Challenging convention: Writer/performer Aizzah Fatima. Theatre: The Lowry, Salford Play: Dirty Pakistani Lingerie Playwright: Aizzah Fatima Director: Erica Gould Review by Carl Palmer Writer/performer Aizzah Fatima has said that nobody expects Muslim women to be artists, let alone comedians. But you wouldn’t, as she did, give up a job with Google in New York if… Continue reading Dirty Pakistani Lingerie
100 Days of Solitude
Book: 100 Days of Solitude Author: Daphne Kapsali Publisher: dk press Price: £10.99 (Amazon) Review by Joy Francis Daphne Kapsali took a risk. She left her job, her flat and her life in London to live on a remote Greek island (Sifnos) to write. The result is 100 Days of Solitude, which is a potpourri… Continue reading 100 Days of Solitude
Tram 83
Book: Tram 83 Author: Fiston Mwanza Mujila (translated by Roland Glasser) Publisher: Jacaranda Books Price: £8.99 Review by Reshma Ruia Tram 83, (originally written in French), announces the arrival of a bold new voice in African literature in the shape of Fiston Mwanza Mujila. Tram 83, Mujila’s debut novel, has already won a string of… Continue reading Tram 83
Seven tips for writing horror
In the last of our three part series on writing African horror, a leading voice on the genre Nuzo Onoh gives her seven top tips for writers’ aspiring to master scaring people for a living.
I See You
Feeling the oppression:Bayo Gbadamosi (Ben) and Jordan Baker (Skinn). Photo credit: Johan Persson Theatre: Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, Royal Court Theatre Play: I See You Playwright: Mongiwekhaya Director: Noma Dumezweni Review by Patsy Antoine Having stepped in for Kim Cattrall, to great acclaim, in Linda and bagged the role of Hermione Granger in the stage version… Continue reading I See You
Interview with Rochenda Sandall
Photo credit (image on the right): Mark Douet Grimsby-born Rochenda Sandall has packed a great deal into the three and a bit years since she graduated from RADA in 2012. With no original plans to be an actress, a star turn in a school production of the musical Sister Act pointed her in the direction… Continue reading Interview with Rochenda Sandall
Finding your voice in film
Actor and emerging filmmaker Candice Onyeama (left) and a still from her first funded short film HUSH. Candice Onyeama is an actor and writer who recently produced her first funded short film HUSH. An “emerging filmmaker”, Onyeama explains the less than straightforward journey to get her film off the ground, why mental health is a… Continue reading Finding your voice in film
The Maids
Three’s a crowd: Laura Carmichael (Mistress), Uzo Aduba (Solange) and Zawe Ashton (Claire). Photo credit: Marc Brenner Theatre: Trafalgar Studios Play: The Maids Playwright: Jean Genet (translated by Benedict Andrews and Andrew Upton) Director: Jamie Lloyd Review by Joy Francis French writer Jean Genet’s much lauded play The Maids has been given a bold, edgy,… Continue reading The Maids
Stripping back the layers of publishing
Writers of colour at Bare Lit talked identity, self definition and visibility. Picture credit: Nylah Khan Media Diversified’s inaugural literary festival for writers of colour, Bare Lit, gave me a lot to consider. It made me rethink everything I thought I already knew about literature, publishing and race. After attending all of the panels, and… Continue reading Stripping back the layers of publishing
Yvvette Edwards to launch her new book The Mother
Date: Thursday 31 March 2016 Time: 7pm-9pm Venue: Waterstones Piccadilly, 203 – 206 Piccadilly, London W1J 9HD Price: £5 + booking fee (redeemable against a copy of the book) Book here Words of Colour Productions, in association with Waterstones Piccadilly, will be hosting what will be a fun, insightful and candid evening of conversation with award-winning… Continue reading Yvvette Edwards to launch her new book The Mother