Black and Asian Playreading Marathon 2

An opportunity to read aloud a host of unpublished Black and Asian plays that cry out to be rediscovered and share them as a group.
About this Event

Playreading Marathons 2026

This year's Playreading Marathons will centre on neglected, never published plays from Black and Asian performance history in the 1970s, 80s and 90s. Over two Saturdays in July (18th in Hackney, 25th at Canada Water) participants will come together to read the plays or hear them read - we aim for everyone who wishes to to have the chance to read and discuss the plays, and to give feedback which will contribute to Unfinished Histories decision as to which plays to take forward to full staged readings later in the year as part of the Events programme linked to our major FYFFI 3 exhibition Radical Rediscovery 3. Attendees can choose to read or listen.

For details of scripts on 25th July please see here: https://unfinishedhistories.com/fyffi/fyffi-3-2026/playreading-marathons-2026/ Please note that we reserve the right to change the programme and order of scripts if circumstances require. We also have additional scripts on a reserve list, if time allows.

Attendees will be eligible to apply for Microgrants (details available shortly) to create a new piece in response to this earlier work and show it at future FYFFI 3 events later in the year.

FYFFI 3 is Unfinished Histories event Fifty Years of the Fight for Inclusion, this year marking 50 years since Naseem Khan's groundbreaking 1976 report The Arts Britain Ignores: the Art of Britains Ethnic Minorities and the changes it brought about. An exhibition, staged readings and a Symposium follow later in the year. See www.unfinishedhistories.com for more deta

There will be refreshments available on site or locally.
This is a free event but if you donate it will help us fund future work.