I can't wait for us to bring this to the West End in April. Meanwhile, we are having a fantastic time with this sell-out show at the Adelaide Festival in Australia. I feel truly blessed.
Really excited about this book. Can’t wait to share with you. Thank you @PenguinUKBooks and @DGALitAgents@AparnaKumar95 for believing in my writing. Thank you to my first readers for going with my ideas. The New Carthaginians is about to take flight. #poetlife#makethetea
It's the FIRST day of rehearsals on Mansfield Park 🌟 A beautiful sunny day at the Watermill to welcome some of our cast and creatives as we start work on this adaptation in collaboration with @twogents! #MansfieldPark
AUGUST IN ENGLAND at the Bush Theatre. Another wonderful evening. Superb debut one man play written and performed by Lenny Henry. Full of laughter, fabulous one liners and poignant. Story of the Windrush scandal . Brilliantly co-directed by Lynnette Linton and Daniel Bailey. ❤️
📢WEST END TRANSFER 📢
Following a critically acclaimed, sell-out season at @LyricHammer, Dario Fo and Franca Rame's riotous farce @anarchistplayuk storms @TRH_London for the summer season.
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Went to see Unseen Unheard last night. A wonderful and moving play written by Naomi Denny and sensitively directed by Simon Frederick and Suzann McLean. Beautifully performed by a fabulous cast who had us laughing and then pulling at our heartstrings. ❤️
Black opera BLUE, Coliseum. Completely blown away. Set in NY. Black cop’s son killed by white cop. Devastation for parents and community. Moving. Brilliant performance from Kenneth Kellogg (father) and phenomenal Nadine Benjamin (mother). Ends tomorrow but watch out for return.
Wonderful evening at SOAS - Hidden Histories: Celebrating through Masquerade, celebrating the Gambia. Talks, music and masquerading. Chaired by Kadija Sesay, with The Gambian High Commissioner to the UK, Her Excellency Dr Fatou Bensouda, the amazing sculptor Sokari Douglas Camp.
Press Night at The Rose Theatre to see the amazingly versatile Adjoa Andoh’s Richard111. An extraordinary performance, interesting choices that makes you sit up and see things from a different gaze. Go see.
As we open another load of auditions I thought I’d post some stats on the last show we cast that followed this format (first round via self tape, recalls in person).
Wonderful evening at Barbican Theatre for moving, powerful play ‘The Meaning of Zong’ written, co-directed and starring the phenomenally talented Giles Terera. Tells the tragic story of 132 alive slave being thrown into the sea for an insurance claim. Fab music, brilliant cast❤️