Word of Colour

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September 27th, 2019

Reshma Ruia is impressed with Nayrouz Qarmout's multiple award-winning The Sea Cloak and Other Stories on Palestinan lives.

September 18th, 2019

Words of Colour is excited to announce that award-winning author Irenosen Okojie is our first writer in residence from October 2019.

September 13th, 2019

Chiaroscuro by Jackie Kay, marks director Lynette Linton’s first production as artistic director of Bush Theatre.

August 29th, 2019

Tamera Heron reviews Branden Jacobs-Jenkins award-winning play which deals with issues of race and responsibility.

August 27th, 2019

Korantema Anyimadu speaks about the importance of representation, and why she created the 'Black Hair and Heritage' project.

August 27th, 2019

Sophie Jai reviews literary novel Celestial Bodies, an intergenerational narrative exploring love, loss and identity.

August 10th, 2019

Tricia Wombell, a relative newcomer to poetry reviewing, explains why she is enamoured with A Portable Paradise, Roger Robinson's raw, powerful and inspiring new...

July 31st, 2019

Inua Ellams acclaimed Barber Shop Chronicles gets its third outing after first bursting onto the National Theatre's stage in 2017, this time at the...

July 30th, 2019

Heather Marks reviews Summer Rolls, the first British Vietnamese play to be staged in the UK.