Profile
About
Creative leadership shaped through producing, dramaturgical thinking, and cross-border cultural work.
Michael Omoke is a theatre-maker, producer, playwright, and cultural strategist whose practice connects performance, spatial scenography, literature, and public institutional partnership.
As Founder and Artistic Director of ACT: New Nordic Voices, he has built projects across Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Kenya, and beyond—often by creating the corridor first, then inviting institutions to step into it.
His work now also extends into state cultural diplomacy through his role as Cultural Director for the Consulate of the United Republic of Tanzania in Denmark.
150+artists brought into ACT projects
46nationalities represented
2016ACT debut production in Denmark
2025Abdulrazak Gurnah literary salon hosted
Here, literature is not only represented; it is spatialised and encountered—through scenography, sound, scent, light, materials, and atmosphere.Michael Omoke
Institutions
Institutional engagements
Timeline
Selected milestones
2002
Professional acting debut at Phoenix Players in Nairobi.
2016
ACT: New Nordic Voices debuts in Denmark with The Merchant of Venice, staged with a cast representing 11 nationalities.
2019
For Colored Girls… premieres in Helsinki on International Women’s Day and travels across the Nordic region.
2021
Miss Julie’s Happy Valley premieres at Folketeatret, where Michael Omoke becomes the first African playwright to present work at the historic venue, before travelling to Helsinki.
2022
Invited to give a masterclass at the Danish National School of Performing Arts.
2023
Silenced No More activates civic dialogue in Nairobi, Kisumu, and Mombasa, employing 40 Kenyan artists and partnering with 4 NGOs.
2025
Major public support secured from the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Danish Ministry of Culture for Seven Gothic Tales.
2026–2028
THE DREAMERS advances as a flagship installation within Seven Gothic Tales — The Global Project.