Conversations, dispatches and ideas from the Bush Theatre.
Kwame Owusu is a writer and director based in London. He is passionate about bold stories that amplify unheard voices and explore what it means to survive and be alive in the world today. His first play, Resist, is about political radicalism, and his second, Dreaming and Drowning, is about a young man navigating racism and searching for belonging. Kwame recently finished the Bush Theatre’s Emerging Writers’ Group 2020/2021. He is also the Resident Assistant Director at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith and a Young Associate at the Gate Theatre.
Directing credits include: Pomona (Edinburgh Festival Fringe); The Wolf From The Door (John Thaw Studio Theatre); Whiskey Wednesdays (Kickitdown Productions).
As Resident Assistant Director at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, he has worked on Sian Carter’s Running With Lions, directed by Michael Buffong, on Mike Bartlett’s Scandaltown, directed by Rachel O’Riordan, on Timberlake Wertenbaker’s adaptation of Jean Racine’s Britannicus, directed by Atri Banerjee, and Patrick Marber’s Closer, directed by Clare Lizzimore. Other associate/assistant directing credits include: Bee (Old Vic); The Big Knife (ArtsEd); Utopolis (Manchester International Festival).
Training includes: MFA in Theatre Directing at Birkbeck, University of London (2020 – 2022), BA (1st Class Hons) Drama and English Literature at University of Manchester (2017 – 2020).
