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Breakin’ Convention Presents: The Ruggeds – interview

REVIEWS

Once On This Island – review

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Hot Brown Honey – The Remix 14-17 June 2023

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Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare 6 Jun – 29 Jul 2023

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Samuel Kasumu in Conversation with Tim Campbell 24 June 2023

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Breakin’ Convention presents The Ruggeds – State Shift 26-27 May 2023

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// LATEST NEWS //

I'm Every Woman The Chaka Khan Musical

Announcing a major new West End musical – ‘I’m Every Woman – The Chaka Khan Musical

Shakespeare’s Globe is delighted to announce the appointment of Stella Kanu as Chief Executive. Photographer: Sarah Lee

Shakespeare’s Globe announces the appointment of Stella Kanu as Chief Executive

Connor Allen scoops 2023 Imison Award at the BBC Audio Drama Awards (c) BBC and Tricia Yourkevich

Children’s Laureate of Wales wins Imison Award for best new audio drama

// LATEST INTERVIEWS //

State Shift - interview with B-Boy Virgil 'Skychief' Dey

Breakin’ Convention Presents: The Ruggeds – interview

Natasha Magigi and Chris Jarman - Once of This Island

Natasha Magigi and Chris Jarman – Once on This Island – Interview

Ivanno Jeremiah, Retrograde – interview

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// WHAT'S ON //

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Once On This Island 10 May – 10 June 2023

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Every Leaf A Hallelujah by Ben Okri 22 May – 10 June 2023

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// LATEST REVIEWS //

No Man's Island The Big House (c) Dan Corbett

No Man’s Island by Meteyard and Jammz – review

Gabrielle Brooks (Ti Moune) and the ensemble of 'Once On This Island' at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre. Photographer Marc Brenner

Once On This Island – review

Lenny Henry in 'August in England' at Bush Theatre. Photo credit Tristram Kenton

August in England by Lenny Henry – review

We Need New Names Robert Day Photography (L-R) Munashe Chirisa, Anashe Danai, Kalungi Ssebandeke, Lukwesa Mwamba

We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulaway – review

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afridiziaktheatrenews

-we celebrate #blacktheatre with news, reviews, listings & interviews.

🗣️ “Lenny Henry proves that he can do it al

🗣️ “Lenny Henry proves that he can do it all. He uses that finely-honed talent to represent a life affected by the terrible injustice of the Windrush Scandal, in this poignant play, August in England”
🤎🎭

@brazencheek reviews Lenny Henry’s August in England. Read in full via the reviews link in our bio. 🖊️

🎟️ The sold-out run continues @bushtheatre until 10 June 2023.

📸 (c) Tristram Kenton

🚨Watch this space, as we’ll be giving away a pair of tickets for a performance very soon in conjunction with @dopeblackmums.

#AfridiziakTheatre #LennyHenry #AugustInEngland #BushTheatre

🗣️ “All the singing and choreography is sen

🗣️ “All the singing and choreography is sensational and I was carried away to an enchanting world”

Read @doronacle’s
★ ★ ★ ★ review of Once On This Island via the reviews link in our bio.

🤎🎭 🎶 Once On This Island plays @regentsparkoat until 🗓️ 10 June 2023

📸 (c) Marc Brenner

#AfridiziakTheatreNews #OnceOnThisIsland #RegentsParkOpenAirTheatre #GabrielleBrooks #OutdoorTheatre #RegentsPark #StephensonArdernSodjie

💻 We had the pleasure of catching up with RETRO

💻 We had the pleasure of catching up with RETROGRADE leading man, Ivanno Jeremiah - tune in via the YouTube link in our bio. 🎭🤎

🖊️ RETROGRADE by Ryan Calais Cameron plays @kilntheatre until 27 May 2023.

📝 Interview by @chrisynicole - thank you 🥰

#AfridiziakTheatreNews #Retrograde #IvannoJeremiah #KilnTheatre #SidneyPoitier #NVRCH #WorldPremiere #BlackTheatre #BlackHollywood

🤎🎭 Don’t miss the smash hit comedy School

🤎🎭 Don’t miss the smash hit comedy School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play by @jjbioh which premieres in the UK this June @lyrichammersmith

🇬🇭 Ghana 1986. Ghana’s prestigious Aburi Girls Boarding School.

🤎🎭 Queen Bee Paulina and her crew excitedly await the arrival of the Miss Ghana pageant recruiter.

🤎🎭 It’s clear that Paulina is in top position to take the title until her place is threatened by Ericka – a beautiful and talented new transfer student. As the friendship group’s status quo is upended, who will be chosen for Miss Ghana and at what cost?

🎭🤣 Bursting with hilarity and joy, this award-winning comedy explores the universal similarities (and glaring differences) facing teenage girls around the world.

🎟️ and into via the link in our bio.

#SchoolGirlsOrTheAfricanMeanGirlsPlay #BoardingSchool #LyricHammersmith #BlackTheatre #WhatsOnInHammersmith #JocelynBioh

@breakinconvention Presents: The Ruggeds - State

@breakinconvention Presents:
The Ruggeds - State Shift

@sadlers_wells Theatre in Angel

🗓️ 26 & 27 May 2023 | bank holiday weekend

💧State Shift is a vivid performance about going with the flow or swimming against the tide.

Don't miss this outstanding collective of Dutch breakers who have collaborated with everyone from Rita Ora to Martin Garrix.

✨ State Shift is a performance about adaptability, with the solo Turns and the duet Waterbrothers.

💧 As water changes shape, Lee and Roy change their approach to the floor. In the duet Waterbrothers, they challenge each other in a stream of movements in which the younger brother sometimes storms past the older one.

💧 In the solo Turns, Virgil 'Skychief' Dey tries to find his way. His ability to move gives him the freedom to always take a new path. State Shift is an intimate evening with musical accompaniment by Jessy 'Boi Beige' Kemper.

🎟️ Info and tickets via link in bio

📸 (c) Rutger Pauw

#AfridiziakTheatreNews #SadlersWells #TheRuggeds #StateShift #BreakinConvention #JonziD #DutchBreakers

🗣️ “While Andoh has successfully brought co

🗣️ “While Andoh has successfully brought comedy to this production, it remains a tragedy strewn with heartbreak, thwarted ambition and corpses and boasts an atmosphere of intense foreboding”

🖊️ In case you missed it, read @gillfisher2603’s
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ review of William Shakespeare’s Richard III via the reviews link in our bio.

🤎🎭 It closes @rosetheatrekingston 🗓️ 13 May 2023 | last few tickets remaining 🎟️

📸 © Manuel Harlan

Directed by and starring Adjoa Andoh

#AfridiziakTheatreNews #RichardIII #RoseTheatreKingston #WilliamShakespeare #AdjoaAndoh

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