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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Cherrelle skeete - Caught on Camera

The Authenticator: The legacy of slavery tackled head-on, with humour

3/5 This play at the National Theatre features two historians investigating slavery documents in a country house and features enjoyable performances

Evening Standard

The return of pioneering playwright Winsome Pinnock: ‘New plays are always a risk’

INTERVIEW: The celebrated British playwright speaks to Louis Chilton about her new play ‘The Authenticator’, her precarious optimism about original writing, and why she was interested in this country’s ‘untold history’

The Independent UK

The week in theatre: Alterations; A Knock on the Roof review – material worlds

A black British tailor dreams big in Michael Abbensetts’ 70s comedy, made new by director Lynette Linton and designer Frankie Bradshaw. Plus, a one-woman show about relentless fear in Gaza

The Guardian - UK

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Alterations at the National Theatre review: 'a finely tailored play'

4/5 This rediscovered gem from the Black Plays Archive comes alive from the very start

Evening Standard

OPINION - Crazy for You, Cherrelle Skeete and A Strange Loop: The Evening Standard Theatre Podcast

A love letter to old school American showbiz - we review Crazy for You, which is now on at the Gillian Lynne Theatre. This feet-tapping musical features the songs of George and Ira Gershwin, and it’s directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman.

Evening Standard

Beneatha’s Place review – the future of Black America and the shadows of colonialism

Kwame Kwei-Armah’s play takes a character from Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun on a journey to Africa

The Guardian - UK

Beneatha’s Place at the Young Vic review – this bracingly stimulating play has found its moment

This work about race and the ownership of history could not feel more timely

Evening Standard

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‘I want to take the audience further than they’d like’: Kwame Kwei-Armah on Beneatha’s Place

Continuing the story of Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, the writer and director aims to create change with a reflection on today’s culture wars about race

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: Rock/ Paper/ Scissors; The Fellowship

Timing is everything in Chris Bush’s theatre-hopping trio of Sheffield plays; the same goes for Roy Williams’s ill-starred new Windrush generation drama

The Guardian - UK

Cherrelle Skeete interview: ‘Theatre reminds you that you’re alive’

The rising star tells Nick Clark how she stepped up to a lead role at Hampstead Theatre just days before this week’s opening night

Evening Standard

The Fellowship review – ambitious drama overstuffed with issues

Strong performances carry this family drama by Roy Williams in which urgent themes don’t have enough space to grow

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