Black Women Centre Stage: Diasporic Solidarity in Contemporary Black British Theatre

This book examines the political alliances that are built across the diaspora in contemporary plays written by Black women playwrights in the UK.

Through the concept of creative diasporic solidarity, it offers an innovative theoretical approach to examine the ways in which the playwrights respond creatively to the violence and marginalisation of Black communities, especially Black women. This study demonstrates that theatre can act as a productive space for the ethical encounter with the Oth...