From the Editor

* Poet Anthony V. Capildeo, Trinidad & Tobago/Scotland; dramatists Roy Williams (Death of England and The Lonely Londoners) and Matilda Feyisayo Ibini, and author and essayist Rana Dasgupta are among the winners of the US Windham Campbell Prizes. Each receives £135,000 in recognition of their life’s work.

Daniel Nelson london.globalevents@gmail.com X: @EventsNelson

TALKS AND MEETINGS

Thursday 1 May

* Everybody poo(p)s: Water, sanitation, and hygiene in global health research, Robert Dreibelbis, 5.15-6.15pm, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, WC1E 7HT. Info: LSHTM
* Constructing Modern Slavery, book discussion with author Judy Fudge, Parosha Chandran, Alessandra Mezzadri, Olga Martin-Ortega and Marija Jovanovic, 5-7pm, King’s College, Somerset House. Info: King’s

Saturday 3 May

* Remembering ‘Comfort Women’: Politics of memory and international perspectives, Yonsen Ahn, Joxcelyn Xu, Park Jung-Ae, Kim Eun-Kyung, Hong Nammyong, Yoon Walker, Hyun Myung-Ho, Harriet Gray, 12-6pm, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, WC1. Info: SOAS

Sunday 4 May

* An Evening With Philippe Sands, on his latest novel, 38 Londres Street, which gathers the links between former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet and a fugitive SS officer, 7.30pm, from £18, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX. Info: Sands talk

Tuesday 6 May

* Foreign Media Access to Gaza, 7pm, from £5.94, Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, W2. Info: Frontline

* Ahmed Alnaouq: We Are Not Numbers, launch of an essay collection charting the lives and dreams of young people in Gaza, including the deaths of 21 of Alnaouq’s family in a bomb blast, 7:45pm, from £13, Purcell Room, Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX. Info: 

* Paula Akpan: When We Ruled, the pioneering historian and writer presents the narratives of 12 African queens and warriors, with Tobi Kyeremateng, 7pm, £15 - £47, Kiln, 269 Kilburn High Road, NW6 7JR. Info: Kiln

Wednesday 7 May

* Protest at Barclays AGM, “Barclays is bankrolling Israel’s genocide, military occupation and apartheid against Palestinians“, 9.45 – 11.15am, QE11 Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, SW1P 3EE. Info: Palestine Solidarity Campaign 

* Trade Unionists against the ongoing Nakba, webinar, 6-7pm. Info: Palestine Solidarity Organisation

EXHIBITIONS

* Mil Veces un Instante (A Thousand Times In An Instant), Mexican artist Teresa Margolles’ cuboid on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square is a memorial to trans people worldwide

* Jose Maria Valasco: A View of Mexico, first UK show of work by the Mexican artist, from £12, National Gallery, Trafalgar Square WC2N 5DN until 17 August. Info: Gallery

* Collecting and Empire, trail making connections between archaeology, anthropology and the British Empire, British Museum, Great Russell Street, WC1. Info: British Museum

* British Library, installation of 6,328 books marks the contributions of migrants to UK, Tate Modern, Bankside, SE1. Info: Installation/ 7887 8888

* Between Two Worlds: Vanley Burke and Francis Williams, two Jamaican scholars’ portraits, shedding light on a 1745 painting, identity and colonial legacies, free, V&A Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7. Info: Exhibition

* Inspiration Africa: Stories Beyond the Artifacts, exploration of V&A galleries through the lens of African heritage, free, second Saturday of every month, V&A, Cromwell Road, SW7. Info: V&A tou

* African Deeds, showcases a collection that includes diaries, cassette interviews, videos, photos and documents of three generations of family history, inspired by grandfather Thomas’ land title deeds brought from West Africa in 1901, Black Cultural Archives, 1 Windrush Square, SW2 1EF. Info: BCA 

* Target Queen, large-scale commission by British-Indian artist Bharti Kher, Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre

* Esther Mahlangu: Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu, brightly coloured geometric paintings rooted in South African Ndebele culture, free, Serpentine North, until 28 September. Info: Serpentine

* The Great Mughals: Art, Architecture and Opulence, £22, V&A Museum, Cromwell Street, SW7 2RL, until 5 May. Info: V&A 

* Women of the World Unite: the United Nations decade for women and transnational feminisms 1975 to now, London School of Economics Library, Houghton Street, WC2 until 22 August. Info: LSE

* Mickalene Thomas: All About Love, vibrant, large portraits of Black women at rest reclaim representation in art history, celebrating love and radical repose, Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX, from £19, until 5 May. Info: Hayward

* Donald Rodney: Visceral Canker, survey exhibition of the late Jamaican-heritage British multi-media artist, Whitechapel Gallery, 77-82 Whitechapel High Street, E1 7QX until 4 May. Info: Whitechapel

* Making Egypt, exploring ancient Egypt's creativity and how it continues to influence art, design and popular culture today, £10, Young V&A, Cambridge Heath Road, E2 9PA. Info: V&A

* Deutsche Borse Foundation Photography Prize, shortlist includes work by Lindokhule Sobekwa on poverty and long effects of apartheid in South Africa, and Tarah Krajnak, Peru, £10/£7, Photographers Gallery, Ramillies Street, W1, until 15 June. Info: Gallery + 14 May, Artist Talk, Lindokuhle Sobekwa, 2pm, £10/£7

* Planetary Portals: I am in your dreams, but you are not in mine, weaves together the environmental landscapes of 19th-century mining of gold and diamonds in South Africa with the scripting process of AI, £10/£7, Photographers Gallery, Ramillies Street, W1, until 15 June. Info: Gallery

*  Arpita Singh: Remembering, her first solo exhibition outside India, she draws from Bengali folk art and Indian stories, interwoven with experiences of social upheaval and global conflict, free, Serpentine North, until 27 July

* Sony Photography Awards Exhibition 2025, photos from around the world, Somerset House, The Strand WC2R 1LA until 6 May. Info: Sony Awards

* Eileen Perrier: A Thousand Small Stories and Dianne Minnicucci: Belonging and Beyond, free, Autograph, Rivington Place, EC2A 3BA, until 13 September. Info: Rivington Place

ARTS OPPORTUNITIES

* The Gate is looking for an Assistant Director for an as yet undisclosed UK premiere of a new play directed by Gate Artistic Lead Atri Banerjee. Deadline for applications: 12 May.

* Autograph is offering emerging creatives a paid opportunity to develop and deliver a live event at its London gallery on the themes of collaboration, identity and belonging across generations. Apply by 26 May.

* As Yet Unscene is a year-round programme initiative to find and develop scripts in early stages of development. it includes workshops, rehearsed readings and fully-rehearsed performances of longer extracts. Details here

* Poets - submissions are invited for the PEN Heaney Prize 2025. The deadline is 31 May for collections published between 1 January and 30 June this year; for collections published between 1 July and 31 December the submission window is 1 July–31 August 2025.

* Interested in taking a show to this year’s Camden Fringe?  Programming is underway. Apply here. 

* Southwark Playhouse invites actors aged 19-25 living in Southwark or Lambeth who have some performing experience but no significant training or professional employment to rehearse a new production and perform onstage at the Playhouse.

* Tamasha Tales is a new series of commissioned short pieces that aims to celebrate global storytelling and cultural intersectionality through artist collaboration. Tamasha Theatre is looking for two artists from any Global Majority background with 5-10 years of experience) with an established body of work. 

* The Royal Court Theatre has launched The Writers’ Card, part of its programme of helping playwrights. It offers mentoring, networking, funding opportunities, events, and use of resources in the building, subsidised meals and free script printing. For more information, visit https://royalcourttheatre.com/playwriting  

* The Royal Court has also launched a London-wide playwrights award for 13-18-year-olds.

* Theatre in the Pound: The Cockpit Theatre’s monthly scratch night enables performers to try out 10-15 minutes of new work + a short Q&A. Also classes, workshops, readings, advice sessions, support & performance opportunities.

* Papatango hopes its new Playwrights’ Studio will be a home for playwrights of all levels of experience. It aims to be a joined-up, sustained writing package with a variety of free advantages, including digital workshops, lone-to-one, and thousands of pounds in open-access funding.

* Riverside Studios is offering a regular drop-in playwriting group:  “Whether you’re working on a script and want creative inspiration, you're intrigued by the idea of writing a play, or simply want a creative outlet, these monthly meet-ups are informal, fun and open to everyone.” It has also launched songwriting sessions.

* London is to get a memorial to slave trade victims in Docklands. “It is vital that our public spaces reflect the heritage of our great city - in all its diversity and complexity,” said Mayor Sadiq Khan. Public consultation will be followed by a competition for the artist. Unveiling is scheduled for 2026. 

* Citizens of the World, a choir that grew out of the Calais “Jungle” and has 50 members from 30 countries, welcomes newcomers. It rehearses on Wednesday evenings. Details on the website