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Kwame Asiedu

Director

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Kwame Asiedu

Actor, film/theatre director & project management consultant.

Kwame is inspired by untold narratives that encourage a historical examination of the world and our place in it.

As a director he collaborates with artists on projects that have the intention of using story to empower disempowered groups and engage audiences through challenging ideas on power, race and identity.

Trained at Identity School of Drama, Actors Temple Anthony Meindl’s Actors Workshop, he is also a dramaturg and a script reader for Talawa, Royal Court and the Bruntwood Prize.

Credits

DIRECTOR, Tales From The Frontline, Recovery Worker, Talawa Theatre, 2020

DIRECTOR, Chicken Burger 'N' Chips, Brockley Jack Theatre, 2020

DIRECTOR, Even With A Turkey, Cockpit Theatre, 2018

DIRECTOR, Glutathione, Replay, 2018

DIRECTOR, Invisible Light, Tristan Bates, 2018

DIRECTOR, Stains, Hammersmith Lyric,

Ass. D, Play In A Week with Stuart Barter, Unicorn Theatre, 2019

Ass. D, Play In A Week with Rachel Bagshaw,

Ass. D, The Marbellous Route Home, Young Vic, 2018

Assoc.D, Wood, Vaults Theatre

Training

2018 - 2020 Dramaturg & Script Reader for Royal Court
2019 - 2020 Script Reader for Bruntwood Prize
2018 - Script Reader for Talawa
2017 - Playwriting for Directors
2017 - Intro to Directors

Location

London

Experience

2-5 years

What I do

  • Devising
  • Dramaturgy
  • Music - Can learn by ear
  • Music - Can Read
  • Music - Plays Instruments
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • Verbatim theatre
  • Working with learning disabled adults / children
  • Working with young people
  • Working with young people with special educational needs
  • Writing

Additional Languages

Twi

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