Theatre Deli London

This weekend’s #ShiftSpace is @mangotreesplay by britnyvirginiaa 🥭🌴💃🏾 Tas’xi life revolves around college, MaMae’s stall and observing the streets of Passae Valley known as Smelly Valley where she grew up. She sees how the hooding’s rule the roads, how sex is forcibly sold for mere portion of daily bread, and lack of governmental support, she hopes to make a change somehow, but for a disabled woman in the Caribbean that is nothing more than a dream. But when Michael steps in, that dream seems a little bit more tangible. As they fire remarks towards each other, he pushes her to see her true potential. And with the help of her fierce MaMae and secure faith, Tas’xi takes the stage but not without many hurdles along the way. 🗓️ 28th and 29th June 📍Theatre Deli London ⭐️Part Of Our Shift+Space Program 🎟️£10 Link in bio to book! Video description: the creator of Up In The Mango Trees Britny Virginia, a black woman wearing a black hair wrap sits in front of a white door with a painting in the background. She discusses her new play, the themes and her intentions behind on the piece.

🎤BLN-Live: Speakeasy Po’Jam 🔥 🎹 @blacknatter invites Black & Global Majority artists to an experimental night of music and word fusion. Each month at Theatre Deli we ask musicians, beat-boxers, spoken word artists, music producers and composers to share their work in the open mic, then to jam collectively in a freestyle section at the end of the event (Po’JaM). 🖊The event includes the opportunity for Open-Mic Artists to send backing tracks, samples, beats, loops and bring their voices, instruments and creations to the Theatre Deli Cafe/Bar Find out more about Black Lives Natter Black Lives Natter is a Community Arts organisation and a platform for Black and Global Majority artists and individuals, with a focus on survivors, neuro-diverse, queer, queenagers, and those with disabilities, and individuals within those communities who have historically been denied access to the arts. Black Lives Natter Po’Jam is 1st Tuesday every month - The upcoming dates are as follows Tuesday 9th July Tuesday 6th August Tuesday 10th September Tuesday 8th October Tuesday 5th November Tuesday 3rd December Video description: Eljai from Black Lives Natter performs a spoke word about the new event Speakeasy Po’Jam. On the screen are different images of Black and Global Majority artists performing on stage.

This weekend! ‘The Planet Is _____’ is a new verbatim musical about climate justice, friendship and what it means to be an activist. It’s the 29th June 2022, the day after the Police, Crimes, Sentencing and Courts Bill has come into effect in the UK. Meg and Tash, two young climate activists, decide to document how protest is affected in the next year. A lot can happen in a year. This is their story. Written by Meg McGrady and Natasha Pavey , the show has been created from poetry written and interviews captured between June 2022 and June 2023. Praise for Meg McGrady’s Previous Work ‘The Phase’: **** “Meg McGrady’s score is upbeat and lively at times and filled with emotion at others.” - Lost In Theatreland **** “It is a complete delight to experience a new British musical with both a catchy and structurally sophisticated score that matches its quick, witty and emotionally intelligent book pound for pound.” - All That Dazzles 📆17th and 18th May 📍Theatre Deli London ⭐️Part of Our Shift+Space Program 🎟 PWYC https://bit.ly/TDThePlanetIs Video Description: Meg and Tash are wearing yellow outfits, they dance and sing into a mic on stage and discuss climate anxiety.

🏳️#ShiftSpace Another Flag 🏳️ This Friday and Saturday - last few tickets remaining! “Another Flag” by @dia_tria is a live, multimedia performance in solidarity with visual artist Georgia Lale’s artwork ‘Flag (2021)’, and in response to the censorship imposed on the artwork by the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday 18th December 2023. It is an attempt to collectively re-create the fabric that embodies a cohesive society that is safe for women and artists while fighting against the existing patriarchy. A dynamic and healing synthesis of fabrics, words, textiles, chants, physical movements and sounds that together builds a multifaceted vision and soundscape as a form of protest against gender based violence and the systemic suppression of artistic freedom of expression based on extreme, nationalist rhetoric. “Another Flag” is an activist piece about empowering women and re-constructing a safer world for them through collective artistic creation. @paasteli @miiamakila @kat_sot 📅19th and 20th April 📍Theatre Deli London 🎟️PWYC Video description: Miia a white woman with blonde hair from Finland is part of the Dia Tria collective talks about the making of the piece Another Flag.

🐦‍⬛Don’t miss Black Bird by @jaelonkennedy 🐦‍⬛ With inspiration from William Shakespeare’s Lady Macbeth, “Black Bird” is a commentary on and a reflection of the act of freedom and liberation against the harsh judgements and stereotypes bestowed upon Black women. In the midst of the continuous subjection to racism and the scolding of our distinctiveness from whiteness but also our proximity to it as well, Black Women are seen as anomalies. Like Macbeth, a woman coined as ruthless and filled with anger, Black Women have unwillingly adopted these terms by society and have been forced to lower ourselves in a multitude of ways because of it. “Black Bird” works to amplify the reasons behind societal attitudes about Black Women and serves as a moment of catharsis for the internal feelings that can’t always be expressed by Black women. 🗓️12th and 13th April 7pm 📍Theatre Deli London (nearest stations Bank and Aldgate) 🎟️Pay what you can (link in bio) #ShiftSpace Video Description: quotes in white on a black background, including ‘you’ll never be fit to be a queen’ ‘she’s nothing but an angry black woman’ ‘she’s nothing but a black bird’ ‘ you ain’t never gonna fly’ then a close up of Jaelon a black woman performing in her show Black Bird. The final image is a picture of her with the title Black Bird 12-13th April Theatre Deli.

Invisible Targets by /theinfluencerTK 5th, 6th April PWYC tickets - https://bit.ly/InvisibleTargetsTD Our new #ShiftSpace season kicks off with "Invisible Targets" a piece which critically examines the treatment of pregnant bodies within the Western healthcare system, with a specific focus on the experiences of women who have endured stillbirth. The performance seamlessly integrates movement, storytelling, and objects to bring these narratives to life. In this devised solo performance, a grieving mother attempts to unravel the events during her hospital stay, where her child was stillborn. This piece juxtaposes the stark realities of the medical healthcare system with the intimate journey of a bereaved mother navigating societal stigma. Informed by a report from Mothers’ Voices and the Ockenden Review, an investigation of two maternity services in England, as well as auto-ethnographic experiences, this performance examines maternity care and the taboo surrounding the topic of stillbirth. "Timna’s performance was powerful and inspiring expressed through physical theatre. The themes of grief were performed with such sensitivity and deep emotion, it really moved me". - Diana D ****** SHIFT+SPACE This performance is part of the SHIFT+SPACE programme Theatre Deli’s SHIFT+SPACE programme is a free performance opportunity for artists to present their work that needs an audience to develop, where artists keep 100% of the Box Office! Applications are currently open for the next season. Video Description - a split screen with close up shots of bare skin while a poem is performed. One side is more dimly lit than the other. On both sides sometimes ribs can be seen through the skin.

We're thrilled to announce our participation in @VoilaFest 2024. This November Voila! invites artists to share new European theatre to adventurous audiences. We'll serve as the hub for Voila! where audiences & artists share our space to create & connect. https://bit.ly/TD_Voila What Theatre Deli is offering: 🌍 Performance opportunities Are you an artist creating cross-cultural, cross-disciplinary performance & want to perform as part of @VoilaFest? APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN. Theatre Deli is joining the festival to welcome border-busting theatre onto our stages! 🌍 Theatre Deli Voila! 2024 Residency We are also introducing a Theatre Deli Voila! 2024 Residency! For an emerging artist to create experimental new work. This opportunity includes: - Free space for R&D - Performance during the festival -Dramaturgical support -£500 seed funding 🌍 Free Membership All Voila! artists programmed can have a free TD Membership in the 3 months before #VoilaFest inc.. @baronscourt_W14 @CamdenPT @cockpittheatre @questorstheatre @PlaygroundW10 @SpaceArtsCentre @GatehouseLondon @applecartarts This includes: - rehearsal space from £5ph - Free deskspace -Save £ in our cafe Au revoir, ahoj Holà! وداعًا We're excited to be the Cultural Hub of the festival and to host artists and audiences enjoying @VoilaFest 2024 for three weeks of border-busting, genre-defying, panlingual theatre. See you in November!🌍

🖼️Seen our new artist of the month exhibition in the cafe? ☕️ Jasmine Kahlia has been invited by Theatre Deli to exhibit work as part of the Artist of the Month scheme. Jasmine’s proud to platform contributing artists @jairozaldua , Nicola Green, @jesusgophoto , Apparan, @strangeartist.isa , @ternuraysuavidad and @catalinaf.riofrio . Over the past eight years, Jasmine Kahlia’s visually arresting and superb pieces have received critical recognition. A large number of the pieces on show will be exhibiting for the first time. This collection is a display of excellence and a fight against adversity. “There was a point in my life where I could only afford a few tubes of paint for an exhibition. This meant that I had to choose colours carefully and I went with Red, Yellow and White. I later bought some black and gold pens and developed my signature style. Working with limited colours is also reflect of societal limitations constantly placed on me. I’ve begun with limited resources, but managed to always create something significant with what I’ve had in front of me.” All Jasmine Kahlia pieces will be sold at £50, £100 or £150. On the day we will accept cheque, card or cash. All purchased pieces will be sent out by courier on 1 Mar 2024.

The Cycle by Vilma Jackson Productions @vcrj90_productions We are pleased to present a screening and Q&A of the powerful short film The Cycle on 23rd February as part of the continuing legacy of our Social Model and More festival last year. 'The Cycle,' is a psychological drama centred around a Black Deaf woman who endures the haunting trauma of domestic violence. Immerse yourself in her daily thoughts and emotions as she copes with her traumatic experiences. A Black Deaf woman is caught up in domestic violence and lost in translation. She's lonely. In fact, abused and trapped in silence by her abuser. The trauma she experiences from the abuse means she is unable to live a normal life. Until one day, she builds up the courage and grabs an opportunity. Police officers arrive at her house. Will she be heard? Will the police protect her? Or will she be another statistic? Things do not turn out the way she expected. Video description: A trailer for the short film The Cycle. Shot in a very psychological horror style with the words, you descend into the unknown, will she be heard or will she be another statistic. There are shots of the protagonist, a Black Deaf woman with injuries on her face, she meets dismissive police officers.

📕📗@black_lives_natter needs your books! 📚📖 We want to share a message from our lovely friends at Black Lives Natter - BLN are organising their community event in August (it’s going to be amazing watch this space for more info!) and they need your books about black history and or/ by Black authors. If you have books to donate bring them in next time you’re at Deli and leave them with reception. Thank you! Video description: Throughout there is a chorus of different voices saying ‘Black Lives Natter’ A video using the black and yellow branding of ‘Black Lives Natter’ At the top is a banner that says Black Lives Natter presents ‘Black Joy’ ‘Todays creations are tomorrow’s Black History’ ‘We need your book donations for our Black Joy bookshop this August!’ A collage of illustrated books and real covers of books by black authors The Theatre Deli logo ‘The Proceeds from the sales go towards the runnings costs for BLN-Write free writing workshops. You can donate books at Theatre Deli.’ ‘We are looking for books on Black History and/or by Black Authors. We will be selling these at a reduced cost or donation at the Black Joy Community event.’ ‘Simply drop them at the Theatre Deli Reception the staff will pop a sticker on.’ ‘Or you can send us a parcel, or we can collect - drop us an email at [email protected] ‘ ‘Drop us a selfie of you and your donation via Instagram @black_lives_natter #blackjoybookshop ‘ A picture of Eljai who runs Black Lives Natter holding a book. She is wearing a pink dress, looks down over her glasses. She has a bright pink afro. ‘Black Lives Natter CIC’ ‘Thank you!’ ‘Community Creativity Conversation’

Where is Theatre Deli?? We know it can be hard to find and it doesn’t seem obvious that an arts space and rehearsal studios are in the heart of the #cityoflondon but trust us we are here! 107 Leadenhall Street. Share this reel with anyone who is coming to theatre deli for the first time and might need a hand knowing where to go 😊 Video description: a fast paced voiceover showing where Theatre Deli is. There are shots of the city of London as the sun is going down, a shot of the A board outside Theatre Deli, and then a POV shot of walking into the main building lobby and then the Theatre Deli reception.

We are always amazed by all the different activities going on at any one time at Theatre Deli. We’re so grateful for the community of artists we have here. From auditions, rehearsals, classes and community events that encompass so many different art forms - there’s a real buzz around the place. We wanted to show you a selection of what people are up to on a random Wednesday afternoon! What have you been doing recently at Deli? Would you like to see more of what’s happening here and meet people using the space? Video description: we meet a few people in the theatre deli cafe, artist studios, reception and co-working spaces. Everyone is very smily and there is a background hum of creativity.