Benedict Lombe’s Shifters shifts from the Bush Theatre to a West End run at the Duke of York’s Theatre. A charismatic love story, Shifters is funny, honest, and bittersweet. Shifters How wonderful to see Shifters in the West End. Although also slightly outrageous that this is only the third West End production of a play […]
Lynn Nottage’s play Clyde’s picks up where Sweat, also staged at the Donmar Warehouse in 2018, left off. Life in the margins of society, but with a sense of hope, hard-earned pride and camaraderie nonetheless. Clyde’s It’s not even remotely possible to see every play in London, but sometimes I wish I could go back […]
Lenny Henry’s debut play August in England starts like a comedy set and ends like a punch to the gut. August In England 2023 marks the 75th anniversary of the HMT Empire Windrush bringing more than 800 passengers from the Caribbean to British shores. It became a symbol of a wave of post-war immigration: thousands […]
Pearl Cleage’s tragi-comedy Blues for an Alabama Sky makes for powerful viewing at the National Theatre. With a strong ensemble cast and all of the precarious glamour and ever-present hardship of the Harlem Renaissance. Blues For An Alabama Sky The Harlem Renaissance is a period which endlessly inspires us even a century later. The jazz, […]
