| Description | Contains promotional material such as leaflets, posters, pamphlets, programmes and items related to the performances and productions of various theatre groups and companies.
This section is divided into two subsections:
/1 'Black Theatre': contains the promotional material of black theatre companies, mainly comprising African and African inspired companies performing in an African theatre tradition and / or influenced by African myth and folklore. There are also Jamaican theatre companies, generally performing theatre based around the Jamaican comedy theatre tradition, performed in Patois.
/2 'Other Theatre Styles and Cultures': contains various files of other theatre styles.
The Black Theatre subsection (/1) comprises 5 files of various categories, divided according to the amount of material relating to respective theatre companies that is collected here:
/1/1: 'African Theatre Companies' contains material of various touring African based theatre companies, particularly various South African theatre companies, featuring promotional material for productions such as, 'You Strike the Woman, You Strike the Rock', and ‘Woza Albert’, among many others.
/1/2: 'UMOJA Theatre Company' contains material relating to the performances of UMOJA Theatre Company.
/1/3: 'Black Theatre Co-operative' contains material relating to the performances of the Black Theatre Co-operative.
/1/4: 'Jamaican Theatre Companies' contains the promotional material for productions such as the series of 'Bups' productions, by companies such as Blue Mountain Theatre Company.
/1/5: 'Other Black Theatre Companies' contains material from various British based black theatre groups. All of the performances take place in venues nationally, concentrated particularly in Birmingham and London.
The Other Theatre Styles and Cultures subsection (/2) is divided into 6 further subsections:
/2/1: 'Community and Amateur Theatre'.
/2/2: 'Asian Theatre'.
/2/3: 'General Theatre'.
/2/4: 'Musical Theatre' which includes a flyer for 'Job Rocking', a dub opera by Birmingham based poet and playwright Benjamin Zephaniah.
/2/5: 'Children's Theatre'.
/2/6: 'Other' contains material of miscellaneous theatre performance genres. |