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Jamal Gerald in front of a gold background, wearing a white linen shirt, a silk red cape and a metal halo, he has an afro comb in one hand and holding the other hand palm upwards in front of him.

Jamal Gerald

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Jamal Gerald is an artist based in Leeds, UK. His work is conversational, unapologetic and provocative with a social message. He makes work that he wants to see, intending to take up space as a Black queer person.

He has made work for poetry slams, films, parties, cafes and theatres. In 2018, he was awarded Arts Council England’s Artists’ International Development Fund to do research in Trinidad and Tobago. He was commissioned by Transform and Theatre in the Mill to make Idol, which premiered at Transform 19. Jamal’s work has also been shown at Kampnagel (Hamburg), SPILL Festival of Performance, Leeds Playhouse, Battersea Arts Centre and the Barbican.

Jamal is a Recipient of a Jerwood Arts’ Live Work Fund Award in 2021.

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A three-part series by Jamal Gerald, 3 Monday Midnights uses prose and poetry to transport Jamal into a supernatural world where he explores the history of Blues and Rock ‘n’ Roll in the company of a Fallen Angel, a Loa, an Orisha - and a host of legendary musicians.
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