100 BLACK WOMEN WHO HAVE MADE A MARK Comes to Leicester Gallery
by Stephi Wild - Jul 23, 2024
100 BLACK WOMEN WHO HAVE MADE A MARK is a new art exhibition created and produced by Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage in Leicester that will run at Leicester Gallery from October 1st 2024 to January 4th 2025.
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.
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.
BWW Interview: Sharon D Clarke Talks DEATH OF A SALESMAN at Piccadilly Theatre
by Anthony Walker-Cook - Oct 18, 2019
It's been a good year for Sharon D Clarke. In April, she finished starring in Caroline, or Change, for which she won the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Clarke and the show transfer to Broadway next year. In the summer, she was The Lady in Blues in the Night at the Kiln Theatre and she also starred as Linda Loman in Death of a Salesman at the Young Vic. Miller's play, directed by Marianne Elliott and Miranda Cromwell, transfers to the Piccadilly Theatre this autumn.
Winners Of The WOW Women In Creative Industries Awards Announced
by Stephi Wild - Mar 7, 2018
Winners, presenters and nominees for the WOW Women in Creative Industries Awards at Southbank Centre including (L-R) Lennie Goodings, Sabrina Mahfouz, Phyllida Lloyd, Bobby Baker, Liz Carr, Kate Mosse, Lubaina Himid, Shobana Jeyasingh, Amy Lame, Mary Portas, Jackie Hagan, Juno Dawson, Louis Weaver, Dawn Walton, Mona Hammond, Jude Kelly, Liv Little, Roshni Goyate, Chi-chi Nwanoku, Sarah Crompton, Vicky Featherstone, Mira Kaushik, Josette Bushell-Mingo, Deborah Williams and Adjoa Andoh
The Faction Announces First Details of Final Rep Season at Diorama
by Nora Dominick - Nov 5, 2015
The Faction, pioneers of 21st Century repertory theatre and producers of critically acclaimed sell-out seasons as one of New Diorama's associate ensembles, will complete their six year tenure at the theatre with a fittingly epic finale: a 21-person Richard III.