This dance piece told the story of Aryee, the son of an African chief, who had to be re-educated about the dances of his tribe after a long period in the West. The chief sent him on a journey of...

This dance piece was inspired by a creation legend from the Bushongo, a Bantu tribe in Central Africa, whose creator, Bumba, is said to have experienced a searing pain in his belly and vomited up the...

This musical expanded from a cabaret floorshow which begun at the Plantation Club in New York City where it opened in 1922 with the title of Dixie to Broadway. Set on a Southern plantation, where...

This musical, which later transferred to the West End, explored the life of Louis Jordan and other famous musicians of the 1940s and 1950s, in particular the role played by jazz and blues in Black...

A despondent Black slave who is about to commit suicide is transformed by magic into Harlequin and marries the White planter master’s daughter. The slave rejects the option of becoming a Noble...

Set in a West Indian Island, the play focuses on a strike by native sugar workers against the white plantation owner. The description of the conditions of work on the island takes a radical political...

This production explored issues around multiple identities for people with multiple heritages and in particular the social and economic implications for mixed-raced children in Britain. The shadows...

The play explores the condition of Black people in the United States after slavery was abolished in 1865. It is based on the Jim Crow laws, a nineteenth-century version of apartheid, which imposed...

Described by the author as the journey of Black Americans 'from property to people', the play traces the story of Black Americans at the turn of the last century, in the Hill district of Pittsburg,...

This was a Jamaican reggae pantomime, first performed in Jamaica by the Little Theatre Movement in 1985. The production reflected Jamaican folklore themes in its storyline, music, design and use of...

The play is set in Trench Town, a deprived area on the outskirts of Kingston, Jamaica. It explores issues connected to religious superstitions and white domination through the life of a young woman,...

Part of a double bill also featuring The Trials of Brother Jero, the play is 'a satirical comedy about a phoney prophet, Dalabani' and takes the form of a dramatic poem exploring the spirit of Old...