Great opportunity from our friends Tamasha!

Do you want to lead the Board of the one of the UK’s leading Global Majority theatre companies?
🔗 Full info & how to apply tamasha.org.uk/jobs
🗓 Applications close on 20 May

Our latest Artist of the Month, Peyvand 明 珠 پیوند, reflects on their play Dual دوگانه that opened at Edinburgh Fringe Festival last year 🧡

🔗 Read the whole post on our blog bit.ly/4a0rvRd

Are you:

- a creative of Asian heritage?
- Welsh or Wales-based?
- interested in speaking to a producer about your work?

I'd love to connect with you, especially if you've never received funding, or even spoken to a producer, before. DM me!

And if that's not you, please RT!

It's official.
#RedPitchPlay has entered its final week of performances.

Don’t miss Bilal ( #KedarWilliamsStirling ), Joey ( #EmekaSesay ) and Omz ( #FrancisLovehall ) in Red Pitch, playing in London’s newest West End Theatre @sohoplace until 4 May.

When I was appointed Leeds Playhouse, I joined a growing list of Black & Brown leaders outside of London (albeit very disproportionately in AD roles). It was a breath of fresh air. Nearly two years later, I’m now depressingly one of the last few standing. What went wrong?

A powerful fusion of movement, song, and text, Now, I See is an exploration of identity, forgiveness, and nature’s visceral power to heal.

Watch the trailer for Lanre Malaolu’s new theatrical work, opening at Stratford East on FRI 10 MAY.

bit.ly/SE_NowISee

📢 Entry open for the Mustapha Matura Award & Mentoring Programme 2024 until 31 July- featuring mentorship by a leading Black British playwright. Alfred Fagon Award

vam.ac.uk/event/5rBVQ1xR… Special One of performance #TheLivingArchive V&A #Performance Festival #c u there

Introducing Aunty Fatu, played by iconic British-Sierra Leonean actress Anni Domingo!

Originally hailing from Freetown, Fatu moves to Cov from London in search of a fresh start. Come & learn more about her story in Swim, Aunty, Swim!

🗓️20 May - 1 June
🎟️ buff.ly/3RzcCz5

We are delighted to bring to the stage our latest show. We would love to see you there!!

space.org.uk/event/permissi…

EARLYBIRD TICKETS TILL MAY 14TH! The Space

📢 Calling young beatboxers and musicians! Southbank Centre are on the lookout for young people aged 8 – 30 to join a community chorus to perform in the hip-hop musical Pied Piper during May half term.

Deadline 2 May, sign-up 👉 ow.ly/FkJa50Rp6Zf
BAC Beatbox Academy

“It feels like you’re in a Bollywood film” 🤩

See what audiences are saying about #FrankieMusical , our new billion colour musical, which began its previews at Watford Palace this week🥻✨

Venues and tickets: rifcotheatre.com/live-shows/fra…

Now, I See opens at Stratford East in two weeks – have you got your tickets yet?

A powerful fusion of movement, song, and text, Now, I See is an exploration of identity, forgiveness and nature’s visceral power to heal.

Book your tickets now bit.ly/SE_NowISee

Liberation Squares is about British Muslim schoolgirls, whose adolescence is as complex, infuriating & joyous as any other teenagers, but with the added complications of Islamophobia & cultural erasure. Book the captioned show at Brixton House on 9 May. ow.ly/mi9s50RmWk4

The journey to establish the McKenzie Heritage Picture Archive was inspired by a mission to showcase authentic narratives of Black & Asian communities in Britain. For more info, visit buff.ly/3wRkWx0

Image descriptions and credit can be found on our Instagram.

Hear @ApphiaCampbell talk about Nina Simone & Black Is The Color Of My Voice on Gaydio & ALL FM 96.9: gaydio.co.uk/manchester/pla… [at 1:15:25]

Her show is at Leeds Playhouse tonight, HOME in Manchester 26-27 April & @StratfordEast 11-15 June. Book now bitcomv.com #NinaSimone

Get the FIRST LOOK at the set of SWEAT!

Don't blink or you'll miss it 👀

Want to see more? Catch it tomorrow on its first preview!

Set Design by Good Teeth
By Lynn Nottage
Directed by Olivier winning, Jade Lewis
🎟️ rxtheat.re/SWEATBTSX

What's behind the scenes of #PlayOn ?
Love languages, identity crises, and unrequited love.

Oh, and great music by Duke Ellington!
youtu.be/J6ZSKOy9g9E

See UK wide Sep 24-Feb 25
Belgrade Theatre
Bristol Old Vic
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Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse theatres
WiltshireCreative

Paterson Joseph comes to Stratford East this July with dramatised readings from his novel, The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho.

SANCHO & ME is an unmissable evening of storytelling presented by Paterson Joseph
FRI 05 JUL bit.ly/SE_SanchoAndMe

🚨 We are hiring - DEVELOPMENT MANAGER 🚨

It's an exciting role - you'll design and implement a fundraising campaign to celebrate and capitalise on our 35th anniversary (🥳) as well as so much else!

🔗 Full details tamasha.org.uk/jobs
🗓 Applications close on 13 May