Press Releases

Sep 2026 - Star-studded-lineup-announced-for-Talawa-Theatres-40th-Anniversary-Showcase-press-release-CNC-CA

Aug 2026 - Talawa and RADA announce David Harewood OBE as keynote speaker for their inaugural Mona Hammond Lecture Series – press release CNC (CA)

Jul 2026 - Talawa Theatre Company appoints six new trustees as it celebrates 40 Years of pioneering Black British Theatre – press release CNC (CA)

Jun 2026 - Talawa celebrates four decades of Black excellence with a showcase – Press-Release

Apr 2026 - Cast and creative team announced for regional tour of Talawa’s Fragments of Us – press release CNC (CA)

Mar 2026 - Shonagh Reid appointed as chair of Talawa Theatre Company in its 40th Anniversary Year – press release CNC (GC)

Feb 2026 - Talawa Celebrates 40th Anniversary with TALAWA 86 26 Press Release CNC (GC)

Dec 2025 - Talawa Theatre Company reopens script reading service ahead of 40th anniversary – press release CNC (GC)

Aug 2025 - Cast and creative team announced for world premiere of Syncopated – press release CNC (OH)

Aug 2025 - Cast and creative team announced for world premiere of Talawa’s Fragments of Us – press release CNC (OH)

Jul 2025 - World premiere of Syncopated uses displaced jazz rhythms to mirror disrupted lives, relationships and historical narratives

Jun 2025 - Talawa to showcase outdoor work, Fragments of Us at Greenwich+Docklands International Festival 2025 – press release CNC (OH)

Jun 2025 - Talawa Young People’s Theatre Programme (TYPT) is back this summer – press release CNC (OH)

Apr 2025 - Stay Strong – Talawa Firsts returns with exciting new writing from the hottest Black artists of 2025 – press release CNC (OH)

Nov 2024 - Talawa Theatre Company launches new Unconscious Bias, Anti-Racism and Diversity (UBARD) training programme – press release CNC (GC)

Oct 2024 - Talawa creates early years work for the first time with Home Song – press release CNC (GC)

Aug 2024 - Cast for Talawa’s Twelfth Night-inspired musical Play On! – press release CNC (GC)

Jul 2024 - Full creative team announced for Heavy with Talawa Young Peoples’ Theatre programme – press release CNC

Jun 2024 - Bigger and better Talawa Firsts returns this summer – press release CNC (IJ)

Jun 2024 - TYPT is back this summer, directed by Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu – press release CNC (IJ)

May 2024 - Creative team for Talawa’s Twelfth Night-inspired musical Play On! announced – press release CNC (IJ)

Apr 2024 - Talawa Firsts heads on tour for the first time – press release CNC (IJ)

Feb 2024 - Talawa announces Black Joy season, a year of celebrating Black stories – press release CNC (IJ)

Jan 2024 - Talawa announces electrifying 2024 season – press release CNC (IJ)

Jan 2024 - Cast announced for new Talawa Stories audio dramas on BBC Radio 4 – press release CNC (IJ)

Dec 2023 - Talawa Stories returns to BBC Radio 4 with fresh and powerful new radio dramas – press release CNC (IJ)

Nov 2023 - Talawa takes Refilwe, an African retelling of Rapunzel, on a festive tour this December – press release CNC (IJ)

Nov 2023 - Our Croydon tells stories of the community through exhibitions and workshops led by Talawa Theatre Company – press release CNC (IJ)

Aug 2023 - Talawa Theatre Company hosts Liberty Festival at their Fairfield Halls HQ – press release CNC (IJ)

Jun 2023 - Talawa Firsts 2023 epic two-week festival of new writing, live performance, workshops and more – press release CNC (IJ)

Jun 2023 - Talawa Theatre Company’s flagship TYPT programme is back this summer – press release CNC (IJ)

May 2023 - Full cast and musicians announced for Talawa’s new production Recognition – press release CNC (IJ)

Mar 2023 - Lead cast and creatives announced for Talawa’s major new production Recognition – press release CNC (IJ)

Mar 2023 - Talawa Theatre Company looks to the year ahead with new production, Recognition, and return of Talawa Firsts – press release CNC (IJ)

Aug 2022 - Run It Back, Fairfield Halls, 2 – 18 September 2021 – press release CNC

Jun 2022 - Talawa’s outdoor show The Tide by Ryan Calais Cameron and Jade Hackett heads on tour – press release CNC (IJ)

Apr 2022 - Talawa Theatre Company presents a new show from their TYPT 2021-22 cohort directed by Ryan Calais Cameron – Islands, Fairfield Halls – press release CNC (IJ)

Dec 2021 - Local young Croydonites Diogo Varela, Shaniqua Benjamin and Chanté Frazer appointed Young Trustees for Talawa Theatre Company – press release CNC

Nov 2021 - Cast announced for powerful new play A Place For We Park Theatre 7th Oct – 6th November 2021

Jun 2021 - Talawa celebrates 35th anniversary with a fantastic season of work – press release CNC

May 2021 - BBC Radio 4 and Talawa Theatre Company showcase three new audio dramas by rising talents – press release CNC

Apr 2021 - The final films in Talawa’s Tales from the Front Line series to be released on 26 April 2021, Talawa Theatre Company – press release CNC

Jul 2026 - 11.20. Birmingham Repertory Theatre and Talawa announce creative partnership, November 2020 – press release CNC

Nov 2020 - Tales from the Front Line, Talawa Theatre Company, 30 November 2020 – press release CNC

Oct 2020 - Tales from the Front Line, Talawa Theatre Company, Autumn 2020 – press release CNC

Sep 2020 - Talawa Theatre Company announces enhanced senior leadership team – press release CNC

Sep 2020 - Unconscious Bias, Diversity and Anti-Racism training, Talawa Theatre Company – press release CNC

Feb 2020 - Talawa’s hit rave theatre production Run It Back to have digital premiere – press release CNC (IJ)