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Stop and Search 2019

Stop and Search

By Gabriel Gbadamosi

Three stories intersect around themes of suspicion, surveillance and antagonism.

Cast Size: 5

Superhoe 2019

Superhoe

By Nicole Lecky

Sasha Clayton is a 24-year-old aspiring singer/rapper who becomes a sex worker.

Cast Size: 1

Tha Half God of Rainfall 2019

Tha Half God of Rainfall

By Inua Ellams

A contemporary epic mixing storytelling and poetry about a Nigerian demi-god basketball hero.

Cast Size: 2

The Seven Ages of Patience 2019

The Seven Ages of Patience

By Chinonyerem Odimba

The Seven Ages of Patience is an epic, contemporary myth that spans eight decades of one woman’s lif...

Cast Size: 100

The Whip 2019

The Whip

By Juliet Gilkes-Romero

As politicians gather to abolish the slave trade once and for all, just as morality and cunning comp...

Cast Size: 12

This is Black: Pyneapple 2019

This is Black: Pyneapple

By Chantelle Alle

Young black women grapple with stereotypes in the London-based hair salon Crowns. Following these wo...

Cast Size: 4

This is Black: Teleportation 2019

This is Black: Teleportation

By Ronke Adekoluejo

Teleportation centres around the relationship of a disabled white man and his black female carer in...

Cast Size: 2

Three Sisters 2019

Three Sisters

By Inua Ellams

Love and longing in 1960s Nigeria.   Owerri, 1967, on the brink of the Biafran Civil War. Lolo,...

Cast Size: 20

Tree 2019

Tree

By Idris Elba , Kwame Kwei-Armah

Tree follows one man’s journey into the heart and soul of contemporary South Africa – with the audie...

Cast Size: 12

Typical 2019

Typical

By Ryan Calais Cameron

An ex-serviceman who has spent his life fighting for his country finds new battles in a society figh...

Cast Size: 1