Episodes
In the final episode of Series 1, we have a very special guest, the exceptional theatre director Ola Ince.
Published 12/28/20
Published 12/28/20
This week we look at the last decade of Black British theatre and ask: have things really changed for Black theatre practitioners?
Published 12/21/20
This week we have a really special guest on the podcast today, Mojisola Adebayo.
Published 12/14/20
This week, we talk about how theatre can address the 'state of the nation', through the work of the brilliant playwright, Roy Williams.
Published 11/30/20
This week we discuss the question of whether there was a ‘renaissance’ in Black theatre during the 2000s and the work of debbie tucker green.
Published 11/23/20
This week we have a whole episode dedicated to the brilliant and prominent playwright and story-teller, Winsome Pinnock.
Published 11/16/20
This week, we discuss the position of Black women playwrights in the 1980s and 1990s.
Published 11/09/20
This week we are looking at the 1980s, a time when there was a ‘boom’ in Black theatre production in Britain. We discuss the political and social changes that occurred in 1980s Britain, a decade of Thatcher’s Tory government, recession, and...
Published 11/02/20
This week we are looking at the 1970s, a time of resistance and rebellion. We talk about the work of Mustapha Matura and Alfred Fagon amidst the realities of police brutality, anti-racist politics and Black Power in Britain and the USA.
Published 10/26/20
This week we are looking at the tumultuous 1960s, a time of civil unrest, civil rights, anti-colonial struggle, and international conflict, and the plays of Barry Reckord and Wole Soyinka..
Published 10/18/20
This week we are delving into a seminal point in Black British theatre, the 1950s. We look at 'Moon on a Rainbow Shawl' by Errol John, and 'Flesh to a Tiger' by Barry Reckord.
Published 10/11/20
This week we are looking at the 1930s and the first black woman playwright in the Black Plays Archive, the legendary Una Marson, and how she flourished in 1930s Britain. A trailblazer in every sense, Una Marson was a Jamaican poet, playwright, writer,...
Published 10/04/20
In our first episode of That Black Theatre Podcast we talk to Natasha Bonnelame about the wonderful Black Plays Archive, the focal point of our journey into black theatre history in Britain.
Published 09/28/20
That Black Theatre Podcast delves into Black British theatre history with interviews, archive clips and discussion.
Published 09/25/20