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An Aftertaste of Sherry by Allison West. The production takes the form of two one-act plays reflecting on the lives and times of four Black women. The first play, Casualties, studies the lifelong...
Leonora’s Dance by Zindika (Zindikas Macheol). Leonora always wanted to be a dancer, and her dreams are fulfilled when she joins the ballet. Here she experiences prejudice and alienation as in the...
Song of a Bluefoot Man by James Berry. The play tells the story of a Jamaican traveller and the people he meets, the things he sees, and his dreams. His story is told in a series of encounters, some...
Bitter ‘n’ Twisted by Michael Ellis. Jamaicans Courtney and Bibby marry in 1966, but one year later they both die in a jealous crime of passion. To save their souls from limbo they return to...
Just For Kicks by Alan Cooke. The play was commissioned by Black Theatre Co-operative in collaboration with Newham Drugs Prevention Team, and explores issues surrounding the use of drug crack. Tour...
Dancing On Blackwater by Bonnie Greer. Directed by Joan-Ann Maynard. This is a story of the lives and relationships of Black women in relation to the sometimes uneasy ties that bind mothers and...
Zumbi - Flame of Resistance. Director Marcio Meirelles. The play spotlights the Afro-Brazilian culture by reconstructing the true story of Zambi, an African slave living in Brazil, who was killed by...
Iced by Ray Shell. The play tells the story of Cornelius Washington Jnr, a 40-year-old product of a middle class, stable American family and a crack addict. Iced is the story of Cornelius's grim...
Trickster’s Payback by Martin Glynn with music and lyrics by Felix Cross. The play is set in the year 2099. Anan and Rabbie are father and son involved in urban guerillas. This is a world where...
Up Against the Wall by Felix Cross and Paulette Randall. Henry always dreamt of being a soul star and taking the world by storm, but the reality is that he has a responsible job and lives in Surrey....
Passports to the Promised Land by Felix Cross. Eighteen-year-old Jordan leaves the Caribbean for England to search for his father. But rather than reaching England his journey leads him unexpectedly...
A day of performances, music and theatre from some of the brashest contemporary Black British artists held at the Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Rooms, and following the NITRO BEAT festival 2000,...