babirye bukilwa's play …blackbird hour is a visceral and moving exploration of care, belonging and of one queer Black woman's attempts to love herself.

In the quaint suburban community of Stillwater, a mysterious shack springs up from the dust with the inhabitants nowhere to be seen. As speculation abounds, new residents Sihle and Bonolo are recruited by their neighbourhood to be the face of a campaign to demolish the shack.

Days after his father's passing, Yusuf discovers a dusty mixtape that changes everything he knew about a man who barely spoke. Turns out, his dad spent the '90s rapping about pretty girls and Kilburn life, plotting dreams of superstardom with his best friend Omar. How did this passionate wordsmith become a silent statue?

Set beneath the shiny skyscrapers and shopping malls of Singapore, Golden Blood transports us into a seething underbelly of violence, drugs and chaos. As the orphaned siblings envision a future glittering with Chanel and Miu Miu bling, they'll also have to reckon with the half-remembered rituals they've inherited and confront the ghosts of their past...

Anne Odeke's play Princess Essex is a riotous, satirical comedy based on the amazing true story of the first woman of colour to enter a beauty pageant in the UK.

Best friends Zaid and Neelam shared a dream: get away, make it as writers, build a future where they're free to be themselves. Together, always. Years later, Zaid's life has kinda stalled – he's half out the closet, living at home and still chasing the dream, while Neelam's has taken a completely different path. As their lives pull further apart, leaving a mess of unsaid things between them, it's going to take something real to bring them back together.

Ade is a successful writer, or so it seems. She has everything she ever wanted: her career is flying, she's (kinda) moved out of her mum's house, and her situationship isn't as complicated as she expected. Her life should be perfect! But things don't always go to plan, as Ade is about to find out…

Faith Omole's play My Father's Fable is a gripping story of grief, belonging, and a family on the edge.

Two brothers, long estranged, reunite at a ceremony to honour their lost sibling's life. As they seek to let go, they must confront the past whilst rediscovering the joy that binds them together. A powerful fusion of movement, song and text, Now, I See is an exploration of identity, forgiveness and nature's capacity to heal.

Llanrumney plantation. Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica. 1765. Annie and Cerys are enslaved by the Morgan family from Wales. When Elizabeth Morgan is faced with the loss of her plantation, the slaves' future hangs in the balance. With a storm of rebellion brewing, Annie does everything she can to secure her future. But sooner or later she will have to face up to the horror and trauma all around her, including her own.