Thursday, February 20, 2020
If you’re offended by the ‘N word,’ this UK premiere of Antoinette Nwandu’s 2017 play should be approached with extreme caution. In
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In 2014, former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan signed the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act, a move that not only banned same sex
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Janice Okoh’s latest play tells the story of Sarah Forbes Bonetta, a black woman born a Yoruba princess in 19th-century Nigeria, who,
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The B-Sides series at the Bunker is a programme of work by emerging artists that runs alongside their flagship shows. The Girl
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Athena Stevens’ latest play is full of quiet fury. Stevens plays the title role in this piece, based on her own experiences,
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This year’s Hackney Empire panto – written and directed by local favourite Susie McKenna – is served with a twist. The 14th
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In West African mythology, Mami Wata is a water spirit that most commonly takes the form of half woman, half fish. She’s
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Three youngsters, all alike in identity, on the asphalt of the school playground where they lay their scene. Joanne, Kehinde and Rugrat
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To be a black woman in contemporary Britain is a lot. Our bodies are over-policed, exoticised and brutalised. Our minds are gaslighted
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This is a story about a place called Brent. It’s a place of Turkish restaurants, African hairdressers and Jamaican takeaways. It’s a
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Anansi the Spider is perhaps the most famous character in Afro-Caribbean folklore. He’s loveable and wise, but he is also a mischief
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The word ‘chiaroscuro’ has a number of meanings; one of which is the quality of being veiled, or partly in shadow. Jackie
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August Wilson’s American Century Cycle is a collection of 10 plays each covering a different decade of the black American experience from
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The producer who launched the Black Ticket Project, an initiative providing free or discounted theatre tickets for young black people in London,
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Black Women are the focus of the second of two double bills in Bunker Theatre’s inaugural This Is Black Festival: black women
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It’s Chicago in the late 1930s and the area known as Black Metropolis has been ravaged by the Great Depression – though
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Lad and Lass are on the run – from what, it’s never quite clear. They’re living in a smelly squat, fighting about
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Errol Marshall wants to know himself. This overwhelming desire fuels a burning rage and consumes every fibre of his being. It’s literally
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If you don’t know your American Civil Rights history, the idea that Cassius Clay, Sam Cooke, Jim Brown and Malcolm X were
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The term “J’ouvert” comes from the French “jour ouvert” – literally, “day open” – a tradition that takes place at dawn at
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Rafi, Ami and Bili are sisters. They’re independent women. They live their best lives. Their mother, Wura Bakare, is a hoarder. The
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The air is thick with the smell of incense. The Woman (Rochelle Rose) stands behind a wooden workbench. Directly above her head,
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Tennessee Williams’ memory play, The Glass Menagerie, contains many autobiographical elements. Williams’ mother had a personality disorder and his sister was said
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In 2009, the Guardian named Small Island one of the defining books of the decade. It tells the story of the arrival
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Demi is half Nigerian mortal and half child of a Greek deity. The bastard child of Zeus, he grew up to possess
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Young lovers Katie (Olivia Rose Smith) and Hope (Fanta Barrie) are about to celebrate their second anniversary. They still work in the
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Maud Dromgoole’s new play is inspired by the fascinating true story of Dr Mary Barton, who in the 1930s established one of
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When Clare Perkins delivered her rousing final monologue on the stage of Shakespeare’s Globe in the 2018 production of Emilia, her words
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We all know that whoever says things, changes those things. So when Adjoa Andoh’s King Richard says “This is no month to
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What do shows about women in prison in popular culture look like? Orange Is the New Black. Locked Up. Bad Girls, the
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Have you ever wondered what life would be like if black people ruled the world? If the status quo went topsy-turvy, and
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