Friday, July 6, 2018
NST City, SouthamptonGbolahan Obisesan’s retelling of a disaster in which more than 600 South Africans died is poignantly beautiful and sharply angryZamile Gantana takes a crate, sits in t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AMFriday, June 22, 2018
After making her debut at the Royal Court with the acclaimed Lela and Co in 2015 and winning the 2017 Pinter Commission,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:52AMWednesday, June 20, 2018
Park theatre, London In Alan Bowne’s play, an allegory exploring New York’s 1980s Aids crisis, a couple meet in secretAn unnamed plague has hit New York. The virus is spread through sexu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMMonday, June 18, 2018
Anna Deavere Smith interviewed hundreds about the USA’s school-to-prison pipeline—the fact Latino, Native and African American people are vastly overrepresented in the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:45AMWednesday, June 13, 2018
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives, adapted deftly by Rotimi Babatunde from Lola Shoneyin’s bestselling novel, is an acutely funny piece
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:55AMMonday, June 11, 2018
Nottingham PlayhouseMufaro Makubika’s play about Jamaican migrants focuses on the days leading up to a race riot in Nottingham in the 1950sShebeen is one of a few dramas about the lives of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:33PMThursday, May 31, 2018
Shakespeare’s Globe, LondonThis erratic tragicomedy is played for laughs in a Barrie Rutter production that keeps its cast busy to the lastMichelle Terry’s opening season at the Globe co…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AMWednesday, May 16, 2018
Michelle Terry is kicking off her debut season by playing Hamlet in a daring double bill that gives everyone a say about everything. Can this heresy work? We find out at rehearsalsTwo weeks …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PMFriday, May 4, 2018
This year, Black Panther put afrofuturism in multiplexes – and there are plenty more artists of colour exploring inner and outer space, like artist and playwright Rachael YoungMore than ev…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PMThursday, May 3, 2018
Bridget Minamore writes on Natasha Gordon's debut play, an emotive, truthful exploration of black grief.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 08:42AMThursday, April 26, 2018
It’s said a good piece of theatre begins as late and ends as early as possible in the framework of a story.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:35AMSaturday, April 21, 2018
The anti-black racism of modern day white America can take many forms. Joel Drake Johnson’s Rasheeda Speaking, coming to London after runs
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:56AMWednesday, April 18, 2018
Sherman theatre, Cardiff Engaging and politically astute, Brad Birch’s play about partners revisiting their past packs a punchTremor rests on a premise that audiences likely will have seen…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36PMMonday, April 16, 2018
Plays that explore life from the point of view of women of colour are few and far between. It’s a shame, then,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:12AMTuesday, April 10, 2018
Company Three devised a play to examine intimacy, relationships and social pressure for young people, from their own point of viewPutting teenage life on stage can be tricky, particularly wh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:54PMColour-blind casting – that is the casting of people of colour in roles that would typically have been played by white actors
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:46AMFriday, March 23, 2018
Recently seen in the West End’s Girl from the North Country, the versatile actor and writer is now starring in his self-written
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:55AMTuesday, March 13, 2018
Theatre 503, LondonA militant teenager grapples with politics and older relatives in Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm’s profound, beautifully staged playWhat is it like for young black children …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:30PMWednesday, March 7, 2018
Tara theatre, LondonMarivaux’s French nobles become suburban British Asians in a pacy but unconvincing update of the romantic comedyPierre de Marivaux’s 1730 play The Game of Love and Ch…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AMSunday, January 28, 2018
Young Vic, LondonBijan Sheibani’s revival of Moonlight writer Tarell Alvin McCraney’s family drama brilliantly explores the complexities of brotherhoodIn the decade since The Brothers Si…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:34AMTuesday, January 23, 2018
A new play by the rapper Testament was inspired by a walking group from Yorkshire. Our writer steps out with them on a trek across the wild, windswept moorsOn the first Saturday of the month…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:49AMMonday, January 8, 2018
Martina Laird has taken on seven Shakespeare roles in the past two years and is yet to give up on the playwright.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:36AMThursday, December 21, 2017
Who tells your story: the smash-hit revisionist historical musical comes to London.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 05:29PMFriday, December 8, 2017
Following residencies at iconic queer venues like the Royal Vauxhall Tavern, young drag king collective Pecs arrive with a bang at Soho
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:28AMWednesday, December 6, 2017
Inua Ellams’ hit play bounces between barbers around the world, taking audiences into a male world of rituals and politics, while women share their own hair stories in My Fro and Me The po…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:48PMAs he prepares to open in Manchester Royal Exchange’s revival of Guys and Dolls set in Harlem, Ray Fearon talks to Bridget
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:00PMFriday, November 17, 2017
Exploring the complex identity that comes with having a mixed-race background was never going to be easy, but #Hashtag Lightie – back
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:26AMTuesday, November 14, 2017
The beautiful game: Bridget Minamore on Patrick Marber's football drama, revived by Live Theatre
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 06:17AMMonday, November 6, 2017
Life could have turned out very differently for the rising star of stage and screen, who opted for a career in acting
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:44AMThursday, November 2, 2017
Kieran Lynn’s The Trap, coming to London after an initial run in Texas last April, is a short play that grapples with
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:06PMThursday, August 24, 2017
Nessah Muthy’s new play, The Host, brings together an eager National Youth Theatre cast to tell the story of Yasmin, a cleaner
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:43AM 
