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On tackling the darkest parts of our culture with Susan Chardy

15 hours ago4 min read

On tackling the darkest parts of our culture with Susan Chardy

BIFA winner Susan Chardy talks about her new film On Becoming a Guinea Fowl and working with director Rungano Nyoni in Zambia.

Celebrating eleven years of BAFTA Breakthrough talent

Sabrina Fearon-Melville

Nov 124 min read

Celebrating eleven years of BAFTA Breakthrough talent

BAFTA Breakthrough has played an impeccable role in the entertainment industry. Here are some of the honourees over the past 11 years.

How Ballet Black Changed The Ballet World

Habiba Katsha

Oct 294 min read

How Ballet Black Changed The Ballet World

Ballet Black’s founder Cassa Poncho, on founding the dance school, their upcoming performance at Stratford East and what audiences can learn

Director Monique Touko believes working with Black Creatives is "essential".

Sabrina Fearon-Melville

Sep 184 min read

Director Monique Touko believes working with Black Creatives is "essential".

Director Monique Touko talks working at the Royal Court on Tife Kusoro's afro-surrealist play G.

'Everything I Own' is masterful storytelling in a monologue.

Mary Oluwa

Jun 302 min read

'Everything I Own' is masterful storytelling in a monologue.

'Everything I Own' is more than a monologue; it’s a vivid tapestry of the trials and triumphs of being Black in Northern England.

Aisha Bywaters wins second BAFTA for Three Little Birds Casting

Sabrina Fearon-Melville

May 21 min read

Aisha Bywaters wins second BAFTA for Three Little Birds Casting

Not as well covered as its counterparts, the BAFTA Craft Awards took place on Sunday 28 April. Celebrities you don’t often see gracing...

Challengers: "backstabbing, scheming, smack-talking, dirty macking, adultery..."

Ore Abiona

Apr 273 min read

Challengers: "backstabbing, scheming, smack-talking, dirty macking, adultery..."

"Luca Guadagnino has never been one to shy away from attempting to turn his audience on. " Ore unpacks Zendaya's latest role as Tashi Duncan

Sabrina Fearon-Melville

Apr 255 min read

April/May Theatre Reccs

From rival Brontes to trips to New York, there's a show for everyone as April ends and May begins.

Sabrina Fearon-Melville

Apr 164 min read

In conversation: Anastasia Osei-Kuffour

Anastasia Osei-Kuffour writer and director of Love Steps discusses the process of poetry to stage.

Here are seven exhibits you can visit with your National Art Pass.

The Floor Mag

Apr 112 min read

Here are seven exhibits you can visit with your National Art Pass.

With spring finally here, we’re getting out and about and you can too with a National Art Pass.

Kwoli Black: New EP is "the cheapest form of therapy I’ve ever had"

Sabrina Fearon-Melville

Apr 33 min read

Kwoli Black: New EP is "the cheapest form of therapy I’ve ever had"

Kwoli Black has a calmness about him that juxtaposes his new EP, ‘CAN I SPEAK?’ With a co-sign from Kojey Radical, having opened for the...

Shifters: ‘ I’ve never played a character like this before.’

Sabrina Fearon-Melville

Feb 242 min read

Shifters: ‘ I’ve never played a character like this before.’

The Floor Mag chat to actors Heather Agyepong and Tosin Cole about playing Des and Tre in new play Shifters

The Floor Mag

Feb 72 min read

The Floor Mag's January Watchlist

January came hot and heavy with theatrical releases! Here's some of the team's media picks.

Olivia Smart: Black Stroke | Netflix Documentary Talent Fund

Tito Mogaji

Feb 14 min read

Olivia Smart: Black Stroke | Netflix Documentary Talent Fund

Tito began learning how to swim last year. In conversation with filmmaker Olivia Smart, Tito discusses how Olivia made her 2023 Netflix...

Kofi Addei

Dec 2, 20235 min read

BAFTA Breakthrough 23: Adjani Salmon

The BAFTA Breakthrough 2023 is here! We spoke to cohort member Adjani Salmon on his comedy series Dreaming Whilst Black.

Sabrina Fearon-Melville

Nov 8, 20232 min read

Words We Write Fest 23: Golda Rosheuvel

Founded by friends Leonie Annor-Owiredu and Hannah Lee, Words We Write Festival entered its third year with special guest, Golda...

Kofi Addei

Oct 25, 20235 min read

BFI's London Film Festival 23

Kofi Addei wraps up his favourites from this years BFI London Film Festival, including festival closer The Kitchen.

@ Lyric Hammersmith: School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play

Kesewaa Browne

Jul 8, 20233 min read

@ Lyric Hammersmith: School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play

Lyric Hammersmith's 'School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play takes it's audience 3000 miles away from hectic London to Ghana.

In Conversation: Akemnji Ndifornyen (Black Ops 2023)

Sabrina Fearon-Melville

May 19, 20234 min read

In Conversation: Akemnji Ndifornyen (Black Ops 2023)

Akemnji Ndifornyen talks new BBC show Black Ops, being from East London and balancing being a creative in multiple industries.

Sabrina Fearon-Melville

Apr 23, 20232 min read

Review: For Black Boys @ Apollo Theatre

Review of Ryan Calais Cameron's 'For Black Boys' which is currently running at West End's Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Ave.