SHARON D CLARKE PERFORMS MONOLOGUE BY BERNARDINE EVARISTO in honour of THE NHS
Since the beginning of May, the Old Vic has released one monologue from The Greatest Wealth each week in celebration of the NHS.
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TBB TALKS TO… SPOKEN WORD ARTIST, WRITER & PRODUCER Koko Brown
Spoken word artist, vocal looper, and theatre-maker & producer Koko Brown takes pride in her roots and creates work about being ‘the other’.
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SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE OPENS APPLICATIONS FOR BLACK WRITERS’ COLLECTIVE
Last year, as part of Black History Month, Southwark Playhouse established a brand new writing group, the Black Writers’ Collective.
Read MorePEGASUS OPERA COMPANY BRING TOGETHER 26 BLACK OPERA SINGERS TO SUPPORT #BLACKLIVESMATTER
Founded in 1992 and based in Brixton, Pegasus Opera Company was created to redress the balance of BME artists working in British opera and to make opera more accessible
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WHAT TO WATCH ON STAGE JULY 2020
While theatres remain closed, some companies have managed to keep entertaining the nation by moving content online.
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TBB TALKS TO… LUCIAN MSAMATI ABOUT TALKING HEADS
Lucian Msamati’s long-standing career across screen and stage has made him one of the most...
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UNITY IN A TIME OF SEPARATION – BUSH THEATRE’S ‘THE PROTEST: BLACK LIVES MATTER’
Locked separately in our houses across the country for the last couple of months, we’ve all had to find new ways of cultivating a sense of community.
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THEATRES POSTING #BLACKOUTTUESDAY, YOU NEED TO DO MORE
The fact is that BME people – a highly contested term that lumps together people that identify as ‘black or minority ethnic’ into an amorphous mass – are still severely underrepresented in the British theatre industry.
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NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE SECOND EVER BLACK BRITISH THEATRE AWARDS
THE BLACK BRITISH THEATRE AWARDS WERE FOUNDED IN 2019 IN ORDER TO RECOGNISE THE ABUNDANCE OF BLACK TALENT IN BRITISH THEATRE AND TO INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF BLACK CREATIVES.
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TBB TALKS TO… THEATRE DIRECTOR AND CEO OF UTOPIA THEATRE MOJISOLA ELUFOWOJU
MOJISOLA ELUFOWOJU IS A BRITISH BORN NIGERIAN AWARD-WINNING DIRECTOR AND FOUNDER OF UTOPIA THEATRE, AN AFRICAN THEATRE COMPANY FORMED IN 2012 THAT SYNTHESIS AFRICAN AND WESTERN PERFORMING TRADITIONS…
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