Travis Alabanza is an arsonist. Whatever they do, whichever space they’re in, they wield their pen as flamethrower, setting pages, stages and hearts alight. Their role as arsonist, though, is not one of wanton destruction, but destruction with a noble cause: the illumination of art as a creative and political act. The Royal Court Theatre […]
Author: Josh Rivers
Finding My Way Back Home
I didn’t feel I belonged in the Black community until the tender age of 29. School was a playground-cum-assault course, and Black boys were quick and consistent in their reminding me that no uppity niggas were welcome to hang out with them. When, at 12, I asked my dad why the Black boys didn’t like […]