‘We must give black talent the stage’ says Young Vic's Kwame Kwei Armah
about 5 years in The guardian
Playwright and director says BLM and the lockdown have prompted him to stage a financially risky season of black work
British culture has been guilty of “hoodwinking” black people into thinking they are “invaders”, the artistic director of London’s Young Vic theatre, Kwame Kwei-Armah, has told the Observer. In his strongest comments yet on race, the British actor, playwright and director said the Black Lives Matter protests had prompted him to speak out.
“This is no longer the time for shadow-boxing on these issues,” said Kwei-Armah, urging his contemporaries to stop being so diplomatic in their demands for more diversity. Continue reading...
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