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Aug 2023
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Kwame Kwei-Armah: Are audiences prepared...

Bbc World Service
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Stephen Sackur speaks to Kwame Kwei-Armah, artistic director of the Young Vic theatre in London. His work poses questions about race, identity, equality and justice. In an era of political polarisation, are audiences prepared to engage?

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