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Winsome Pinnock meets Jasmine Lee-Jones: 'Some UK theatres have never staged a black British play' by Interview By Arifa Akbar

Two generations of playwrights on the pitfalls of colourblind casting, what sexism and racism have in common " and why the fall of Colston's statue took their breath away Playwright Winsome Pinnock, born in 1961, was the first black British woman to stage a play at the National Theatre, in 1994. She speaks to Jasmine Lee-Jones, 21, whose first full-length play, Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner, won several award…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AM on June 25, 2020

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