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ARTHUR KISENYI

ARTHUR KISENYI
Theatre director, Performer, Project manager
Principal country concerned : Column : Music, Theater, Literature

Arthur Kisenyi (born 1990) is a Ugandan Theatre actor, director, producer, entreprenuer and singer. He started professional acting in 2007 with Strange News, a project by Norwegian music composer Rolf Wallin and Belgian Director Josse De Pauw about Child Soldiers in Africa.
While at Makerere University department of Performing Arts and Film, he co-founded Dynamo Theatre Company a young people's theatre specialist. Since 2010, Arthur has under Dynamo produced, directed and acted in productions for Primary and high schools. He has Directed Gogol's Marriage and The Government Inspector, Shakespeares King Lear, Francis Imbuga's Aminata among others.
He is an entreprenuer who believes the arts have a big role to play as a driver for social change and also a source of economic livelihood for many.

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Guerrilla Arts
  • HOT
  • Bayimba
  • Uganda Women Writers Association
  • Arts 256
  • 32º East
  • Amakula Festival

With the support of