LONDON / THEATRE

Women who Blow on Knots

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In Women who Blow on Knots you are immediately drawn into women’s lives. The characters include Amira, a Tunisian dancer and blogger who turns the tables on a person she feels belittled by, Maryam, a melancholy Egyptian academic obsessed with Dido, Queen of Carthage, who was present at the protests in Tahir Square, and standing in for Temelkuran herself, a young female Turkish journalist living in exile.

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DANCE / THEATRE

The London International Festival of Theatre 2024

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The London International Festival of Theatre is a bi-annual UK based festival, which invites companies from around the world to the capital to present international work.

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LONDON / THEATRE

AIN’T I A WOMAN?

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These short plays range from one which looks at an imagined process which can changed the ethnicity of a young black woman exhausted by the racism she daily faces, another looks at a world decimated by a virus, where a young black woman, a leader of a resistance, is faced with an impossible choice to make.

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BRITAIN / FILM

Restriction is the Mother of Invention

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This piece tells the important and fascinating story of Sophia Duleep Singh, an Indian princess who was both a prominent suffragette in the UK and god-daughter to Queen Victoria, in an engaging and impressively innovative way.

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THEATRE / USA

Oklahoma

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Oklahoma became the home for the largest number of African American frontier towns post the country’s Civil War. Those towns included Tulsa, which saw the expansion of one of the country’s most prosperous African American communities post World War I.

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MUSIC / THEATRE

The Coloured Valentino

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The Coloured Valentino is a story of hopes and dreams, fighting the obstacles of racial injustice and smashing glass ceilings against all the odds.

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AFRICA / LGBTQ+ / PHOTO

Black Queer Voices

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By Beverly Andrews June traditionally is the month to celebrate Gay pride but with parts of the world still ravaged by COVID, these celebrations have had to be put on hold for […]

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COMEDY / THEATRE

Finding Love During the Time of Covid

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  Finding Love During the Time of Covid By Beverly Andrews The Covid Pandemic is currently presenting major challenges to families around the world.  Be it learning to tutor your children while […]

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