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Cast Announced For Unicorn And Talawa Theatre's HOME SONG
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 22, 2025

Unicorn Theatre, the national theatre for young audiences, and leading Black British theatre pioneers Talawa Theatre Company have announced the cast for Home Song.

Photos: In Rehearsal for the UK Premiere of New Shakespeare-Inspired Musical, PLAY ON!
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 7, 2024

See photos from inside rehearsal for the UK premiere of Play On!, the jazz-fuelled, Twelfth Night-inspired musical that will tour the UK from September 2024 – February 2025.

Full Cast Set For PLAY ON! Opening At Coventry's Belgrade Theatre In September
by Stephi Wild - Jun 20, 2024

Casting has been announced for Play On!, a co-production with Talawa Theatre Company, that will open at the Belgrade Theatre 23 September – 5 October, with a national press night on Thursday 26 September, ahead of a UK tour.  

Cast Set For UK Tour of PLAY ON!
by Stephi Wild - Jun 18, 2024

The cast has been announced for the UK premiere of Play On!, the jazz-fuelled, Twelfth Night-inspired musical that will tour the UK from September 2024 – February 2025, including a winter run at Lyric Hammersmith. 

Bristol Old Vic Reveals Lineup of Shows For Autumn and Winter
by Stephi Wild - May 2, 2024

After a record-breaking Spring at Bristol Old Vic, the theatre has announced a burst of new productions taking us into Autumn/Winter. Learn more about the lineup here!

Sharon Rose and Reece Richards Will Lead Talawa Theatre Company's LOVE STEPS
by Stephi Wild - Mar 11, 2024

West-End star Sharon Rose and Sex Education’s Reece Richards (Netflix) have been cast in Love Steps, a ‘choreopoem’ inspired drama fusing poetry, dance and music by director, writer and poet Anastasia Osei-Kuffour.

Lyric Hammersmith Reveals 2024-25 Season, Including Revival of OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD and More!
by Stephi Wild - Feb 15, 2024

The Lyric Hammersmith Theatre has announced its new 2024/2025 season, featuring a revival of the Olivier Award-winning play Our Country’s Good. Learn more about the full season here!

Marisha Wallace, Toby Gad & More to Perform in NUTCRACKER NIGHTS at The Tuff Nutt Jazz Club
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 5, 2023

Experience exclusive live music sessions at The Tuff Nutt Jazz Club after performances of Nutcracker at Southbank Centre. Featuring Emma Rawicz, David Preston, Gabrielle Brooks, and more. Don't miss this unforgettable encore to the critically acclaimed Nutcracker. Tickets on sale now.

Talawa Stories Radio Dramas Return to BBC Radio 4 For Second Season
by Stephi Wild - Dec 5, 2023

Following a successful first series in 2021, Talawa Stories is returning to BBC Radio 4 with three fresh, powerful radio dramas in 2024.  The playwrights, plays and directors have been announced, bringing their unique and exciting works to the airwaves, presented by Talawa, the UK’s outstanding Black theatre company. 

Talawa Announces 2023 Season, With New Show and Return of Talawa Stories
by Stephi Wild - Mar 8, 2023

Talawa Theatre Company, the UK’s outstanding Black theatre company, has an exciting 2023 ahead, including new productions, community projects in Croydon and the return of Talawa Stories and Talawa Firsts. 

Finalists in the 2023 BBC Audio Drama Awards Announced
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Feb 8, 2023

The finalists in the 2023 BBC Audio Drama Awards have today been announced, with a wealth of talent such as Toby Jones, Danielle Vitalis and Ken Cheng all in the running for the top spots.

Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse Announce 2023 Season and New Associate Companies
by Stephi Wild - Dec 2, 2022

Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse has announced a 2023 season that boasts four re-imagined classics on stage and the introduction of six new Associate Companies.

Leading Black Theatre Company Talawa Retains NPO And Receives Uplift In Funding
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 9, 2022

​​​​​​​Talawa, the UK's leading Black theatre company, is remaining a National Portfolio Organisation (NPO).  Announced on 4th November 2022, Talawa acknowledges this important funding that allows them to continue and expand their vital work championing Black excellence in UK theatre and beyond.  

A PLACE FOR WE Goes Digital for Five Years
by Stephi Wild - Sep 30, 2022

Talawa Theatre Company and Park Theatre’s Olivier Award-nominated A Place for We is being made available on Digital Theatre for five years in the UK.  This acclaimed production explores London’s communities over three very different generations.  Following its successful, limited-run premiere on Windrush Day, will be available for more audiences across the country than ever before. 

Talawa Theatre Company & Young Vic Theatre to Host Event in Honor of Mona Hammond OBE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 14, 2022

Talawa, the UK’s outstanding Black theatre company, is holding an evening of celebration in honour of its late co-founder Mona Hammond OBE (1931–2022).  As one of the founders of Talawa Theatre Company in 1986, Hammond was instrumental in championing Black British theatre and her passion and vision was fundamental to the company’s work.

Talawa Firsts Turns 10 With Celebratory Programme of Plays and Workshops
by Stephi Wild - May 25, 2022

Talawa Firsts is 10 years old; providing a stage for some of the freshest new voices in Black British theatre, the festival includes exciting double bill stage readings, online Q+As with writers and theatres and in-person workshops for writers and theatre makers.  

BWW Review: RUNNING WITH LIONS, Lyric Hammersmith
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Feb 16, 2022

First recorded in March 2021 and broadcast on BBC Radio 4, (still available on BBC Sounds) Sian Carter’s new play Running With Lions is a raw and honest look at attitudes towards grief, faith and the stigma of mental health problems in a multi-generational British-Caribbean family.

Photos: First Look at Ruby Barker, Wil Johnson & More in RUNNING WITH LIONS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 14, 2022

The Lyric Hammersmith Theatre and Talawa Theatre Company will present the world premiere of Running With Lions. The production will star Ruby Barker, Wil Johnson, Nickcolia KingN’da, Suzette Llewellyn, and Velile Tshabalala.

Photos: Inside Rehearsal For RUNNING WITH LIONS at the Lyric Hammersmith
by Stephi Wild - Feb 1, 2022

Running With Lions is an intergenerational family drama about love, loss and hope: following three generations of women, it explores what it means to allow those we love to be themselves. The production stars Bridgerton’s Ruby Barker, alongside stars of stage and screen Wil Johnson, Nickcolia King-N’da, Suzette Llewellyn and Velile Tshabalala.

THE FOREST Leads February's Top 10 New London Shows
by Marianka Swain - Jan 29, 2022

London is never short of temptations, whether splashy West End shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. From Florian Zeller’s latest to a starry Shakespeare and thrilling art duel, here are some of this month’s most eye-catching openings. Don’t forget to check back for BroadwayWorld’s reviews, interviews and features!