Black Power Desk
Tickets: £24 (£22) / £20 (£18)
Students: £10
School rate is available
BSL Interpreted Performance: We have reserved seats with the best view of the BSL interpreter. Please get in touch with the Box Office to book these tickets.
Strong language, racialised slurs, potential depiction of violence, suggested sexual assault.
Production warnings: Haze
A powerful, moving and uplifting new musical inspired by the British Black Power Movement of the 1970s.
1970s London. Two sisters divided by grief and radical politics, will their fight for the community they love be worth the damage to their sisterhood?
Rooted in iconic 70’s fashion, music and community spirit, we follow these young women on their journey through love, desire, ambition and heartache...this show will move you and have you moving!
Written by Urielle Klein-Mekongo (Old Vic 12, Roundhouse, Bush Theatre) and featuring an original score that blends RnB, Reggae, Soul and Ska by rapperturg/ lyricist/ actor Gerel Falconer (Black British Theatre Awards 2023) and Platinum-selling songwriter Renell Shaw (Nile Rogers, Emeli Sande, Jess Glynne, Skepta, Rudimental).
A Brixton House and PlayWell Productions co-production, in association with Birmingham Hippodrome and Lowry.
Black Power Desk is part of our Handle with Care! season.
Accessible Performances
“This nostalgic show deserves a West End transfer”WhatsOnStage
“A triumph”Everything Theatre
“To be applauded”Afridiziak Theatre News
“A powerful and poignant piece of work”All That Dazzles
“Urgent, unflinching and brimming with heart”London Theatre Doc
"The musical bringing Britain’s Black history to the stage"Guardian
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