Apna Festival 1998: poster of the Nottingham festival. placeholder image

Red and black poster showing the programme of some events organised by Apna Arts. Among the names displayed are Haqeeqat, Garam Masala, Manushi, Parm Kaur, Yehleleh Youth Theatre and Anurekha Ghosh. Events include Fun-da-mental, Alaap, Black Stat Liner, Outcaste All Stars, Malkit Singh, Shiva Nova, VR1.

Professional quality recording audio tapes. placeholder image

Audio tapes of possible sound effects used for a play. Only reference given is Rev1 and Rev 2 written on the container.

Professional quality recording audio tapes. placeholder image

Audio tapes of possible sound effects used for a play. No reference given apart from the words Wind, Tractor, Dogs written in the title description at the back of the container.

Theatre maps with set design of an unidentified play. placeholder image

Two sets of photocopied maps of a theatre - possibly the Shaw Theatre, with reference Act 1 and Act 2 (no other reference given). Showing annotations on the positioning of the actors, music tapes, arrows indicating exits and names of other performers. Names given are Carmen Jones Company, Afro Block, Brenda Edwards, Scott Sherrin, Maya Jobarteh, Dona Croll among others.

Photographs: press shots of either staged representations or rehearsals along with portraits of various artists. placeholder image

Black and white pictures are printed on low quality film. Name of actors and directors written on the front on most of them. They show various actors and directors from various play sets including: Beef, No Chicken and possibly The Double Bill. Among the actors are Alaknanda Samarth, Roger Griffiths, Calvin Simpson, Jim Findley, Anthony Lennon (x 2), Jo Martin (x 2), Vincent Wong, Alice Parsons, Rezaul Kabir, Wanjiru Gichigi, Carole Vieira, Shango Baku, John Matshikiza, Beresford Leroy, Ram John Holder, Renu Setna and other non identified.

Photograph of Oscar Watson. placeholder image

Portrait shot shows profile of Oscar Watson artist and co-ordinator of the Forum.

Photographs of an unidentified female artist and office. placeholder image

Colour picture showing two people talking in an office (possibly BTF), including Oscar Watson, the organisation's co-ordinator. The black and white image shows an unidentified female (possibly artist).

Colour slides of unidentified pictures. placeholder image

Showing people - possibly actors - rehearsing or leading a workshop in a community centre. Also shots of kids playing outside a building in summertime.

Photographs of a Christmas party held in a community centre. placeholder image

Colour pictures showing old people eating and dancing and a still-band playing music in what could be a South London community hall. Mixed crowd of Black and White persons. Some of the shots have been cut at the top.

Photographs: contact sheets from conference meeting. placeholder image

Thumbnail strips showing people talking at a conference table, possibly as part of the Black Theatre Season activities. Among them are directors Yvonne Brewster and Renu Setna.

Photographs: portraits of artists. placeholder image

Photographs of actors and directors including: Syreeta Kumar, James Danton, T-Bone Wilson, Beresford Leroy (x2), Yvonne Brewster, John Matshikiza (x2).

Arts leaflets and programmes: presenting various theatre and other arts activities. placeholder image

Includes: The Bulletin of the National Sound Archive 1998; ldeaflet: The Gallery of the Future; Shock Waves - Portsmouth: an exploration of the creative and social impacts of the new technologies and new physics on the Arts; The Opera Factory (letter) presents And the Snake Shed Its Skin; programme from the Museum of London; Evolving Links, the 1998 Community music conference event presented by Sound Sense (leaflet ); Between the Worlds, Integrated Arts practice for people with profound disabilities (leaflet ); Second National Street Arts Meeting organised by the South East Arts Local Authority Street Arts Consortium; The Drum: programme; The Royal Court Theatre programme, April-June 1998; The Lewisham Theatre Diary of Events, April - June 1998; TheTricycle Theatre: three leaflets presenting Pieter Dirk Uly, Europeans Only, An African Audition for Europe by Polly Irvin; The Basset Table by Polly Irvin; Sitting in Limbo by Dawn Penso and Judy Hepburn directed by Anton Phillips.