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uk.broadwayworld.com @uk.broadwayworld.com · Jul 15

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.

www.broadwayworld.com

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Matthew Xia @excalibah.bsky.social · Jul 22

Cast Announcement and artwork drop for the brand new production of The Harder They Come @stratfordeast.com

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Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation @cssf-uk.bsky.social · Jun 9

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

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Regional Theatre Young Director Scheme @rtyds.bsky.social · Jun 24

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

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Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation @cssf-uk.bsky.social · May 7

#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

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Morven Macbeth @morvenmacbeth.bsky.social · May 21

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

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uk-news.bsky.social @uk-news.bsky.social · May 17

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

www.europesays.com

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British Theatre Guide @britishtheatreguide.info · May 16

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

www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/tamb...

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...

www.britishtheatreguide.info

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The Reviews Hub @thereviewshub.bsky.social · May 16

#THEATRE #REVIEW Tambo & Bones at Leeds Playhouse "something very worthy and true to our times" ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ www.thereviewshub.com/tambo-bones-... #Leeds

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Wieke Eringa @eringa.bsky.social · May 15

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

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Elaine @sunflowerof21.bsky.social · May 16

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.

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dermot daly @dermotdaly.bsky.social · May 15

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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

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James Martin Charlton @jmcfire.bsky.social · May 11

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JMC Fire on Substack

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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James Martin Charlton @jmcfire.bsky.social · May 11

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. 👇

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🧟‍♀️ Liza Frank 🎃🕸️💀🦇 @lilithepunk.bsky.social · May 12

This is a lovely interview with the glorious @excalibah.bsky.social - go see Tambo & Bones! #Theatresky

Matthew Xia @excalibah.bsky.social · Mar 26

1883magazine.com/matthew-xia/

I have to big up Nick Barr for conducting such an engaging interview about Tambo & Bones - probably the most in-depth chat I've had about the work and its necessity.

Matthew Xia - 1883 Magazine

“Theatre should shake audiences awake”: Matthew Xia on the power of satire, the politics of laughter, and why comedy is the perfect weapon against racial capitalism.

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Matthew Xia @excalibah.bsky.social · Apr 23

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! 😉

BBC Radio 6 Music Now Playing Bot (Unofficial) @bbcradio6musicbot.bsky.social · Apr 23

BBC Radio 6 Music
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Craig is joined by theatre director Matthew Xia for 'Wednesday I'm In Love' as he chats about his new production, "Tambo and Bones".

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Matthew Xia @excalibah.bsky.social · Apr 10

www.stratfordeast.com/media/188248...

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Matthew Xia @excalibah.bsky.social · Apr 9

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

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Belgrade Theatre, Coventry @belgradetheatre.bsky.social · Apr 8

⭐⭐⭐⭐ “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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Belgrade Theatre, Coventry @belgradetheatre.bsky.social · Apr 8

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.

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Matthew Xia @excalibah.bsky.social · Apr 7

manhunt - but I only know that from the small bit of balcony visible...

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Matthew Xia @excalibah.bsky.social · Apr 7

Thanks Lekhani 🙌🏽

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Lekhani Chirwa ✨️ @lekhanichirwa.bsky.social · Apr 5

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 👏🏽🙌🏽

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Kay @kayharrison1209.bsky.social · Apr 5

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.

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Matthew Xia @excalibah.bsky.social · Apr 6

And you got to sit with Dave!

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