Talawa Firsts is the stage for fresh Black creative voices, celebrating exciting new writers and theatre makers. This is the first time that Talawa has taken Talawa Firsts to key cities outside of London – encapsulating the vision of their 2023 festival, New Ideas; No Limits.
Bougie Lanre’s Boulangerie | By Kareem Parkins-Brown
Chronicling a Black working-class artist’s hospitality industry experiences, Kareem’s existential poetry exposes raging waiters, kind cooks, rude customers, and gentrifying pop-ups through ingenious wordplay and visuals, challenging audiences’ expectations of customer service whilst making them howl with laughter.
Love in Gravitational Waves | By Testament
Inspired by interviews, this fast-paced comedy-drama explores contemporary dating’s vapid nature. We meet characters navigating profiles, apps, and dates while searching for love, identity, and fate. Penned by award-winning playwright and hip-hop artist Testament (Black Men Walking, Orpheus in the Record Shop).
