Last week, we sat with down with Mojisola Kareem; Artistic Director of Utopia Theatre to discuss it's latest production Crown of Blood, a Yoruba retelling of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, starting its run at Sheffield Theatres. We discussed Kareem's professional journey, alongside the themes and process behind putting a play like Crown of Blood together. 

From the return of Ballet Shoes at the National Theatre and Ballet Black’s SHADOWS at Sadler’s Wells, to women going through it at Theatre 503 and the Royal Court, this week in theatre is a feast for the senses. 

“Women, Black women, lovers of love, I love us so much,” Bolu Babalola says towards the end of the interview. It's in this simple avowal...