Soul Perspectives is a long-running program creating space for critical discussion about local, national and international issues of concern to Montreal’s Black community.

Every Tuesday 7 - 8:30pm (EST)

March 28, 2023: Interview with Matthew Kabwe

In 2003, Matthew Kabwe graduated from the Professional Theatre Program at Dawson College in Montreal. In 2009, Matthew became a member of The Soulpepper Academy with the Soulpepper Theatre Company in Toronto, Ontario and won Black Theatre Workshop's Gloria Mitchell – Aleong Award for emerging artists. At the 2020 Montreal English Theatre Awards, Matthew won Outstanding Lead Performance for his portrayal of Martin in Centaur Theatre’s English-language premiere of Mob by Catherine-Anne Toupin. In June of 2022, Matthew made his debut at The Stratford Festival as The Ghost of King Hamlet and as the Gravedigger in Hamlet. At the 2023 Saskatoon and Area Theatre Awards, Persephone Theatre's production of The Mountaintop by Katori Hall, in which Matthew played Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., won the SATA for Production Excellence.

Matthew Kabwe was not always drawn to the arts. He spent his teens and early twenties drifting in and out of school, trying his hand at different jobs, and served four years in the Canadian Army (his grandfather Donald Scott, deceased, was a Wing Commander in the RCAF) before returning to Dawson College in 1998. Fatefully, the very next day after a friend demanded that he try his hand at acting, Matthew stumbled upon auditions for the Dawson Theatre Collective's production of Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) by Anne-Marie MacDonald. Matthew was cast as Othello and hasn't looked back since.

Join us for this discussion with Matthew on Tuesday March 28, 2023 from 7-8.30pm on www.ckut.ca or 90.3FM in Montreal.

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