Catalogue Number
NMLH.2025.37.2
Object Name
Poster
Place
Paddington Printshop, London
People
Mark Minton (designer); Mustapha Matura (playwright); Black Theatre Co-Operative; Paddington Printshop
Date
1979
Description
Screenprinted poster in bright green, yellow and red horizontal stripes, a record player and record. In the centre of the record is "Dubwise" and in the record player, "Black Theatre Co-Operative Presents". In the yellow stripe is "A new play by Mustapha Matura - Welcome Home Jacko". The right side of the poster is a bird's eye view of table football with the red and yellow players on silver poles facing each other in rows.
This poster was made by Paddington Printshop, a community graphic design and print workshop in West London, co-founded by John Phillips and Pippa Smith. Between 1975-1991, the centre printed over 400 designs for left-wing community organisations. These publicised local political campaigns such as housing rights and food co-ops, to social gatherings including play days, gardening clubs, gigs and festivals. Their do-it-yourself style was part of the proto-punk ethos.
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