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'Welcome. Welcome to Bristol in 1963. Welcome to Waterloo Bridge in
2016. Welcome to a house in May 2017. Welcome to three couples and
what might be, what once was and what could have been in 2017.
Welcome to a West Indian household in 2018. Welcome to London in
2018. Welcome to the past, present and - crucially - the future.'
This anthology brings together six plays, all written or performed
since 2017, by six brilliant Black British writers - Travis
Alabanza, Firdos Ali, Natasha Gordon, Arinze Kene, Chinonyerem
Odimba and debbie tucker green. The plays demonstrate a rich range
of settings, forms, styles, locations, scales, contents and
concerns - and explore themes including politics and protest, grief
and colonisation, relationships and gender. They have been seen on
stages including the National Theatre, the Royal Court, the Bush
and Bristol Old Vic, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, in the West
End, and on tour of the UK. Selected and introduced by leading
theatre director Natalie Ibu, Contemporary Plays by Black British
Writers celebrates a multiplicity of stories authored by Black
playwrights in the UK over the last decade.
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Misty (Paperback)
Arinze Kene
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R302
R258
Discovery Miles 2 580
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'Here is the city that we live in Notice that the city that we live
in is alive Analyse our city and you'll find that our city even has
bodily features Our city's organs function like any living creature
Our city is a living creature And if you're wise enough, you'll
know not all of us are blood cells... Some of us are viruses.' An
epic, lyrical journey through the pulsating heart and underground
soul of inner-city London. Misty is an inventive blend of gig
theatre, spoken word, live art and direct address, confronting the
assumptions and expectations underpinning the act of telling a
story. The play premiered at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2018,
performed by the author and directed by Omar Elerian. It
transferred to the Trafalgar Studios in the West End in September
2018. Misty won Best Performance Piece at the 2019 Off-West End
Awards. 'Kene has a thrilling flair for language' The Times on good
dog 'One of Britain's most exciting young playwrights' Guardian
Two plays, both set in contemporary inner-city London, showcasing
the remarkable poetic and theatrical imagination of
writer/performer Arinze Kene. Little Baby Jesus is a lyrical
triptych of three intertwining, colliding monologues about the
life-changing moments when three young people 'grew up'. Joanne is
dipped in rudeness, rolled in attitude and is fighting to keep her
life afloat. Sensitive and mature he may be, yet Kehinde struggles
with an obsession for mixed-race girls as he eyes his place on the
social ladder. Rugrat is the class clown and playground loudmouth,
and just wants to make it past GCSEs. Estate Walls is the story of
Obi, a young writer who dreams of leaving his estate, but with bad
boys Myles and Cain for best friends, there are bound to be
setbacks... Both plays premiered at Ovalhouse Theatre in south
London, directed by Che Walker, with Estate Walls winning Arinze
the Most Promising Playwright at the Offies (Off West End Theatre
Awards) in 2011. Little Baby Jesus was revived at the Orange Tree
Theatre, Richmond, in 2019, directed by winner of the JMK Young
Director Award Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu.
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good dog (Paperback)
Arinze Kene
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R301
R234
Discovery Miles 2 340
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'Everyone gets what they deserve, they have to...' It's in the
window of Sam's, behind the rusty display. Two wheels, shiny body,
handlebars ready to be gripped. Mum's promised him that bike, so
even when school or homelife bites, he knows to keep his chin up,
his head down and his shirt clean. No harsh word, no sudden push to
the ground, will distract him from growing up to be a good man. Set
during the early noughties, Arinze Kene's good dog is a theatrical
monologue that chronicles growing up in a multicultural community,
and the everyday injustices that drive people to take back control.
Because even the most patient among us can't wait forever.
Delicately observed and fearlessly told, good dog was first
produced by tiata fahodzi in association with Watford Palace
Theatre in spring 2017. 'One of Britain's most exciting young
playwrights' Guardian
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Nadine Gordimer
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