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Comment: Unfortunately not seeing that the sources prove this person meets WP:NACTOR or WP:NBASIC. qcne (talk) 12:24, 2 November 2025 (UTC)
- Comment: Likely notable, but phrasing needs to be more neutral and encyclopaedic. Please also remove all external links from the main text. Kind regards, Spinster300 (talk) 18:06, 16 March 2024 (UTC).
- Comment: Likely notable, but phrasing needs to be more neutral and encyclopaedic. Please also remove all external links from the main text. Kind regards, Spinster300 (talk) 18:06, 16 March 2024 (UTC).
James Peter Kenward known professionally as James E. Kenward, was one of the cast and writers on BBC radio series A Series of Psychotic Episodes, 2007 - 2010, which was nominated for the Sony Radio Academy Awards. In 2010 he worked as an actor with dramatist Edward Bond on two plays, Olly's Prison and The Fool (play), subsequently speaking about Bond's contribution to British and world theatre in a symposium at Warwick University in 2013.[1][2] In 2010 Kenward co-wrote 'ZIP' with Ray Shell, in which Kenward also played the lead role.[3] In 2013 and 2014 Kenward wrote and played the lead role of Skinner in Streets A New Kind of Musical, in the Cockpit Theatre, The Waterloo Vaults, and the Hackney Empire.[4][5] In 2014 he played Charlie in feature film The Lost Choices.[6] He played Drez in The Ghoul starring Alice Lowe and Paul Kaye, which was nominated for a BAFTA for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer in 2018.[7]
In 2022 and 2023 Kenward acted in Season 1 and 2 of Audible Plus and Audible Original Fiction #1 bestseller Impact Winter,[8] written and directed by Travis Beacham, starring Liam Cunningham, Himesh Patel and Holliday Grainger.[9] In 2023 Kenward worked with concert pianist Bota Zakir, combining poetry with classical piano, and putting these arrangements as soundtracks to films Kenward directed: the first film of this type, Borne, was screened at O-Bhéal Winter Warmer festival in Ireland, his second film, Dark, features an original arrangement of The Rite of Spring by Stravinsky and his third film, Key, starring T. S. Eliot Prize-winner Joelle Taylor, was first shown at a concert with the pianist Bota Zakir, in St Caimen's Church, County Clare.[10][11][12] In 2025 Kenward hosted, and performed poetry, at jazz music events featuring musicians including trombonist Elliot Mason and pianist Chris Gall in the 1972 Olympic Boxing Ring, in Boxwerk boxing gym, Munich, where Kenward also performed his poetry in concert with classical piano.[13][14]
References
[edit]- ^ "Theatre review: The Fool at Cock Tavern Theatre". British Theatre Guide. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
- ^ "Bond@50: The Work of Edward Bond". warwick.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
- ^ Loxton, Howard. "ZIP A Streetdance Musical". The British Theatre Guide. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
- ^ "Streets". Time Out London. Archived from the original on 2014-12-28. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
- ^ Vale, Paul. "Streets". The Stage. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
- ^ "British Council UK Films Database: The Lost Choices". filmsandfestivals.britishcouncil.org. Retrieved 2025-08-20.
- ^ "BBC One - The BAFTA Film Awards - BAFTA Film Award Nominations and Winners 2018". BBC. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
- ^ Lee, Sonia. "Impact Winter Season 2". Close to the Mic. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
- ^ "Impact Winter". Spotify. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
- ^ Glennie, Jane (3 December 2022). "Review". Moving Poems Magazine. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
- ^ Flynn, Pat (2023-11-18). "Munich-based duo perform in Mountshannon". The Clare Herald. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
- ^ "The making of "Dark": an interview with James E. Kenward". Moving Poems. 2025-09-05. Retrieved 2025-09-06.
- ^ JAZZ in BOXING GYM. Poet JAMES E. KENWARD introduces SOFIJAZZ and trombonist ELLIOT MASON @BOXWERK. Retrieved 2025-08-20 – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ Hochkeppel, Oliver (2025-05-26). "München: Uppercut Jazz im Boxwerk". Süddeutsche.de (in German). Retrieved 2025-08-10.