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Here’s a thread of black theatre shows you can watch online whilst you’re at home. Happy streaming! 
King Lear
Catch @TalawaTheatreCo and the @rxtheatre co-production of Shakespeare’s King Lear, starring Don Warrington and Alfred Enoch on Amazon Prime.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/King-Lear-MARK-SPRINGER/dp/B079KKB4TZ/ref=nodl_
Catch @TalawaTheatreCo and the @rxtheatre co-production of Shakespeare’s King Lear, starring Don Warrington and Alfred Enoch on Amazon Prime.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/King-Lear-MARK-SPRINGER/dp/B079KKB4TZ/ref=nodl_
Pass Over by Antoinette Nwandu
Pass Over was showing at @KilnTheatre before lockdown. If you missed it, you can stream a performance filmed by Spike Lee at Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago. This is free for Amazon Prime users!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pass-Over-Jon-Michael-Hill/dp/B07C66ZDPY/ref=nodl_
Pass Over was showing at @KilnTheatre before lockdown. If you missed it, you can stream a performance filmed by Spike Lee at Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago. This is free for Amazon Prime users!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pass-Over-Jon-Michael-Hill/dp/B07C66ZDPY/ref=nodl_
Hamlet starring @PaapaEssiedu
Paapa Essiedu plays Hamlet in Simon Godwin’s critically acclaimed 2016 Royal Shakespeare Company production, stream for free on @BBCiplayer.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p089zf8r/culture-in-quarantine-shakespeare-hamlet
Paapa Essiedu plays Hamlet in Simon Godwin’s critically acclaimed 2016 Royal Shakespeare Company production, stream for free on @BBCiplayer.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p089zf8r/culture-in-quarantine-shakespeare-hamlet
Black Theatre of Britain @BFI
A free & short documentary on the
Black Theatre of Brixton.
It was founded in the early 1970s by Frank Cousins, and produced more black plays in 2 years than the whole of English theatre had in the previous twenty-five.
https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-black-theatre-of-britain-1975-online
A free & short documentary on the
Black Theatre of Brixton.
It was founded in the early 1970s by Frank Cousins, and produced more black plays in 2 years than the whole of English theatre had in the previous twenty-five.
https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-black-theatre-of-britain-1975-online
Crongton Knights
Crongton Knights is a book written by Alex Wheatle ( @brixtonbard) and was adapted for stage by @pilot_theatre.
The show was scheduled to run from 22 April - 9 May. You can now stream the show for free between these dates.
http://www.pilot-theatre.com/webcast
Crongton Knights is a book written by Alex Wheatle ( @brixtonbard) and was adapted for stage by @pilot_theatre.
The show was scheduled to run from 22 April - 9 May. You can now stream the show for free between these dates.
http://www.pilot-theatre.com/webcast
DEM TIMES @OmnibusTheatre
DEM TIMES is a comedy-drama following the re-education of British-born troublemaker, Samuel Adjei, in a Ghanaian boarding school.
Head to their website to listen to the fiction podcast, or watch the live show for free!
https://bit.ly/oto-dem-times
DEM TIMES is a comedy-drama following the re-education of British-born troublemaker, Samuel Adjei, in a Ghanaian boarding school.
Head to their website to listen to the fiction podcast, or watch the live show for free!
https://bit.ly/oto-dem-times
Bronx Gothic
Part theatre and part dance, Okwui Okpokwasili’s Bronx Gothic delves into her memories of growing up in the Bronx, before emerging into a breathtaking exploration of girlhood.
Available to stream here: https://www.ontheboards.tv/performances/bronx-gothic
Part theatre and part dance, Okwui Okpokwasili’s Bronx Gothic delves into her memories of growing up in the Bronx, before emerging into a breathtaking exploration of girlhood.
Available to stream here: https://www.ontheboards.tv/performances/bronx-gothic
We’ll keep adding to the thread as and when we find more shows. In the meantime, we’re on Instagram too. 
https://instagram.com/the.rendition?igshid=1276eklb2i5ny
https://instagram.com/the.rendition?igshid=1276eklb2i5ny
