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Just For Kicks by Alan Cooke. The play was commissioned by Black Theatre Co-operative in collaboration with Newham Drugs Prevention Team, and explores issues surrounding the use of drug crack. Tour...

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Bitter ‘n’ Twisted by Michael Ellis. Jamaicans Courtney and Bibby marry in 1966, but one year later they both die in a jealous crime of passion. To save their souls from limbo they return to earth to...

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Song of a Bluefoot Man by James Berry. The play tells the story of a Jamaican traveller and the people he meets, the things he sees, and his dreams. His story is told in a series of encounters, some...

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Leonora’s Dance by Zindika (Zindikas Macheol). Leonora always wanted to be a dancer, and her dreams are fulfilled when she joins the ballet. Here she experiences prejudice and alienation as in the...

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An Aftertaste of Sherry by Allison West. The production takes the form of two one-act plays reflecting on the lives and times of four Black women. The first play, Casualties, studies the lifelong...

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Viva Detroit by Derek Walcott. This is a comedy and love story tracing the romance between Pat and Sonny. Pat is a successful white American photographgrapher on holiday in St.Lucia where she begins a...

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Splendid Mummer (The Life of Ira Aldridge) by Lonne Elder III. The play traces the life of celebrated Black actor Ira Aldridge from his youth in New York to his eventual rise to stardom in Europe with...

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Meetings by Mustapha Matura. Hugh and Jean are a middle class, successful, Trinidadian couple leading very busy lifestyles. Hugh becomes aware of something missing in his life at the same time as Jean...

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Paper and Stone by Zindikas Macheol. A play with music that follows three Black women on a journey through denial, innocence, experience and finally self-recognition. Brenda craves independence from...

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65 With A Bullet, a musical by Black Theatre Co-operative & Michael Ellis. This is a powerful father-son drama and surrealistic journey through the history of Black people. Alphonse is a bitter 65...

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Adam’s Dream by Allison West. Surreal comedy set in Harlem telling the story of Adam, an African American lawyer, who loses his mind and thinks he's the King of Harlem. He visits an unethical white...

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Temporary Rupture by Michael Ellis. Directed by Paulette Randall. The play is a fast and funny romantic comedy in which “a wayward lover returns to his childhood sweetheart five years after deserting...