BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2020
Events – live, interactive or virtual, films, theatre, courses, talks, walks – Something for everyone and more…
ETHIOPIAN WORLD FEDERATION INCORPORATED LOCAL 3 NEGUSA NEGAST
UNVEILING OF A BLUE PLAQUE IN UNITY WITH NUBIAN JAK COMMUNITY TRUST
Mon 2nd NOV 2020 12—2PM via zoom link
To attend register here
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Online events at Lambeth Library throughout Black History Month 2020
Vascular Dementia and Me: a community conversation with Lambeth’s African and Caribbean residents
Saturday 24 October, 11am to 1pm.
Join this community conversation with live drama performance to explore how vascular dementia is particularly affecting Lambeth’s black communities.
This event will be hosted by Black Thrive, Healthwatch Lambeth and South London and Maudsley NHS Trust.
Contact:
kate.damiral@healthwatchlambeth.org.uk
Legacy & Hope
Sunday 25 October, 7.30pm
Online event
Join Pegasus Opera online for our virtual Black History Month concert entitled ‘Legacy and Hope’. A vocal extravaganza featuring Britain’s leading black classical singers. Will also pay tribute to the Windrush generation.
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First Windrush Caribbean Film Festival
A series of events and screenings over the next few weeks culminating in the Award Ceremony on 8th November where the first Paulette Wilson Award will be presented by her daughter Natalie Barnes
Great Line-up!
Full listings and details available here
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100 Great Black Britons Official Book Launch
Hosted by The Ubele Initiative
Free online event Tuesday 20th October 7 – 8.30pm
Register here
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Windrush Justice Clinic Launch
of a free and confidential service for Windrush victims
Hosted by Dr Gifty Edila – The Windrush Compensation Project
Key Speaker Dr Patrick Vernon OBE
Click here for further details and to register
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Black History Month Walks
in London with
qualified guide
Sunday 25th October
Click here for details
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Digging Deep Coal Miners of African Caribbean Heritage
Curated by Norma Gregory, wonderful research into the lives of Afro-Caribbean Miners in Britain
Free exhibition
3rd October – 1st November
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FIRE FIGURES
2nd October – 14th November 2020
The October Gallery presents Fire Figures, an exhibition of new works by Alexis Peskine which
explores the frustration of the African Diaspora which continues to confront systems of violence and racism while undergoing the alienation of continuous displacement. Peskine has ‘always felt the fire of injustice’ throughout his life, a fire which fuels his works.
October Gallery, 24 Old Gloucester Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1N 3A
Opening hours: 12:30 pm to 5:30 pm, Tuesday through Saturday
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CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN ART FAIR
8 – 11 October 2020
Somerset House
The Strand
London, WC2R 1RN
somersethouse.org.uk
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LAW (On-LIne)
Construction specialist law firm Silver Shemmings Ash offers FREE CPD training and seminar events for Construction, Insurance, Contract Formation and associated issues.
Book on-line here
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TATE BRITAIN
Now – 31 January 2020
Turner Prize wining artist and Oscar winning filmmaker STEVE McQUEEN unveils his vast portrait project of every Year 3 class in London in 2019.
TATE Website Video
ADEBANJI ALADE interviews STEVE McQUEEN on his art project PORTRAIT of a GENERATION.
http://www.tate.org.uk
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TATE MODERN
5 – 17 November 2020
Introducing the first major survey of activist visual artist ZANELE MUHOLI in the UK.
Tickets: £0 – £13
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POETRY Everyday
POEM-A-DAY on-line is featuring daily poetry by Black poets throughout the year and a BLACK LIVES MATTER anthology.
FREE on-line http://www.poets.org
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STYLE
VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM
Now – 25 October 2020
Newly re-opened V&A on Cromwell Road has just released a new allocation of tickets for their sell-out exhibition: KIMONO: KYOTO TO CATWALK.
Members free; tickets £16 – £18
www.vam.co.uk
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BAGS: INSIDE OUT
From 21 November 2020
From the Birkin to Vuitton, explore the style, design, craftsmanship and use of the most necessary accessory!
Tickets available soon!
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THEATRE (LIVE)
THE BRIDGE THEATRE
The Bridge Theatre is one of the few West End theatres to currently be open and performing in its now 250 socially-distanced seats (down from 900). Tickets from £15.00. In the event of a new lockdown, all purchased tickets will be refunded. West End, London, SE1 2SG Bridgetheatre.co.uk
now – 15 October
AN EVENING WITH AN IMMIGRANT
Written and performed by INUA ELLAMS with music selection by DJ SID MERCUTIO. Escaping his Boko Haram controlled home in Nigeria for England, ELLAMS shares his fantastic and courageous story of escaping fundamentalism Islam.
QUARTER LIFE CRISIS 7 – 17 October 2020
Award-winning British actress and playwright of Nigerian descent, YOLANDA MERCY performs her 2017 sell-out one-woman show. Beware, it includes audience participation!
TALKING HEADS (LIVE) by Alan Bennett
Now – 31 October 2020
Including: “PLAYING HEADS” starring LUCIAN MSAMATI
and “THE OUTSIDE DOG” starring ROCHENDA SANDALL
NINE LIVES
22 – 31 October
Written by playwright, poet, and screenwriter ZODWA NYONI, it tells the story of a Zimbabwean asylum seeker who flees to Britain because he is gay. Performed by LLADEL BRYANT and directed by ALEX CHISHOLM Co-artistic director of the Freedom Studios in Bradford.
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NATIONAL THEATRE
The National Theatre plans to re-open in late October with socially distanced seating with a new play: Death of England: Delroy
Visit http://ntlive.com and sign up for their e-newsletter for up-to-date information.
DEATH OF ENGLAND: DELROY
Late October 2020
Written by ROY WILLIAMS and CLINT DYER and performed by GILES TERERA, in telling this story, the authors “hope to take audiences on an illuminating journey into the Black British psyche and realities of a “tolerant” England in the wake of Black Lives Matter movement.”
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NATIONAL THEATRE AT HOME (on Youtube) Anytime
And in the meantime, the National Theatre has released many of its filmed productions for FREE VIEWING on Youtube.
Catch up on some of the pieces you may have missed, would like to see again or even share with first timers.
Productions as:
SMALL ISLAND
LES BLANCS
AMADEUS
THE BARBERSHOP CHRONICLES
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
THE THREE SISTERS (by Inua Ellams after Chekov)
MASTER HAROLD AND THE BOYS
and many, many more…
http://nt.live.com
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RECOMMENDED FILMS/DOCUMENTARIES:
‘“BOOM FOR REAL: THE LATE TEENAGE YEARS OF JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT (2018)
FREE on Prime Video
Throughout Black History Month 2020 all the mainstream television channels, including Sky Arts and Sky History, are broadcasting films, documentaries and chat shows
See What’s On Worldwide Connect for more listings and useful resources
This page is continually updated – What’s On! contributing editor: Sybil Kretzmer
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