Arthur Kisenyi

Who is Arthur Kisenyi?

Arthur Kisenyi is a Ugandan actor, singer and musician. He started professional acting in 2007 with Strange News, a project by Norwegian music composer Rolf Wallin and Belgian Director Josse dePauw about child soldiers in Africa.

Arthur plays the former child soldier in Rolf Wallin and Josse De Pauw's Strange News, a large multimedia work including symphony orchestra, video and surround sound. Luckily not a former child soldier himself, however, the cruel conflict in neighbouring DR Congo, and Uganda's own history is all too real. Born and raised in the Ugandan capital, he won the role among 90 young men in a local audition at the age of 16. Shortly after he left for Oslo, where Josse De Pauw created the role especially for him. He has since the premiere with Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra in 2007 performed Strange News in a number of cities, among them Porto and Chicago, Toronto, Brussels, Amsterdam, Stavanger, Birmingham, London among others.

He studied Drama at the Performing Arts and Film Department Makerere University where he was taught by Judith Adong Lucy, Dr. Patrick Mangeni, Philip Luswata among others.