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AACDD returns to the Bargehouse ‘DIASPORA DYNAMICS’ Celebrating its sixth year the African and African-Caribbean Design Diaspora (AACDD) Festival returns to the Bargehouse overlapping with the opening of the London Design Festival. As the only non-commercial event of its kind, the AACDD Initiative has evolved into a serious platform for the outstanding creative talent and […]
Unique Screening, Music and Debate at Brixton Ritzy Professor Paul Gilroy, academic and author of the classic book, ‘There ain’t no black in the union jack’ will be speaking at a unique event taking place next Sunday 20th September, from 4pm onwards, at the Ritzy Picturehouse (Cinema) in the heart of Brixton, one of the […]
Derek Walcott’s Omeros returns this October Following its sell-out run last year, Derek Walcott’s adaptation of his Nobel Prize-winning epic poem Omeros returns to the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. The poem spans both time and continents, following the journey of a present-day Odysseus and a beautiful house servant Helen, who incites her own Trojan War. The […]
Playwright Mustapha Matura Nomination for Alfred Fagon Award 2015 Trinidadian playwright Mustapha Matura has been nominated for this year’s Audience Award for Play Mas. This is a new award created by the Alfred Fagon Award (AFA) to recognize and celebrate the depth of talented Black British playwrights of Caribbean and African descent writing in Britain […]
Daughter of Richard Pryor to attend British Urban Film Festival awards in September The British Urban Film Festival has announced that comedienne, cabaret performer and daughter of the late Richard Pryor, Rain Pryor, will be in London to receive an honorary award in recognition of her father’s contribution to comedy, film and television at the […]