Following the announcement of the imminent closure of motiroti arts organisation, on 30 March the motiroti archive was donated to Future...

motiroti

1993

A series of workshops on black theatre archives were delivered by Dr Terracciano to undergraduate students as part of Goldsmiths University Special Collections & Archives...

Alda Terracciano

2011

In 2007 Future Histories had contributed to the 'Collections Working Group', part of the London Mayor's Heritage Diversity Task Force, lobbying the Research Council to invest in knowledge transfer...

Mayor's Commission on African and Asia Heritage

2009

With Deirdre Osborne's support, on 27 July 2011 Future Histories moved its archives from Middlesex University to Goldsmiths University, where a deposit agreement was signed on 3 February...

Goldsmiths University

2020

In April 2010 Middlesex University's archivist informed Future Histories Board of Directors of the closure of the Cat Hill campus where the archives were housed. Transfer to the university's new...

Alda Terracciano

2001

The Trading Faces online exhibition was officially launched in January 2009. The website soon became a key resource for the study of Black British theatre in the UK and...

Alda Terracciano

2009

Trading Faces Re-collecting Slavery project was officially launched in November 2008. The catalogues of the Talawa Theatre archive, as well as archives held at the V&A, including Black Mime, Temba,...

V&A Theatre Collections

1927-01-1927

On 25 June, Future Histories and Talawa Theatre Company were awarded a substantial grant by the HLF for Trading Faces Re-collecting Slavery. The project activities included cataloguing Black theatre...

Future Histories

2009

As a result of its engagement with black artists in cataloguing activities, in 2007 Future Histories was invited to take part in a series of Discussion Forums at Tate Britain focused on...

Tate Britain

2007

In March 2006 CAF (Charities Aid Foundation) confirmed in-kind support to help Future Histories develop a strategy to ensure its sustainability in the face of the acute challenges faced by the...

Eastside Consulting

2006

On 22 March 2006 Future Histories launched a new collaboration with the V&A Theatre Museum to facilitate future archival acquisitions and enable access to unique resources on African, Asian and...

V&A Theatre Museum

2006

In November 2005 Future Histories was approached by Nadia Stern, interim executive director of Talawa Theatre Company, to explore the possibility of including Talawa's archive in future project...

Fiona Smith

2008