by Angelo Irving | Jul 31, 2024 | Off/Stage Reviews
The second part of Roy Williams’ epic triptych presents a simultaneously grim and hopeful depiction of life for the black working class in this triumphant state-of-the-nation series. The birth of your first child should be a day to remember. In the second part...
by Angelo Irving | Jul 31, 2024 | Off/Stage Reviews
This working class cry of rage triumphs in communicating the fury of the forgotten in this updated version of the first part of duo Roy Williams’ and Clint Dyer’s state-of-the-nation trilogy. 2024 marks a decade since the original microplay Death of...
by Angelo Irving | Jul 19, 2024 | Off/Stage Reviews
A hot wing making team are forced to confront personal demons, chilli and spice in this delicious UK debut from Katori Hall. Chicken wings are synonymous with the deep south; Memphis’s tourist board proclaims it to be the ‘hot wing capital of the world’ and Katori...
by Angelo Irving | Jul 11, 2024 | Off/Stage Reviews
A provocative exploration of power, sex and race in this polarising and messy examination in Jeremy O. Harris’ triptych-pastiche UK debut of the antebellum South. Controversy and awards have followed Slave Play from the moment writer Jeremy O. Harris staged a...
by Pearl Esfahani | Jul 8, 2024 | Off/Stage Reviews
The final part of Dominique Morisseau’s three-play cycle, Skeleton Crew feels like a bare-bones portrait of Detroit’s spirit and survival. Marking the UK premiere, this play’s stripped-down setting of a Detroit car factory’s break room becomes a microcosm of...
