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Birkbeck 200th Anniversary: Kwame Kwei-Armah OBE Lecture: The Dramaturgy of Leadership

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Venue: Birkbeck Clore Management Centre

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As part of our 200th Anniversary commemorations we are proud to welcome Kwame Kwei-Armah OBE to deliver this keynote lecture, The Dramaturgy of Leadership, exploring the role that leadership plays in catalysing people to fulfil their artistic vision and how this can serve the leadership of the nation.

The event will be followed by a drinks reception.  

The event will also be live-streamed on the Birkbeck YouTube channel at this link.

There is no need to register to watch the live-stream.

Kwame Kwei-Armah OBE
Kwame Kwei-Armah OBE is a British actor, playwright, director and broadcaster. Since 2018 he has been the Artistic Director of the Young Vic.

He was Artistic Director of Baltimore Centerstage (2011-18) and Artistic Director of the Festival of Black Arts and Culture, Senegal (2010). As a playwright, Kwame was the first African Caribbean 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), is Patron 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.

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