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@AssadZC @gialanders @BakerTyson @aaronkparsons @MogaliMasuku @kemi_bo #BLM #BHM2020 #NewVoices

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Still a few places left for this event tomorrow. #artsandactivism with Preston Black History Group & the Institute for Black Atlantic Research along with
@NicoleWillson & the Othello Project writers. https://t.co/rV8ktZknu7.

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We're talking #artsandactivism with Preston Black History Group & the Institute for Black Atlantic Research along with @NicoleWillson next week! It's a free digital event, why not join us. https://t.co/dGvi02pm0E.

[MR FEMI OGUNS (MBE) @MrFemiOguns]

Wishing the very best of luck to the young actors this evening in the @identityacting school 17th anniversary annual showcase. It's been such a fulfilling festival with a number of actors shortlisted listed for agency reads with more hopefully to follow!!

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Incredible & moving performance from the gifted @Mikejbal in #TheDeathOfEnglandDelroy @NationalTheatre available to watch until tomorrow OR IRL in 2021.

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A huge thrill for the OP writers has been discovering really interesting moments in history that their characters have been involved in. As OP writer & producer @AssadZC found in this illustration where Dadabhai Naoroji is depicted as Othello in a local paper circa 1900s.

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Congratulations to the inspirational @telljuliet on winning #BestNewPlay2020 @AlfredFagonAwrd for #TheWhip @TheRSC

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In my brand new documentary, I explore the issue of racism in football, speaking for the first time about my own personal experience.
#AntonFerdinand: Football, Racism and Me on @BBC One & @BBCiPlayer - Nov 30th - 9pm

[Talawa Theatre Co @TalawaTheatreCo]

We’re thrilled to announce a major new partnership with our friends @BirminghamRep

BLACK JOY will be a season of new work by Black creatives & artists presented in 2021, and playing in Birmingham, London & nationwide: https://t.co/rqrxEj4xZZ

#BlackJoy #Theatre #BuildBackBetter

[clarered @clarered]

Never mind bubbles, £21 buys shelter, care, hot food and companionship to those who are street homeless in Bristol at Christmas. Read more and donate to @caringinbristol if you are able: https://t.co/ZFF9KTfKUP

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Although many of the characters featured in the OP plays aren't honoured in popular culture or found in history books if you dig, as our writers have, there's some wonderful source material out there as @kemi_bo discovered in her pursuit to learn more about #AltheaGibson

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Through research for her play #RedMike OP writer @gialanders has discovered a complex character in Michael De Freitas. A practiced code switcher he socialised with & was supported by many communities including the Glitterati as seen here with @yokoono & #JohnLennon.

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Tickets are now on sale for our first Tales for Winter events. Join us to celebrate the essence of live theatre: an actor, a stage & a story.

We can't wait to welcome you all back, whether you're watching online or in person: https://t.co/p3wIY5EanO

#HereforCulture #BackonStage

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Let us introduce you to #KazetGazette a song which OP writer @MogaliMasuku has been using as one of her sources of research for her play #TheDancingGoGos which is inspired by the life & work of TheMahotellaQueens https://t.co/Y6XCbqrMG5

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Despite the lockdown the OP writers have been keeping busy in preparation for the day we can meet & finally make the work. Over the next few days we thought we'd share some of the source material with you that the writers have used & been inspired by to write & create their work.

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How does it feel to be erased from history? @kemi_bo explores this theme in ALTHEA about the late great tennis champion #AltheaGibson

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Today we bring you an extract from #RedMike about Michael de Freitas by @gialanders & acted by #ZackWyatt The play explores many things including what it means to be Mixed Race -to be both Black & White. Is there harmony in this duality?Do you have to be more one than the other?

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In the next of our dedicated blog posts on @TheOthelloPro, Assad Zaman (@assadZC) shares the story of Dadabhai Naoroji and tells us what fascinated him about Dadabhai’s life and journey.

Read the full blog post at: https://t.co/RUpOokEZTF

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Founder of @TheOthelloPro Kemi-Bo Jacobs (@kemi_bo) writes about Althea Gibson. Kemi-Bo champions Althea’s life & work in a new piece of work, exploring her life as a Black Female tennis player in 1950s America.

Read more from Kemi-Bo on Althea Gibson: https://t.co/T92E2zkFQc

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Thank you @TheOthelloPro, loved learning about such incredible people this morning and hearing the creative responses to their lives.

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@clarered Thanks so much for tuning in! X