Interviews

Explore our unique set of interviews with writers like Mustapha Matura, Mojisola Adebayo and more. Find out more about their lives, their work and what led them to start writing.

Clint Dyer and Roy Williams on Death of England

Watch playwright Roy Williams and Deputy Artistic Director of the National Theatre, Clint Dyer, discuss grief in their play Death of England. The play premiered at the National Theatre (Dorfman Theatre) in 2020. Featuring a performance from actor Rafe Spall.

Mojisola Adebayo

• Mojisola Adebayo on Desert Boy
• Mojisola Adebayo on Muhammad Ali and Me
• Mojisola Adebayo on Moj of the Antarctic

Oladipo Agboluaje

• Oladipo Agboluaje on The Estate and Iya-Ile
• Oladipo Agboluaje on The Hounding of David Oluwale

Michael Buffong

• Michael Buffong biography
• Michael Buffong on The Posse

Mustapha Matura

• Mustapha Matura biography
• Mustapha Matura on The Coup

Roy Williams

• Roy Williams on Days of Significance
• Roy Williams on Sing Yer Heart Out for the Lads
• Roy Williams on Sucker Punch
• Roy Williams on The Loneliness of The Long Distance Runner

Exploring the Black Plays Archive

Inua Ellams’ Barber Shop Chronicles and Michaela Coel’s Chewing Gum Dreams

Janice Okoh’s Egusi Soup and Jackie Kay’s Chiaroscuro

Una Marson’s London Calling and Doña Daley’s Weathering the Storm

debbie tucker green’s random and Roy Williams’ Fallout

Winsome and Ola give advice to writers

Natasha Gordon on her play Nine Night