Nigerian-born Tayo Aluko is an actor, singer and playwright, based in Liverpool, UK, where he worked previously as an architect.
His multi-award-winning play, CALL MR. ROBESON has been performed as far North as within the Arctic Circle and as far South as New Zealand, with a performance at New York’s Carnegie Hall in February 2012.
A radio play about Robeson, PAUL ROBESON’S LOVE SONG, was premiered on Robeson’s birthday, April 9, 2021, and is now streaming online.
His second full-length play, JUST AN ORDINARY LAWYER was premiered in August 2016 and has already been performed in five countries.
He will be premiering his third stage play, COLERIDGE-TAYLOR OF FREETOWN, in May 2024. It is inspired by the life and music of the Black British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and his African (Sierra Leonean) ancestry.
His art is dedicated to encouraging and inspiring progressive activism by showing how Black History is everybody’s history.
Latest News:
World’s Archbishop Assassinated in Liverpool Cathedral. Nigerian Actor Claims Responsibility Feb 26, 2024
Coming Soon! Coleridge-Taylor of Freetown. (World Premiere)
May 10 – 12, 24 – 26: Rotunda Theatre @ Brighton Fringe Festival
BLACK FEMALE PIANISTS SOUGHT. For Brighton and beyond. Please spread the word.
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