Black Lives Matter Archives - The Theatre Times

“Between Riverside And Crazy,” Hampstead Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 25th May 2024 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics

It’s often said that contemporary American playwrights are too polite, too afraid of giving...

The Comeuppance, Almeida Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 18th Apr 2024 | Acting, Review, United Kingdom

I’ve never been one for school reunions, but even if I had kept in touch with former classmates I...

Marching the Streets with an Empty Protest Board: Where Lies the Power of Protest?

Posted by Vera Bonder | 15th Jan 2023 | Festivals, Netherlands, Participatory Theatre, Review, Theatre and Dance, Theatre and Politics

On Saturday 19 November 2022, I witnessed the performance Hands Up! by dancer and choreographer...

When Playwrights Complicate Dramatic Form: Recent Developments in African American Plays of the 2010s

Posted by Jade Thomas | 12th Sep 2022 | Belgium, Essay, Playwriting, Theatre and Decolonization, United States of America

African American drama, theater and performance has a rich and complex history. Only recently,...

Transformative Imaginations #1: Breaking Toxic Patterns

Posted by Baobab van de Teranga | 21st Jul 2021 | Essay, Theatre and Dance, Theatre and Decolonization, Theatre and Politics

RECLAIM PUBLIC SPACE! Many ideals are projected onto public space, as if it were inherently...

“Pass Over” – A Sobering and Unflinching Take on African-American Life in America

Posted by Tonderai Chiyindiko | 9th May 2021 | Review, South Africa, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

Performed as part of the Market Theatre’s annual Black History Month Celebrations, which have been...

John Rwoth-Omack Bears The Torch Of African Theatre In The Diaspora

Posted by Ian Kiyingi Muddu | 17th Aug 2020 | Interview, Transcultural Collaborations, Uganda, United Kingdom

John Rwoth-Omack is a Ugandan-born theatre artist, bred and based in the UK. A lover of African...

“My White Best Friend (And Other Letters Left Unsaid)” at The Royal Court

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 9th Aug 2020 | Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

The strength of the response to the re-emergence of the Black Lives Matter campaign has encouraged...

“Les Blancs” at The National Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 19th Jul 2020 | Review, Theatre and Age, United Kingdom

Lorraine Hansberry’s debut, A Raisin in the Sun, was the first drama written by a black woman to...

The Dangers of Optical Illusionary Performative Activism

Posted by Azudi Onyejekwe | 7th Jun 2020 | Essay, New York, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

Dear white folks (and institutions) seeking to be true allies, Resist the urge to pat yourselves...

“Pipeline” At City Theatre (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

Posted by Wendy Arons | 13th Nov 2018 | The Pittsburgh Tatler

In 2007, the first year I lived in Pittsburgh, my two children attended Pittsburgh Minadeo...

“Sound Of The Beast” Slams Brutality, Inequality, And Racism

Posted by Willow White | 8th Nov 2018 | Canada, Immersive Theatre, LGBTQ+ Theatre, Review

Willow White reviews Donna-Michelle St. Bernard’s one-woman show Sound Of The Beast, produced by...

debbie tucker green’s “ear for eye” At The Royal Court

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 4th Nov 2018 | London, Review, United Kingdom

Two countries; two histories. Being black in the US; being black in the UK. Compare and contrast....

“I Don’t See Race” And Other White Lies

Posted by Corrie Scott | 25th Jul 2018 | Canada, Essay, Theatre and Politics

No one white really wants to talk about being white. Lately, the “color-blind” approach to race...

“Carmen Jones”: A Classic Reborn

Posted by The Theatre Times | 6th Jul 2018 | Musical Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America

It is then, a refreshing surprise – as New York theatre recovers from the inundation of Broadway super-musicals that were too big to succeed – that Carmen Jones has returned in a razor-sharp 95-minute John Doyle production at the Classic Stage Company.