Three events taking BBAS's research back into the community in autumn 2015

October 21, Coventry - the Belgrade Theatre B2: 'To tell My Story' exhibition, introduced by Professor Tony Howard, for Black History Month.

November 12, Birmingham - The Drum. 'In Robeson's Footsteps' including the 'To Tell my Story' exhibition and a performance of In Robeson's Footsteps: a drama-documentary with Nicholas Bailey, Simon Manyonda, Sarah Paul, and Gaby Wong; BBAS's contribution to Being Human, the national festival of the humanities

January 15, London - Kilburn Tricycle. A half-day event presenting the research of the Multicultural Shakespeare in Britain project, including a public seminar, exhibition, drama-documentary performance, and the launch of the British Black and Asian Shakespeare Performance Database.

See Dr. Jami Rogers' blog at http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/bbashakespeare/
For the facts - historical and present-day - on the controversy over Trevor Nunn's 'artistic decision' to exclude actors of colour from his production of The Wars of the Roses at the Rose Theatre, Kingston.

Colourblind Shakespeare:

BBCArts Online feature the BBAShakespeare exhibition on tour and provide links to many BBAS activities and to where the project began - the career of Paul Robeson.