
Artform: Music, Theatre
Kema Sikazwe (aka Kema Kay) was brought up in the West End of Newcastle. He came from a musical background with passion for rap, singing and songwriting which he developed in a local youth project, where he spent most of his time as a teen.
It wasn’t until his early 20s he got interested in acting where he went on to land a main role in BAFTA, BIFA Palme D’or award winning film I Daniel Blake and Lady Macbeth. This led to an interest with major agencies across the UK, ending up with representation by Untied Agents. Eager to learn and built his craft Kema attended Newcastle’s Live Theatre regularly, becoming a Live Theatre associate artist in 2017 and getting up on stage for the first time.
Kema wrote and performed his debut show, Shine, which was performed at Live Theatre and toured to Edinburgh, receiving four star reviews. When not on stage or screen, he delivers songwriting workshops, going into schools teaching kids how to rap, sing, song-write and build their confidence.
Kema has been leading highly popular Music/Rap and Theatre Skills workshops with Highlights since Autumn 21, with some fantastic songs and videos made by classes and some wonderful feedback from students and teachers.
If you’d like to book Kema for a workshop in your school or community group, please contact Joel at [email protected].