Black Panther made him a megastar, but in private the actor and his wife Simone Ledward Boseman were dealing with his terminal cancer diagnosis. In a rare interview, she talks about the shoc…
He first played Othello in 1997, when the role was still synonymous with white thespians 'blacking up'. Now, nearly three decades on, he, Chiwetel Ejiofor and other Black actors discuss how …
The story of the state's targeting of 70s activists has been turned into a musical exploring a fascinating and relatively unknown period. It is a love letter to our elders, says its writer "…
If you're offended by the 'N word,' this UK premiere of Antoinette Nwandu's 2017 play should be approached with extreme caution. In
In 2014, former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan signed the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act, a move that not only banned same sex
Janice Okoh's latest play tells the story of Sarah Forbes Bonetta, a black woman born a Yoruba princess in 19th-century Nigeria, who,
The B-Sides series at the Bunker is a programme of work by emerging artists that runs alongside their flagship shows. The Girl
Athena Stevens' latest play is full of quiet fury. Stevens plays the title role in this piece, based on her own experiences,
This year's Hackney Empire panto " written and directed by local favourite Susie McKenna " is served with a twist. The 14th
In West African mythology, Mami Wata is a water spirit that most commonly takes the form of half woman, half fish. She's
Three youngsters, all alike in identity, on the asphalt of the school playground where they lay their scene. Joanne, Kehinde and Rugrat
To be a black woman in contemporary Britain is a lot. Our bodies are over-policed, exoticised and brutalised. Our minds are gaslighted
This is a story about a place called Brent. It's a place of Turkish restaurants, African hairdressers and Jamaican takeaways. It's a
Anansi the Spider is perhaps the most famous character in Afro-Caribbean folklore. He's loveable and wise, but he is also a mischief
The word 'chiaroscuro' has a number of meanings; one of which is the quality of being veiled, or partly in shadow. Jackie
August Wilson's American Century Cycle is a collection of 10 plays each covering a different decade of the black American experience from
The producer who launched the Black Ticket Project, an initiative providing free or discounted theatre tickets for young black people in London,
Black Women are the focus of the second of two double bills in Bunker Theatre's inaugural This Is Black Festival: black women
It's Chicago in the late 1930s and the area known as Black Metropolis has been ravaged by the Great Depression " though
Lad and Lass are on the run " from what, it's never quite clear. They're living in a smelly squat, fighting about
Errol Marshall wants to know himself. This overwhelming desire fuels a burning rage and consumes every fibre of his being. It's literally
If you don't know your American Civil Rights history, the idea that Cassius Clay, Sam Cooke, Jim Brown and Malcolm X were
The term "J'ouvert" comes from the French "jour ouvert" " literally, "day open" " a tradition that takes place at dawn at
Rafi, Ami and Bili are sisters. They're independent women. They live their best lives. Their mother, Wura Bakare, is a hoarder. The
The air is thick with the smell of incense. The Woman (Rochelle Rose) stands behind a wooden workbench. Directly above her head,