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Omar Elerian talks reuniting with Arinzé Kene and putting experimental work in the West End

Kohlhaas opens in Brighton this weekend

Alex Wood

Alex Wood

| Brighton | London |

29 April 2026

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Omar Elerian and Arinzé Kene, photo by Helen Murray

Welcome to this bonus episode of the WhatsOnStage Podcast!

Editor-in-chief Alex Wood chats to Omar Elerian, the director and adaptor of Kohlhaas, a brand new work making its world premiere in the first week of the Brighton Festival.

Elerian is also the co-founder of There & Then, a new theatre company that will bring a starry West End season of White Rabbit Red Rabbit to the Duchess Theatre this summer, with stars including David Tennant, Riz Ahmed, Luke Thompson, Jodie Whittaker and David Harewood.

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