Kwame Kwei Armah: Wiki, Bio, Age, Wife, Career, Son, Family, Net Worth,

Kwame Kwei-Armah: Wiki, Bio, Age, Wife, Career, Son, Email, Instagram, Family, Net Worth, Car, Profession, Partner, Song, Religion, Ethnicity: From being a British playwright, actor-director, broadcaster, and a complete family man, Kwei-Armah has had a diverse career as an actor on stage and television. His major achievement includes being an Artistic Director of the Young Vic. On this platform, he directed Twelfth Night and Tree.

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Early Life of Kwame Kwei Armah

He was born in Hillingdon, as Ian Roberts on 24 March 1967 London. His parents are from Grenada and grew up in Southall. Kwame observed the fraught relationships between the white, Afro-Caribbean, and Asian communities living in Southhall. He witnessed the 1979 Southall riots and deeply felt the prevalent circumstances. Kwame Kwei Armah traced his Ghanaian origins through the slave trade back to his hereditary African roots in Ghana. As a result of which he changed his name from Ian Roberts at the age of 19. To be more specific he is a descendant of Coromantis.

Kwame started his first primary school as a five-year-old, from a private stage school, the Barbara Speake Stage School in London. Not much is known about Kwame Education Background & Childhood. Kwame Kwei- Amrah has been married twice previously however, not much is known about his current wife. He has a child from his second wife, Michelle, named Iyare, and also had three children from his previous marriage. Presently Kwame lives in London with his children and wife. Despite having a grappled childhood Kwame Kwei-Armah grew up to be a talented actor.

 

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 Career and Achievement of Kwame 

Kwame Kwei Armah is particularly known for playing paramedic Finlay Newton in the BBC medical drama casualty from 1999 until 2004. In 2005 he attracted the limelight by becoming the second Black Britton to have a play staged in the West End of London. From 2011 -2018 he was formerly the Artistic Director of Baltimore Center Stage where he directed: Jazz, Marley, One Night in Miami, Amadeus, Dance of the Holy Ghosts, The Mountaintop; An Enemy of the People, The Whipping Man, and Things of Dry Hours. His Other work as a director includes Tree (Manchester International Festival), Twelfth Night, Comedy of Errors, Much Ado About Nothing, Detroit’67 (Public Theatre, New York), The Liquid Plain (Signature Theatre, New York and Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Porgy and Bess (Baltimore Symphony Orchestra) the Olivier Nominated One night in Miami for Best New Play 2016 (Donmar Warehouse) and One Love (Birmingham Repertory Theatre). 

Kwame Kwei Armah was the Artistic Director for Festival of Black arts and Culture, Senegal, in 2010. He directed the opening ceremony at Senghor National stadium. In 2012, 2013, and 2014 Kwame was named Best Director in City Paper’s Best of Baltimore Awards and 2015. Kwame Kwei Armah was also nominated for the prestigious Stage Directors and Choreographers Zelda Fichandler Award for Best Regional Artistic Director. In 2016 he claimed the Urban Visionary Award alongside House Representative Elijah Cummings by the Center for Urban Families for his work in the Baltimore community. In 2019 he was the Chair of the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting. Kwame is a patron of Ballet Black and a visiting fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University. The success list of Kwame Kwei Armah is quite long and he turns out to be an inspiration for many.

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 Personal Life of Kwei Armah

 Body measurements, Height, and Weight are not publicized by him yet.  Kwame Kwei Armah was circumscribed by controversy when On 2 July 2019, The Guardian published a story describing how Tori Martin and Sarah claimed they had been removed from the production of Tree.

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Kwame Kwei Armah, Bio, Height, Weight, Profile, Net Worth

Real Name Ian Roberts
Nickname Kwame
Gender Male
Profession British playwright, actor-director, broadcaster,
Height (approx.)

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Weight (approx.) not known
Figure Measurements (approx.) not known
Eye Colour Black
Hair Colour Black
Date of Birth March 1967
Age (as in 2018) 53 Years
Birth Place Hillingdon
Zodiac sign/Sun sign Aries
Nationality Grenada
Hometown Hillingdon
School Barbara Speake Stage School in London.
college/university Not known
Educational Qualification not known
Religion  Christianity
Ethnicity Black
Caste Not Known
Address Not Known
Hobbies/Interests Not Known
Marital Status Married
Affairs/Boyfriends/Girlfriends Not Known
Sexuality Straight
Parents

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Siblings

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Husband/Wife/Spouse N/A
Children N/A
Net Worth

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Some lesser-known facts about  Kwame Kwei Armah

    • Kwei-Armah’s age is 53  years. as of 2021
    • Kwei-Armah’s real name is Ian Roberts which he changed at the age of 19.
    • Zodiac sign: Aries.
    • He is married thrice and has four children.
    • Kwame Kwei-Armah was chancellor of the University of Arts from 2011 to 2015.
    • His sons’ stage name is KZ

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