arinze kene

The dream team of playwright/actor Arinze Kene and director Ché Walker are back at The Oval Theatre, South London with Little Baby Jesus. First staged at the Oval as part of 2010’s 33% Season this coming-of-age tale with a twist is comprised of three separate but occasionally intertwining monologues by Kehinde (Fiston Barek), Joanne (Seroca [...]

Playwright and actor Arinze Kene is back at the Oval House Youth Theatre with Suffocation. The one act piece explores the extremities of peer pressure. It’s Emeka’s 20th birthday and he’s having a drink up at home while his parents are away. With all his closest mates by his side, the games begin: “So the [...]

All right, so let me get a little confession out of the way. A bit of me groaned inwardly when I heard that the Oval House Theatre was staging Estate Walls. ‘Yet another dramatic piece about disadvantaged youth set in inner city London?’ I wondered. We’d heard and seen it all before… or so I [...]

If there’s anyone who could do with more than 24 hours in a day, it’s Hackney-based Renaissance man Arinze Kene.  He’s currently splitting his time between filming EastEnders in Hertfordshire and rehearsals for his new play Estate Walls which is being staged at the Oval House Theatre, South London. By the time we meet for [...]

Estate Walls @ Oval House Theatre, London (52 – 54 Kennington Oval, London SE11 5SW) 21st September – 9th October 2010 Written by Arinze Kene and directed by Ché Walker, Estate Walls is a set in “an inferior London estate” and  follows the story of Obi, a young writer who dreams of leaving his estate [...]