Little Miss Burden, Credit: Kofi Dwaah. A woman is lit in red with a plue background. She wears a headscarf, she looks down and is laughing.

Bricks and Pieces (2016). A woman stands defiantly with her hands on her hips. She wears a leather coat and a sheepskin collar and looks directly at the camera.

Trying to Find Me (2019). A woman looks to the right, she is wearing a white tank top. Blue and white light plays on her skin against a black background.

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the UK's leading British-African heritage company

celebrating 25 years

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About Us

About
tiata fahodzi

tiata fahodzi produces theatre that is fearless for a Britain of today; rich with languages, races, cultures and identities.

tiata fahodzi, the UK’s leading British African heritage contemporary theatre company, presents a new season of creative initiatives, appointments and productions designed to support and invest in the future of Black British artists, in celebration of its 25th anniversary.

Founded in September 1997 by playwright and director Femi Elufowoju Jr and now under the direction of its fourth Artistic Director, playwright and director, Chinonyerem Odimba, this milestone year named ‘Year of the Artist’ marks the beginning of a new chapter in the Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation’s history.

Tickets and Ties (1997) a black and white production shot featuring the cast looking quizzically outwards.

We make theatre that looks around and looks forward, with a mission to tell contemporary stories in modern and innovative ways, celebrating characters and audiences defined not by their diversity, but by their humanity.

What's On

cheeky little brown, by the Papatango Prize-winning playwright Nkenna Akunna, is a failed night out, a musical, a show about heartbreak and queerness, taking place on a journey through the city Lady calls home.