By examining the nature of prejudice it is hoped to identify its sources and thereby decrease its manifestations.”[1] In 1975, the company under a change of management was renamed as The Black Theatre of Brixton.
The Dark and Light Theatre was the initiative of Jamaican-born Frank Cousins, who had relocated to the UK and studied acting at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama in the mid-1960s.
[3] In 1975, when Cousins stepped down as artistic director, the company began a new phase, renamed as the Black Theatre of Brixton, and helmed by Norman Beaton, Rufus Collins and Jamal Ali.
[6][7] While singer and songwriter Eddy Grant spent some time in the 1970s with the Black Theatre of Brixton, he noticed a street sign and thought: "What a fantastic song title!"
[9] On 27 October 2019, the Nubian Jak Community Trust installed a blue plaque at Longfield Hall, in honour of the Dark and Light Theatre having been based there from 1969 to 1975.