Black Plays - Black Woman Time

National Theatre, South Bank, London
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This event ended on Saturday 31st of January 2015
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The whole series can be booked for £65 (£55 concs) or this single session can be booked for £12
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National Theatre
South Bank, Belvedere Road, SE1 9PX
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Temple 0.26 miles

This session examines the development of black women playwrights and black theatre companies with a gender specific remit. The 1980s saw a steady increase in the number of plays written and produced by black and Asian women writers and the growth of Black Theatre was accompanied by a wider movement in the art world which marked the arrival of radical young black female artists, determined to challenge their absence from the mainstream. With guest speaker Adjoa Andoh.

Plays covered: Money to Live by Jacqueline Rudet, Running Dream by Trish Cooke, A Rock in Water by Winsome Pinnock, Fishing by Paulette Randall.

In this series Natasha Bonnelame (until recently the Black Plays Archive Project Manager), will be joined by guest speakers including Lynette Goddard and Topher Campbell, to explore a diverse collection of plays from dramatists of African and Caribbean heritage. Combining performances, clips of past productions and lively discussion, each session will examine a topic, from decolonisation to sexuality, protest theatre to cosmopolitanism.


National Theatre’s Black Plays Archive
Many of the plays covered in this series can be found in the Black Plays Archive. This is an online catalogue of the first professional production of every African, Caribbean, and Black British play produced in the UK. In addition to the catalogue there are a number of contextual resources, including audio recordings of play extracts, essays and video interviews.

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