Debbie Korley: “We’re Telling Stories of Our Ancestors”
Often, retellings of slavery are depicted in horrendous, gratuitous ways for the benefit of a white, guild-ridden audience. The RSC are about to stage The Whip...
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Review: The Sunset Limited, Boulevard Theatre
The Sunset Limited dabbles in discussing the depressive state man finds himself in, until it propels forward and it finds itself questioning whether there are ...
Lack of Diversity in Oscar and BAFTA Nominations. Do the Olivier Awards Fare Any Better?
Anyone else feel angry/ puzzled/ not that surprised about the recent Oscar and BAFTA nominations? Samuel Sims is feeling all sorts of emotion. Here, he discuss...
It’s Like Every Other Thing Has Been Tailored to Your Whiteness
Emma Bentley talks to three actor friends who are sick of the inherent racism they face day after day when going for jobs and often before they even get in the...
As black women, we exist at the bottom of a social hierarchy
Chantelle Alle and Melissa Saint grew tired of not seeing stories that reflected their lives as young, black women. So they decided to create one. Here, they w...
Transracial adoptees: We are everywhere and nowhere
As a transracial adoptee, Naomi Sumner has always felt something is missing. She writes about battling 'the' questions and the show formed through her experien...