Five Minutes with…Jackie Sibblies Drury

February 27, 2014

Five Minutes with…Jackie Sibblies Drury Playwright, ‘We Are Proud to Present…. What inspired you to write We are proud….? I was doing research for a very diff...

Review: ‘We Are Proud to present…’ –

March 20, 2014

Review: ‘We Are Proud to present…’ The set of ‘We Are Proud to present…’ being just a map of Nambia outlined on the floor of the Bush Theatre looks unpromising...

Review: Egusi Soup at London’s Albany

March 27, 2014

If you ever wondered how to capture the African diasporic experience in one evening, ask play writer Janice Okoh. Her play “Egusi soup” is an emotionally charge...

In Praise of Joy on Sunday

July 29, 2014

In praise of Joy on Sunday Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor during rehearsals of 'Sunday' at Stratford Theatre Royal, June 2014 The Stratford Theatre Royal has a history...

Censorship is alive and well in South Africa

July 30, 2014

In June, Gateway for Africa invited six of South Africa's new generation of playwrights, for a discussion about South African theatre today, and how much has ch...

Review: Oliva Tweest – Please sah, can I have some more!

September 10, 2014

Review: Oliva Tweest - Please sah, can I have some more!   The producers of this show get full marks for being the first off the block in making this mus...

Opening Pandora’s Box – Ade Solanke takes on Britain’s school system

September 16, 2014

Opening Pandora’s Box – Ade Solanke takes on Britain’s schooling system Failing schools are the stuff of sleepless nights for many parents, and the source of m...

Liberian Girl: Immersive, disturbing and entrancing debut on horrors of war

January 19, 2015

“You can forget about prayer because this is the place God forgot.” Those words, uttered by Commander Hell Fire to his Small Boys Unit, perfectly describe the g...

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Review: Comrade Fiasco at Notting Hill Gate: “Good acting cannot save this dog’s dinner of a play”

March 13, 2015

Whether by intent or design, the Gate Theatre’s latest production, The Rise and Shine of Comrade Fiasco manages to evoke the feeling of being trapped in a priso...

This Other Island

March 31, 2015 / £1

This Other Island is a re-working of Aime Cesaire’s seminal anti-colonialist version of the Tempest, it weaves a tale of a fantasy land of poetry and dance n...