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Episode: 98. Mandela the Musical: With Kwame Kwei-Armah
Description: This is our last podcast of the year so we’re going out on a high by talking to Kwame Kwei-Armah, Artistic Director at The Young Vic, about staging the world premiere of ‘Mandela the Musical’, set to become the most talked about show of the next few weeks. Mandela is played by Michael Luwoye, who played both the title role and Aaron Burr in Hamilton. Winnie Mandela is played by Scottish actor Danielle Fiamanya who played Elsa in ‘Frozen’.
The musical has been staged with the full cooperation of Mandela’s family so listen to Kwame tell the story...