"It’s a gory, bonkers action-comedy premise anchored by a set of strong performances and a surprisingly poignant meet-cute, making for a wildly memorable action outing." Jeff Ewing, Collider, 2025
"This is an exceptionally excellent film." Robyn Sassen, My View
As Dan Fletcher, with Tinarie van Wyk Loots
With Forest Whitacker, Jerome Salle, Orlando Bloom, Caryl Ferey, Alexandre Desplat.
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Golden Globe Best Film Nominee
"The Girl was a class act." John Grace, The Guardian
"...a dreamy, thoughtful film that did everything a short can do." Donald Clarke, The Irish Times
"I'd have let Conrad Kemp carry the load as primary antagonist, he has some scene-stealing qualities about his face." Rob Garver, Post and Courier
“...lively and credible performances from Christian Camargo, as an especially splenetic Mercutio [and] Conrad Kemp, as the more levelheaded Benvolio...” Ben Brantley, The New York Times
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With Brent Carver, Orlando Bloom, Dola Rashad, Jayne Houdyshell, and Chuck Cooper
"All three performances are superb, but the dynamic between Kemp and Seremba is mesmerising." Declan Burke, The Sunday Times (Ireland)
“... extreme power and beauty...” Elizabeth O'Neill, RTE, 9 February, 2005 “Brilliant, brave and finely executed.” Fintan O’Toole, The Irish Times, 2004 “The best piece of theatre in years.” The View, RTE, 2004 “A quiveringly touching production.” Emer O’Kelley, The Sunday Independent, 2004
"The show is enhanced by Conrad Kemp’s performance as Sunjata’s mother and as a sorcerer." Percy Zvomuya, The Mail & Guardian, Sunjata
"And other works such as Conrad Kemp’s The Clown and Mrs Fell, were simply appreciated because of the quality of the writing and the weight of the performance." Mary Corrigall, The Sunday Independent
"...each new character is brilliantly accessorised by gesture alone..." Caroline McGinn, Time Out London, 2006
A still from the neo-Western, Free State, aka Rust Road.
“...lively and credible performances from Christian Camargo, as an especially splenetic Mercutio [and] Conrad Kemp, as the more levelheaded Benvolio...”
Ben Brantley, The New York Times, Romeo and Juliet
“And there is the excellent Benvolio of Conrad Kemp, who outshines..."
John Simon, The Westchester Guardian, Romeo and Juliet
"All three performances are superb, but the dynamic between Kemp and Seremba is mesmerising."
Declan Burke, The Sunday Times (Ireland), on Master Harold... and the Boys
"Hally's callowness is the element that sets the play in motion, but it is to the credit of Bairbre ní Chaoimh's sensitive production and Conrad Kemp's performance that the boy evokes our sympathy."
Karen Fricker, The Guardian, Master Harold... and the Boys
"Two actors play every role, and a lot depends on their dexterity... impressively relaxed performances ...each new character is brilliantly accessorised by gesture alone – Kemp’s little finger-waves, hair-flips and ballet-bitch pirouettes immediately distinguish the ambitious production assistant Aisling from the Dicky Attenborough stage-gravitas of Clem or the arthritic cynicism of Old Mickey."
Caroline McGinn, Time Out London, Stones In His Pockets
"The show is enhanced by Conrad Kemp’s performance as Sunjata’s mother and as a sorcerer."
Percy Zvomuya, The Mail & Guardian, Sunjata
"And other works such as Conrad Kemp’s The Clown and Mrs Fell, were simply appreciated because of the quality of the writing and the weight of the performance."
Mary Corrigall, The Sunday Independent, The Clown and Mrs Fell
"...with Kemp’s own developed reflection of the role, a great level of empathy is evoked and honed...
Robyn Sassen, My View, Crepuscule