TALAWA THEATRE COMPANY

by Stephi Wild - June 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.  ...

by Stephi Wild - June 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.  ...

by Stephi Wild - June 05, 2024

Talawa Theatre Company’s flagship programme for emerging theatremakers, TYPT, is back this summer.  A team of emerging Black artists aged 18-25 will work with established artists to create a brand-new show in four weeks, with invaluable access for young artists at the start of their careers to profe...

by Stephi Wild - May 10, 2024

Following the success of last year’s two week festival of new and emerging Black work and artists, Talawa Firsts festival is returning.  This July at their base in Croydon, Talawa Theatre Company will host two amazing weeks of new work, workshops, rooftop club nights, their first Don’t Flick short f...

by Stephi Wild - March 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....

by Stephi Wild - March 01, 2024

Anastasia Osei-Kuffour, director, writer, poet and producer makes her playwriting debut in Love Steps, a production supported by Talawa Theatre Company and premiering at Omnibus Theatre for 3 weeks from 3 to 20 April and from 29 May to 1 June at Talawa’s Studio Theatre Fairfield Halls. ...

by Stephi Wild - February 07, 2024

The Yard Theatre will host a special 'Black Out' night for the play 'Samuel Takes A Break,' which is nominated for the Susan Smith Blackburn Writing Prize. The Black Out Night will be held on 28 February at 7.30pm....

by Stephi Wild - December 05, 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 Blac...

by Stephi Wild - November 30, 2023

Refilwe, a new family adventure about hair, home and the power of connecting with roots is a contemporary Black, feminist twist on the classic fairy tale Rapunzel which opens at Bernie Grant Arts Centre this weekend....

by Stephi Wild - November 14, 2023

Talawa Theatre Company is taking Refilwe, an African retelling of Rapunzel, on a festive tour this December. ...