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This was a programme of traditional dances including rituals such as Candomblé, and dances such as Malculelê, Capoeira and Samba de Roda originated in West Africa and developed in Brazil as forms of...

This production was a re-interpretation of Handel's oratorio, Messiah, within the aesthetic traditions of Trinidad and Tobago. The story, told by a cast of over 100 including a chorus recruited from...

The play is inspired by the 1950s novel Brotherman by Roger Mais, and explores the vision and the spiritual profundity of Rastafarianism and the way it has shaped the culture and philosophy of...

The show featured dance pieces played to the music of Bob Marley.

A dance drama in two parts: Reggae Ina Yu Jeggae and War Ina Babylon. The production explores the development of reggae, a political and spiritual movement which evolved in the Caribbean

The production opened at the Tricycle Theatre and later transferred to the West End. Set in Harlem in the 1950s, it explored the life of a female preacher and her conflict with her family,...

The production, featuring an all Black cast of American gospel singers and dancers, included a nativity play in which Mary and Joseph were represented by young dancers as the singers chant the stages...

The play is set in Trench Town, a deprived area on the outskirts of Kingston, Jamaica. It explores issues connected to religious superstitions and white domination through the life of a young woman,...

This was a Jamaican reggae pantomime, first performed in Jamaica by the Little Theatre Movement in 1985. The production reflected Jamaican folklore themes in its storyline, music, design and use of...

Presented as 'the first West Indian-English pantomime', this production by Dark and Light presented Anansi, the Jamaican 'half-man, half-spider' folk hero, living in Brixton with his family and...

This musical show, aimed at all ages, explored the rich legacy of folklore from Africa through the main character of Anansi. As noted in the programme Anansi the Spider is one of the major trickster...

This production was based on the Jamaican practice known as Jonkunnu - when slaves originally celebrated two days of freedom at Christmas. It told the story of the famous 1841 carnival parade, which...