing projects for film, television, and audio.
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: 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.