The World Cup 2010 is over. South Africa is now being hailed as worthy hosts, but Joy Francis cannot forget the country’s initial status as a violent no go area.
Sucker Punch by Roy Williams hits home on race, boxing and black male identity, but falls short on its only female character, claims Joy Francis.
Daniel Kaluuya, currently wowing audiences (and critics) as Leon in Sucker Punch at the Royal Court, is soon to be seen in Johnny English 2 with Rowan Atkinson. Joy Francis is well and truly charmed.
Broadcaster, DJ, journalist, composer and Artistic Director at Theatre Royal Stratford East Matthew Xia makes Kwame Kwei-Armah look lazy. Read why.
Maxine Quintyne-Kolaru, who is over halfway through her Royal Court Super Group, survives the infamous ‘Lock In’, sees her play performed at Soho Theatre and wonders what next.
Last month’s Words of Colour competition to win tickets to see Mica Paris at Rich Mix drew a great response. The winner was picked out of a hat by Paul Macey, Words of Colour’s Creative Arts Director. The name on the piece of paper was Michael Peters. He shares his experience of winning and seeing Mica live and direct.
March/April 2010
Winner takes all
Having emailed my entry to the Words of Colour/Rich Mix Mica Paris competition, confirming the name of Mica's first album, 'So Good', I thought nothing of it again, other than it was good that Mica was back.
So it was very surprising and wonderful to get the call from Words of Colour online’s Editor Joy Francis to inform me I’d won a pair of tickets to the Rich Mix show.
I’d not seen Mica live before so I was really looking forward to it, especially knowing she'd not performed or released any new songs for years. The evening got off to an interesting start with the excellent support act who was a little reminiscent of Craig David.
When Mica came on she delivered a soulful set covering old hits as well as newer tunes. There was a terrific atmosphere and energy in Rich Mix created by her music.
It was a thoroughly enjoyable show, which was very well received by me and my friend Jacqueline as well as the Rich Mix audience.
Read what Michael Peters, the winner of our Mica Paris at Rich Mix competition, thought about the soul diva’s re-emergence on the music scene.
