🎭Why A Black Woman Will Never Be Prime Minister📍Camden People’s Theatre🎟️PR invite⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Zakiyah Deen’s debut play delves into intersectionality, British politics, and Black women’s maternal health, addressing uncomfortable truths through satire and spoken word. It’s timely, important and a brilliant production! The story The play follows nineteen-year-old Shanice Laybá (Zakiyyah Deen) as she navigates the …
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NEWS: New Cast of ‘For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy’ announced.
Today, the Royal Court Theatre and Nimax Theatres welcomes six new cast members to the For Black Boys family. Starring in the iconic roles of Onyx, Pitch, Jet, Sable, Obsidian and Midnight are a powerful new blend of talented actors including Tobi King Bakare, Shakeel Haakim making his professional debut, Fela Lufadeju, Albert Magashi, Mohammed …
REVIEW: Brenda’s Got A Baby – New Diorama Theatre
🎭 Brenda’s Got A Baby📍New Diorama Theatre🎟️ PR invite⭐⭐⭐⭐ Jessica Hagan’s new comedy play heads to New Diorama Theatre for an entertaining and insightful production on Black womanhood, sisterhood, motherhood and…babies! The story Following an unforeseen breakup with her long-term boyfriend, Dami (Jordan Duvigneau) and feeling constantly overshadowed by her happily married younger sister, 29-year …
Family Tree – Brixton House Theatre
🎭 Family Tree📍 Brixton House Theatre🎫 Gifted⭐⭐⭐ Mojisola Adebayo’s play, ‘Family Tree’, brings to light a dark history of the scientific world. Directed by Matthew Xia, the powerful drama is told through a blend of spoken word, interpretive dance and harrowing historical truths about race, health, the environment and the forgotten legacy of Henrietta Lacks …
Chicken Burger N Chips – Brixton House
🎭 Chicken Burger N Chips📍 Brixton House🎫 Gifted ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “The world wasn’t designed for us to succeed playboy, you gotta clock that we’re living in an uneven society.” Written by Corey Bovell and directed by TD. Moyo, Chicken Burger N Chips is a fast-paced, witty play that tells a story about gentrification and the impact …
I am not Black – Barons Court Theatre
🎭 I am not Black 📍 Barons Court Theatre 🎫 PR invite⭐⭐⭐⭐ Written and performed by Akin Wright, ‘I am not Black’ is a coming-of-age story, exploring one man’s plight of growing up in an environment where he was ‘‘too white for the black kids and too white for the white kids”. Directed by Joseph …
Blues for an Alabama Sky – National Theatre
🎭 Blues for an Alabama Sky📍 National Theatre🎟 PR invite ⭐⭐⭐⭐ I took my first-ever visit to National Theatre to watch Blues for an Alabama Sky. The 1995 play, written by Pearl Cleage, headed to Southbank, for a startling revival directed by Lynette Linton. Set in an all-Black neighbourhood in 1930s Harlem, New York, the …