US EditionNo 10 condemns London theatre for hosting Black Out nights
- The play Slave Play featured special performances for a black audience to provide a safe space, according to organizers.
- Playwright Harris defended the decision, emphasizing the importance of allowing black people to feel safe in a typically white-dominated setting.
- The play explores themes of race, identity, and sexuality in America, with Black Out nights aimed at increasing accessibility.
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Broadway Bigotry Goes Global: London Run of 'Slave Play' Holding Black Audiences-Only Performances 'Free from the White Gaze'
The upcoming London run of the acclaimed Broadway stage drama "Slave Play" will hold performances where only "black identifying" people are allowed to attend in what is being billed as an effort to shield them from the "white gaze."
London Play to Feature ‘All-Black-Identifying Audience’ to Be ‘Free From the White Gaze’
In this day and age when many in the media and entertainment industry are quick to call out any alleged incidents of racism by white people, they seem to be more than willing to turn a blind eye to reverse discrimination. Even worse, they like to encourage it. The Daily Mail reported the Noël Coward theatre in London’s West End host two nights of the play “Slave Play” exclusively for an all-Black audience. Playwright Jeremy O Harris told the BB…
‘Free From The White Gaze’: London Play Featuring ‘Game Of Thrones’ Star Invites Black-Only Audience
A London play starring “Game of Thrones” star Kit Harrington will host two performances where only black audience members, or those identifying as black, will be permitted to view the play, “free from the white gaze.” “Slave Play,” which received 12 Tony nominations in 2021, but won no awards, will run at the Noël Coward theater in London’s West End from June 29 to September 21 and feature performances on July 17 and September 17 with “Black Out…
These two “Black Out” evenings are to take place on July 17 and September 17 in the British capital. This production has been a huge success since it debuted on Broadway in 2019.
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