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- 24% 1991
- Armed and Dangerous 1992
Eight of the country's top black actors give a satirical view of modern black British life in sketches, dance and ensemble routines. They... - Ave Afrika 1990
Ave Afrika focuses on the evolution of Ave Lucas. A successful business woman, winning the battles of a sometimes obstructive corporate... - Black to Basics 1994
- Booked! 1998
A comic spin through the day-to-day encounters of a group of West African 'visitors' to Britain. - Bottle Imp, The 1995
- Death and the King's Horseman 1990
The King is dead, and tonight his Horseman must escort him to the Ancestors. As Elesin Oba dances through the closing marketplace,... - Emigrating Home 1994
- Independence Day 1998
A woman in her fifties is sleeping with a man in his thirties. They say they're in love with each other. It's a love the world can't live... - Last Blind Date, The 1992
- No Mean Street 1993
- Oroonoko 1999
In 1688 the British writer and playwright Aphra Behn published her novella, Oroonoko, or the Royal Slave. It tells the strory of an... - Raising Fires 1994
- Romance and Treason 1993
- Stick Stack Stock 1998
- Talking In Tongues 1991
Talking in Tongues set in London and New York begins with a New Year's party in London. Whilst hiding amongst the coats away from the... - Unbroken 1997
- Zumbi - Flame of Resistance 1995
A muscial drama based on the myths and legends of ZUMBI, a seventeenth century black Brazilian freedom fighter. - Song of Songs 1990
- Glory 1990
Glory is an anti-imperialist story of struggle for independence for Trinidad and Tobago interweaved with abuse of a young woman by her... - Paper and Stone 1990
Paper And Stone focuses on the lives of two young black women. Brenda craves independence and is persuaded by Juliet to get away from her... - Dragon Can't Dance, The 1990
The Dragon Can't Dance explores the power of Carnival over the lives of the community on Calvary Hill, in Port of Spain, Trinidad. - Streetwise 1990
- Jamaican Airman Forsees His Death, A 1991
Three young Jamaican men join the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. A strong bond of friendship and memories of home accompany... - Stop The Carnival 1991
- A Long Way From Home 1991
- Coup, The 1991
A funeral oration of President Eddie Jones; a precarious military takeover with trigger-happy squabbling factions: Mustapha Matura's... - Boy With Beer 1992
- On A Level 1992
- Viva Detroit 1992
- Hound 1992
- Goin' Local 1992
- Flamingo 1992
- Odyssey, The 1992
The story of Odysseus' protracted wanderings from fallen Troy to his island home of Ithaca. The episodes are pungently interspersed with... - Arawak Gold 1992
Arawak Gold explores the arrival of Christopher Columbus to Americas from the perspective of the Arawak Indians. - Marching for Fausa 1993
Marching for Fausa explores political corruption in the Federal Republic of Songhai, a fictional country on the west coast of Africa. A... - Leonora's Dance 1993
Leonora always wanted to be a dancer, and her dreams are fulfilled when she joins the ballet. Here she experiences prejudice and... - Twilight Shift 1993
The play focuses on two gay men living in a small Scottish mining village. - Running Dream 1993
Running Dream tells the story of three generations of West Indian women with warmth and humour. - Carver Chair, The 1993
- Alma 1993
- Song of A Bluefoot Man 1993
Song of a Bluefoot Man is the story of a Jamaican traveller and the people he meets, the things he sees, and his dreams. His story is... - Lion, The 1993
- Battie - Man Blues 1993
- Invisible 1993
- Bitter 'n Twisted The Ten Commandments of Black Love 1994
Jamaicans Courtney and Bibby marry in 1966, but one year later they both die in a jealous crime of passion. To save their souls from... - Moor Masterpieces 1994
Othello, James Baldwin, Solomon, Duke Ellington and Martin Luther King talk about the past, present, slavery and liberation. - Two Horsemen 1994
Baja and Langbaja trade stories about life, sex, and god in a run-down shack. They say they are street-sweepers, but gradually they... - Resurrections in the Season of the Longest Drought 1994
Resurrections set in Nigeria is a subversive and satirical drama that takes us into a world where shady drug dealers and corrupt lawyers... - Maskarade 1994
- Anansi Come Back 1995
- Death Catches the Hunter 1995
When the prophet Emefa receives the word of God he founds a new chruch, and the people flock to see the miracles he performs. He cures... - Gulp Fiction 1996
Two ex-cons on a mission. Returning to the East End of London after seven years in jail they discover their private lives are in ruins. - To Rahtid 1996
- Mules 1996
In a luxury hotel room, three sleek young black women are panicking. They are high-class "mules" (or drugs couriers) and one of their... - No Boys Cricket Club 1996
Living alone on a drab London council estate, Abi has long since lost sight of the good things in life, until an old friend takes her... - Small World, A 1996
- Josie's Boys 1996
- Brother to Brother 1996
A verbal tapestry of interwoven stories exploring the experience of being black and male in Britian. - Tickets and Ties 1997
Tickets and Ties examines the experiences of an extended West African family living in London. - Wicked Games 1997
- Things Fall Apart 1997
Things Fall Apart is a theatrical adaptation of the Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe's 1958 novel. The play focuses on the story of... - Twice Through the Heart 1997
Based on a true story the play focuses on a woman in prison contemplating her life. - Weathering the Storm 1997
- Ready or Not 1997
- Sin Dykes 1998
Sin Dykes is the story of one woman's exploration of sexuality. "Dykers are out of the closet. Black dykes openly do SM, dykes openly... - Avalanche 1998
- After Windrush 1998
Michael McMillan's After Windrush presents a rewriting of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. - Starstruck 1998
A snapshot of the hopes and broken dreams of a family in the Caribbean at a time when Hollywood heart-throb Stewart Granger lands in... - Thieves Like Us 1998
- Trickster's Payback 1998
Its 2099 and scoundrels, villains and tricksters are fighting it out. Who do you trust at payback time when you are surrounded by double... - 48-98 1998
48-98 is a multimedia stage drama which mixes documentary footage with domestic conflict. - Sounds... in Session 1998
A basement recording studio. Three people are hoping to record the one track that will change their lives; Tanya, a young black singer... - Coups and Calypsos 1999
Elvira is African. Rohan is Indian. They are both Trinidadian. They live in London but are stranded on the holiday island of Tobago... - Lift Off 1999
When old time school friends Mal and Tone begin to break their lifelong friendship, bitter prejudices are brought to the fore. - Up Against The Wall 1999
Henry's got an idea. A great idea. An idea that's gonna make him millions. He's gonna write a musical. A black musical. A big black... - Bonded 1999
- Aeroplane Man 1999
- Can you Keep a Secret? 1999
This tender and moving play explores a shocking murder and it's aftermath. - Women Of Troy 2099 1999
Women of Troy 2009 projects Euripides' classic The Trojan Women one hundred years into the future, where global war rages. - Happy Birthday Mister Deka D 1999
Mister Deka D celebrates his birthday in a place where time has stood still. A man and a woman come together to confront their past,... - Big Nose 1999
Based on Rostand's classic story of Cyrano de Bergerac and set in the Eastern Caribbean in 1957, the show follows the fortunes of Clovis... - Carnival Messiah 1999
Inspired by Handel's celebration of the story of Christ. Carnival Messiah uses the colourful, exuberant traditions of Trinidad carnival... - Paper Jackets 1999
- Unfinished Business 1999
- Talking About Men 1999
- Hyacinth Blue 1999
Hyacinth Blue tells the stories of Patience, Abina and Charlotte, three women in prison. As Abina does Patiences hair, the voices draw... - Absolution 1999
In Absolution a woman leaves the Caribbean, in the postwar migration stream, idealistic and full of hope, to start a new life in England.... - Time of Fire, A 1999
- Story of M, The 2003
Commissioned by the Institute for Contemporary Arts in 1995, The Story of M has received great critical acclaim in both the United States...