Black Lives Natter

Community. Creativity. Conversation.

Black Lives Natter is a London-based community arts organisation dedicated to providing free and low-cost opportunities and events for Black and Global Majority individuals. We centre survivors, neurodiverse and queer communities, older adults, disabled individuals, and others facing similar barriers in accessing the arts, whether economic, practical, or connected to identity and lived experience. We believe communities thrive when the people within them are seen, heard, and supported. Through shared stories, poetry, theatre, and creative expression we aim to heal, document, and celebrate lived experiences while creating safe, non-judgmental spaces that increase access, awareness, inclusion, and engagement. All our regular events and activities take place online and at Theatre Deli in London.

SpeakEasy Saturday

A monthly one-day programme of events at Theatre Deli running from 12pm to 6pm on the first Saturday of the month. The SpeakEasy programme aligns multiple voices in unison to celebrate, community joy, empowerment, and creativity through SpeakEasy Page-to-Stage writing workshops, Po'JaM Co’LaB  social and creative drop-in, and Co'LaB LiVE a music and spoken word open mic, all which nurture and amplify Black and Global Majority creativity. Sign up for one, or all three the SpeakEasy strands at Theatre Deli. Be part of our community ecosystem. Create something to share. Conversation is what happens when we come together and collaborate.

12pm - 2:30pm SpeakEasy Page-to-Stage Writing Workshops 

(12 places available for each workshop.)

Soliloquy to Monologue (1) August Wilson Fences (7th March)

Fact-ion Bio-Storytelling & Spoken Word (1) Childhood, Memory & Fairytales (11th April)

Rant & Rhythm - Spoken Truths (1) Rage Against the Machine (2nd May)

Soliloquy to Monologue (2) Shakespeare (13th June)

Fact-ion Bio-Storytelling & Spoken Word (2) Alchemy - Rewriting Trauma: Base Metals into Gold (4th July)

Soliloquy to Monologue (3) Cush Jumbo: Josephine & I (1st August)

Fact-ion Bio-Storytelling & Spoken Word (3) Ancestors - Messages from the Past & Folklore (5th September)

Female Empowerment & Poetry (3rd October)

Sport & Movement Through Spoken Word & Poetry (17th October)

Rant & Rhythm - Spoken Truths (2) Angry Black Woman (7th November)

Rant & Rhythm - Spoken Truths (3) Seasoned (5th December)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

3pm - 6pm SpeakEasy Co’LaB  

Your creative drop-in social and community hub - bring your instruments, your work, your ideas, or just yourself. Fifteen spaces are available.

5pm - 6pm Co’LaB LiVE  

A music and spoken word open-mic hour for poets, musicians, singer-songwriters and spoken word artists. Nine performance spots available 5 minutes max. If you are performing at Co'LaB LiVE please fill in this Artist Info Form.

BLN Pop-Up Bookshop

The SpeakEasy programme runs alongside our BLN Pop-Up Bookshop in the cafe/bar, where you can grab a coffee, browse, buy or donate Black or Global Majority books. For more information on the full SpeakEasy Saturday programme go to blacklivesnatter.co.uk or follow us on our socials.

We grow our community with your connection and our conversations. If you have any accessibility needs or adjustments that you require to participate in our event please email community@blacklivesnatter.co.uk

We keep our tickets low cost and affordable, not as a reflection of the talent or work, but as a mission to increase access and engagement in the arts. Please donate what you can so we can continue to provide free and low cost events and opportunites for the communities we serve.

Black Lives Natter CIC is a non-profit community arts organisation that grows through donations and volunteer support. We welcome you to get involved by attending events, volunteering, donating or collaborating with us. Together, we build a thriving creative community grounded in respect, kindness, empowerment, and cultural care.