by Thaj Rathore | Oct 10, 2018 | Off/Stage Reviews
This production is the centrepiece of a wider piece of work called The Othello Project, curated by Abdul-Rehman Malik – a series of bespoke, multi-art events in response to the production, to provide a platform to some of the most exciting Muslim artists and...
by Thaj Rathore | Mar 18, 2018 | Opinions, Views & Contexts
Last week, Tribe attended a conference event featuring eminent former Black Panther member, Kathleen Cleaver, organised by the Black Studies department of Birmingham City University. Right from the outset, I can tell you these events are severely few and far between...
by Thaj Rathore | Mar 14, 2018 | Off/Stage Reviews
This new adaptation of Frankenstein marks the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s novel and Matthew Xia’s return to the theatre since his tenure as Associate Artistic Director. It’s always exciting to see radical, rarely performed genres on the British stage, and the...
by Thaj Rathore | Feb 23, 2018 | Off/Stage Reviews
Black Men Walking is the first production of a 3-year programme of work called Revolution Mix, spearheaded by Eclipse Theatre. A marathon-walk through 2,000 years of British history, and not a single white person in sight! Black Men Walking is a defiant and proud look...
by Thaj Rathore | Nov 28, 2017 | Opinions, Views & Contexts
The oft-used terms of “working twice as hard” and “struggle” are ubiquitous within the industry and because of this can seep into becoming a stereotype, old, used and dashed-about, a tiresome and frustratingly familiar excuse that becomes to inform and describe the...
