Interviews

Trish Cooke on Alterations 

Trish Cooke explores her role as Additional Material writer for Alterations, discussing the challenge between preserving the original script written in 1978 and adapting it for modern audiences.

Arinzé Kene and Frankie Bradshaw on Alterations

Arinzé Kene, Frankie Bradshaw, and the National Theatre costume makers explore the process of designing costumes and tailoring the designs to suit the play’s characters.

Natasha Gordon on Nine Night

Roy Alexander-Weise on Nine Night

Playwright Mojisola Adebayo on Desert Boy

Mojisola Adebayo talks about her play Desert Boy, which was first performed at The Albany in 2010.

Mojisola Adebayo on Muhammad Ali and Me

Mojisola Adebayo talks about her play Muhammed Ali and Me, first performed at Ovalhouse Theatre in 2008.

Mojisola Adebayo on Moj of the Antarctic

Watch playwright, director, teacher, actor and producer, Mojisola Adebayo, talk about her lauded play Moj of the Antarctic.

Oladipo Adboluaje on The Estate (2006) and Iya-Ile

Oladipo Agboluaje discusses his plays The Estate (2006) and Iya-Ile, The First Wife for the Black Plays Archive.

Oladipo Adboluaje on The Hounding of David Oluwale

Oladipo Agboluaje talks about his play The Hounding of David Oluwale, first performed at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in 2009.

Michael Buffong on The Posse

Watch Michael Buffong, discuss his involvement in the variety performance group The Posse, which emerged from Theatre Royal Stratford East.

Michael Buffong Biography

Artistic Director of Talawa Theatre Company Michael Buffong talks about his career and his experience of working as a Black British theatre director.

Mustapha Matura Biography

Watch the award-winning playwright Mustapha Matura discuss his life, career and works.

Mustapha Matura on The Coup

Mustapha Matura talks about his play The Coup, first performed in the Cottesloe Theatre in 1991.

Co-writers Clint Dyer and Roy Williams on Death of England

Watch Roy Williams and director Clint Dyer, discuss their play Death of England. The play premiered at the National’s Dorfman Theatre in 2020.

Roy Williams on The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

Roy Williams talks about his play The Loneliness of The Long Distance Runner, first performed at the York Theatre Royal in 2012.

Playwright Roy Williams on Sucker Punch

Roy Williams talks about his play, Sucker Punch, first performed at the Royal Court Theatre in 2010.

Roy Williams on Days of Significance

Roy Williams talks about his play Days of Significance, first performed at the Swan Theatre, 2007.

Roy Williams on Sing Yer Heart Out for the Lads

Roy Williams talks about his play Sing Yer Heart Out For The Lads, first performed at the Cottesloe Theatre in 2002.

Barber Shop Chronicles and Chewing Gum Dreams

Winsome and Ola discuss care and conversation in Barber Shop Chronicles by Inua Ellams at the National Theatre, and Michaela Coel’s explosive one-woman show Chewing Gum Dreams at The Yard.

Egusi Soup and Chiaroscuro

Ola and Winsome discuss recognition, family and intergenerational differences in Egusi Soup by Janice Okoh at the Soho Theatre, and Jackie Kay’s poetic meditation on sexual identity and friendship, Chiaroscuro.

London Calling and Weathering the Storm

Ola and Winsome celebrate London Calling by pioneering playwright, poet and broadcaster Una Marson, and Dona Daley’s love story about a first-generation British-Jamaican couple living in Leeds, Weathering the Storm.

random and Fallout

Winsome and Ola explore debbie tucker green‘s random, which highlights the devasting impact of knife crime, and Fallout by Roy Williams, which plays out a murder investigation splintered by racial tensions.