Ep 498- Kwaku Fortune Talks "The Black Wolfe Tone" Now At Irish Rep!

The Black Wolfe Tone is a thrilling new play about identity, raging against the machine, and how young men deal or don’t deal with the darkness. A fast-paced journey that interrogates our culture of silence, the mind, and growing up mixed race in Ireland. At its heart, it’s about a young boy seeking forgiveness: the inner child wanting only to be acknowledged, loved, and held. May 1 — June 1, 2025 Kwaku Fortune is an Actor and Playwright. As a writer, he recently completed theThe Baptiste Programme with Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin and has had a reading of his first play: It’s Cool In The Shade in the Dublin Theatre Festival. The Black Wolftone, Kwaku’s second play, was performed in New York, LA, and San Francisco as part of the Transatlantic Commision with Irish Repertory Theatre in New York and Fishamble: The New Play Company, in Dublin. Kwaku is also a member of the Screen Writers Guild (WGI) and is working on his first feature film, Title Unknown. Kwaku’s acting credits includes a recent appearance as Josh Ola alongside Angeline Ball, Peter Coonan and Simone Kirby in HIDDEN ASSETS directed by Thaddeus O’Sullivan; REDEMPTION directed by John Hayes for ITV; and BURN IT ALL opposite Toni O’Rourke, directed by Jack Hickey. He has most recently played the role of Gary in YOU BELONG TO ME, written by Rory Nolan and directed by Lynne Parker for Smock Alley Theatre; Ray in THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE directed by Rachel O’Riordan for the Lyric Hammersmith & Chichester Festival Theatre, and as the voice of Gael in the Skydance/Apple+ animated feature LUCK. Further screen credits include LINE OF DUTY for the BBC; NORMAL PEOPLE directed by Lenny Abrahamson and Hettie Macdonald for BBC 1, BBC 3 and HULU; and ANIMALS alongside Holliday Grainger and Alia Shawkat, directed by Sophie Hyde. Stage credits include the role of Eli in ASKING FOR IT at Birmingham Repertory Theatre; PEAT directed by Tim Crouch; and the role of Dara Mood Caitríona McLaughlin’s acclaimed production of Marina Carr’s RAFTERY’S HILL directed for the main stage at the Abbey Theatre, Ireland’s National Theatre. Kwaku trained at the Lír Academy, Dublin (in association with RADA). ____________________________________________________________________ Check out "The Roundtable with Robert Bannon" here on BPN on the daily, on YouTube, Broadway World, and on social media! Like, comment, share, & subscribe! For more info on Robert- www.RobertBannon.com Follow Him on IG- @RobertMBannon TikTok-@RobertMBannon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices