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Far Gone

Far Gone

By John Rwothomack

A profoundly moving play about a young Ugandan boy's journey from childhood innocence to child soldier, seen through the eyes of those that love him and those that betray him.

Two Billion Beats

Two Billion Beats

By Sonali Bhattacharyya

An insightful, heartfelt coming-of-age story and a blazing account of inner-city, British-Asian teenage life.

Samskara

Samskara

By Lanre Malaolu

An explosive fusion of text, physical theatre and hip-hop dance exploring vulnerability, emotional trauma and what it means to be a black man in twenty-first-century Britain.

Some Of Us Exist In The Future

Some Of Us Exist In The Future

By Nkenna Akunna

An utterly original, wryly funny play about one woman's search for a place to belong in a world that's not all it seems. Joint winner of the 2021 Papatango New Writing Prize.

Published in volume Papatango Plays
    Ghost Stories from an Old Country

    Ghost Stories from an Old Country

    By Tajinder Singh Hayer

    A riveting and poignant exploration of the ties that bind us, threaded through with captivating fables. Joint winner of the 2021 Papatango New Writing Prize.

    Published in volume Papatango Plays
      Slave Play

      Slave Play

      By Jeremy O. Harris

      A play that rips apart history to shed new light on the nexus of race, gender, and sexuality in twenty-first-century America.

      The Long Song

      The Long Song (stage version)

      By Andrea Levy Adapted by Suhayla El-Bushra

      The story of a young slave girl who lives through the final turbulent days of slavery on a sugar plantation in 19th-century Jamaica. Adapted from Andrea Levy's award-winning novel.

      Emilia

      Emilia

      By Morgan Lloyd Malcolm

      A riotous, witty reclaiming of the life of Emilia Bassano, poet, mistress, mother, and exceptional woman – widely considered the 'Dark Lady' of Shakespeare's sonnets.

      Sessions

      Sessions

      By Ifeyinwa Frederick

      A raw, funny, bittersweet play about the complexities of masculinity, depression and therapy.

      Contemporary Plays by Black British Writers

      Contemporary Plays by Black British Writers

      By Travis Alabanza, Firdos Ali, Natasha Gordon, debbie tucker green, Arinzé Kene and Chinonyerem Odimba Selected by Natalie Ibu

      An anthology of six brilliant plays, celebrating a multiplicity of stories authored by Black playwrights in the UK over the last decade. Selected and introduced by leading theatre director Natalie Ibu.

      Is God Is

      Is God Is

      By Aleshea Harris

      A revenge tale about two women seeking justice and taking control of their own narratives, colliding the ancient and the modern, the tragic and the Spaghetti Western, hip-hop and Afropunk.

      Burgerz

      Burgerz

      By Travis Alabanza

      A timely, unsettling and powerful play from one of the UK's most prominent trans voices.

       

      Published in volume Contemporary Plays by Black British Writers
        40 Days

        40 Days

        By Firdos Ali

        A play exploring the impact of state violence on Black and brown children.

        Published in volume Contemporary Plays by Black British Writers
          Rockets and Blue Lights

          Rockets and Blue Lights

          By Winsome Pinnock

          The Alfred Fagon Award-winning play that retells British history through the prism of the slave trade.

          Black Love

          Black Love

          By Chinonyerem Odimba

          An explosion of form-busting storytelling, combining real-life stories, imagined worlds, and new songs inspired by an R&B heritage.

          Hungry

          Hungry

          By Chris Bush

          A play about food, love, class and grief in a world where there's little left to savour.

          Lava

          Lava

          By Benedict Lombe

          One woman's journey into her own past becomes inextricably linked with the tides of global history in this wickedly funny, strikingly lyrical and explosive debut play. Winner of the 2022 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.

          ...cake

          ...cake

          By babirye bukilwa

          A psychological drama that asks if the cycle of generational trauma can ever be broken. Can queer, Black femmes find love and belonging when the soil beneath them – and the climate around them – is hostile?

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