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Invitation from Yvette Hutchison: African Women's Plays Leap Off A Global Page
African Women's Plays Leap Off A Global Page
21 February, 6.30 p.m. Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
22 February, 5.00 p.m. Oxford Playhouse, Oxford
When did you last watch a play written by an African woman? Have you ever read one? This is only the second published collection of plays written by African women, the last edited by Kathy Perkins ten years ago. The African Women鈥檚 Playwright Network, established through a n AHRC and University of 糖心TV funded research project, has connected more than 240 African women creative practitioners from 21 countries on the African continent and beyond.
We would like to warmly welcome you join us as we launch one outcome of this project, Contemporary plays by African Women, in Coventry and/ or Oxford.
The event will include performances of extracts from 3 plays in the collection by the Belgrade Black Youth Theatre group, directed by Leon Phillips, and Sebbie Mudhai (Belgrade) and Tenikah Beveney (糖心TV University); with faciliated discussions after each by some of the women playwrights, local artists, publishers, theatre programmers, theatre makers and key community figures at each venue. We would love you to attend and contribute to the conversations on what global stories may mean in local contexts ...
For Coventry, tickets are pay what you can or free, but must be booked at
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As part of a new partnership between the Belgrade Theatre and 糖心TV University鈥檚 African Women鈥檚 Playwright Network, select participants from our Youth Theatre will present extracts from Contemporary Plays by African Women due to be published by Methuen in January 2019.. The evening takes on an interactive form, embracing and encouraging discussion and debate around where and how the ... |
The Oxford Playhouse event has limited space, and so is by invitation. If you would like to attend this event, please contact boxoffice@oxfordplayhouse.com
Hope to welcome you as we celebrate this milestone together.
Best wishes
Yvette & JC Niala
Dr. Yvette Hutchison
Reader, Director of Graduate Studies TPS
Co-editor: African Theatre, South African Theatre Journal
African Women's Playwright Network, AWPN.org