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Matthew Xia
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Father : Director : DJ Excalibah - 1Xtra : CEO/AD at Actors Touring Company : BODIES OF WATER / TAMBO & BONES : Olivier Winner HEY DUGGEE : SKELETON CREW DONMAR WAREHOUSE
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LONDON: The second launch for ‘Being Black and British’ (published by @routledgebooks.bsky.social) will be at @stratfordeast.com on Oct 3rd at 17h30 with contributors @excalibah.bsky.social, @drhannahrobbins.bsky.social, Hannah Alkhalu & Nuna Sandy moderated by Dr Samia La Virgne. (Link to follow)
dermotdaly.bsky.social dermot daly @dermotdaly.bsky.social · Sep 1
‘Being Black and British: Before During and After Drama School’ is released on September 22 but is available to pre-order from TODAY.

Pre-order now - directly from the publisher on the link, your favourite bookshop, or your institutional or local library.

Launch event(s) to be shared…
Being Black and British: Before, During and After Drama School
Being Black and British: Before, During and After Drama School is about being Black, being British and being an actor before, during and after training. Written by Black writers working in and around ...
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September 11, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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cssf-uk.bsky.social
@excalibah.bsky.social, Theatre Director and DJ, led an insightful workshop on sound and rhythm during our Playful Spaces event. 🎼

Check out the blog written by John, our wonderful Senior Schools Outreach Coordinator, detailing what Matthew taught us!

www.shakespeareschools.org/news/post?id...
August 18, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Cast and Creative Team Set For THE HARDER THEY COME at Stratford East
Cast and Creative Team Set For THE HARDER THEY COME at Stratford East
Stratford East has announced the full cast and creative team for the UK premiere of THE HARDER THEY COME, the newly adapted reggae musical based on the cult Jamaican film of the same name.
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July 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Cast Announcement and artwork drop for the brand new production of The Harder They Come @stratfordeast.com
July 22, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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cssf-uk.bsky.social
Teachers! Educators!

Join us at Playful Spaces where you can gain practical tools to make learning more creative and inclusive for your young people! ⭐️

Hear from experts including Professor Bill Lucas, Mischief Theatre, Matthew Xia, and Tinuke Craig!

bit.ly/playfulspaces25

#playfulspaces25
June 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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rtyds.bsky.social
We're very delighted to announce our five Fair Play Advocates, who are: actor, playwright & director Kwame Kwei-Armah OBE; actor & writer Julie Hesmondhalgh; actor & director Matthew Dunster; and theatre directors Nancy Medina & Matthew Xia!

Read more on our website: bit.ly/4lqihns
Image of the five Fair Play Advocates, from left to right: Matthew Xia, Nancy Medina, Matthew Dunster, Kwame Kwei-Armah, and Julie Hesmondhalgh
June 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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cssf-uk.bsky.social
#playfulspaces25 is a summer CPD event with fantastic contributors like Professor Bill Lucas, Simon Trinder, Jordana Golbourn and Matthew Xia. From educators to text consultants, actors to directors, this is not one to miss.

Book now: www.ticketsource.co.uk/coram-shakes...
Top left is Professor Bill Lucas. Top right is Simon Trinder. Bottom left is Jordana Golbourn and bottom right is Matthew Xia
May 7, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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Dear Everyone within geographical reach and affordability of getting a ticket to see Tambo & Bones at Leeds Playhouse before it closes on Saturday, get yourself over there. And bring everyone you know.
www.leedsplayhouse.org.uk/event/tambo-...
Tambo & Bones - Leeds Playhouse
An exhilarating, funny and provocative satire, which journeys from comedy double-act, to hip-hop superstars, to activists in a future America.
www.leedsplayhouse.org.uk
May 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Tambo & Bones – Leeds Playhouse

https://www.europesays.com/uk/107681/

Writer: Dave Harris Director: Matthew Xia This show defies convention – it is extraordinary and offers a unique…#uk #news #uknews
Tambo & Bones - Leeds Playhouse - United Kingdom
Writer: Dave Harris
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May 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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britishtheatreguide.info
Theatre review: Tambo & Bones from Actors Touring Company, Stratford East and Royal & Derngate in association with Belgrade Theatre, Leeds Playhouse and Liverpool Everyman at The Courtyard, Leeds Playhouse

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Theatre review: Tambo & Bones from Actors Touring Company, Stratford East and Royal & Derngate in association with Belgrade Theatre, Leeds Playhouse and Liverpool Everyman at The Courtyard, Leeds Play...
Theatre review of Tambo & Bones (Dave Harris) from Actors Touring Company, Stratford East and Royal & Derngate in association with Belgrade Theatre, Leeds Playhouse and Liverpool Everyman at The Court...
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May 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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#THEATRE #REVIEW Tambo & Bones at Leeds Playhouse "something very worthy and true to our times" ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ www.thereviewshub.com/tambo-bones-... #Leeds
May 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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eringa.bsky.social
Big shout out to the brilliant cast of Tambo & Bones Unmissable, powerful utterly relevant and compelling. On that edge: laughing knowing you should be crying; enjoying whilst you should be devastated and horrified. The show you need to see several times!
www.leedsplayhouse.org.uk/event/tambo-...
Tambo & Bones - Leeds Playhouse
An exhilarating, funny and provocative satire, which journeys from comedy double-act, to hip-hop superstars, to activists in a future America.
www.leedsplayhouse.org.uk
May 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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sunflowerof21.bsky.social
Theatre trip 13 in 2025

Tambo & Bones
Leeds Playhouse

What a superb show. Three acts of bold, brilliant and thought-provoking theatre. Never seen anything like it.

@excalibah.bsky.social
May 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Last chance to see this till the 24th at Leeds Playhouse.

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Tambo & Bones - Leeds Playhouse
An exhilarating, funny and provocative satire, which journeys from comedy double-act, to hip-hop superstars, to activists in a future America.
www.leedsplayhouse.org.uk
May 15, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Glad I caught the fascinating Tambo and Bones at Stratford East yesterday, having missed it first time around. Dave Harris’s play is the opposite of the earnest, issue-based theatre we’re often served...
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May 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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jmcfire.bsky.social
A beautiful jolt of theatre, Tambo and Bones is funny, furious, surreal, and disturbing — a carnivalesque dive into race, history, and performance. No easy answers, no moral applause lines. 👇
May 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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lilithepunk.bsky.social
This is a lovely interview with the glorious @excalibah.bsky.social - go see Tambo & Bones! #Theatresky
May 12, 2025 at 9:15 AM
excalibah.bsky.social
Imagine...

Me --- on Lister's show!!!

Anyway... here it is in case the imagination wasn't working...

Turns out he's not an interdimentional-last-human-space-traveller... But an actor, radio host and DJ from Liverpool -called Craig! 😉
bbcradio6musicbot.bsky.social BBC Radio 6 Music Now Playing Bot (Unofficial) @bbcradio6musicbot.bsky.social · Apr 23
BBC Radio 6 Music
Craig Charles

Craig is joined by theatre director Matthew Xia for 'Wednesday I'm In Love' as he chats about his new production, "Tambo and Bones".
April 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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April 10, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Me talking all things Tambo & Bones...

yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Matt...
Matthew Xia Chats About <i>Tambo & Bones</i>
If you’re watching Tambo & Bones for the very first time theatre director Matthew Xia advises the following: “You’ve got to strap in, go on the ride, get off at the end and ask ‘what does that mean?’....
yorkshiretimes.co.uk
April 9, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Like nothing you’ve ever seen” - The Telegraph

📅 Wed 9 - Sat 12 Apr
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Tambo & Bones - Belgrade Theatre
Tambo & Bones laughs through our past, blows the roof off our present and imagines an explosive future for our world and for theatre.
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April 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Audiences have spoken, and Tambo & Bones is "a must see for all"!

Opening tomorrow night on our B1 stage, this five star show follows comedy double-act Tambo and Bones, as they become hip-hop superstars, and activists in America at the epicentre of the global Black Lives Matter movement.
April 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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mind is blown after watching Tambo & Bones last night! so clever and fun in all the right places! congrats to the creative team and @excalibah.bsky.social 👏🏽🙌🏽
April 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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kayharrison1209.bsky.social
Tambo & Bones was all kinds of wonderful and I'll remember it for years to come. Clifford & Daniel were extraordinary. Well done to everyone involved @excalibah.bsky.social 🙏💖
A puppet version of playwright Dave Harris sat on the front row of HOME Theatre, waiting for his Tambo & Bones to begin.
April 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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britishtheatreguide.info
Theatre review: Tambo & Bones from Actors Touring Company, Stratford East and Royal & Derngate, Northampton Co-Production in association with Belgrade Theatre, Leeds Playhouse and Liverpool Everyman at HOME, Manchester

www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/tamb...
Theatre review: Tambo & Bones from Actors Touring Company, Stratford East and Royal & Derngate, Northampton Co-Production in association with Belgrade Theatre, Leeds Playhouse and Liverpool Everyman a...
Theatre review of Tambo & Bones (Dave Harris) from Actors Touring Company, Stratford East and Royal & Derngate, Northampton Co-Production in association with Belgrade Theatre, Leeds Playhouse and Live...
www.britishtheatreguide.info
April 4, 2025 at 10:28 AM