REVIEW: Beneatha’s Place, Young Vic (2023)
The Power of Knowing Black History ... and Letting It Go! “I have sworn to the ancestors that we are gonna set up this school of black studies…
The Power of Knowing Black History ... and Letting It Go! “I have sworn to the ancestors that we are gonna set up this school of black studies…
Two British Asian sisters, both are at secondary school, one nearing the end and looking at university entrance to SOAS and the other, younger and hoping to buy a pet hamster. The elder girl Asha (Safiyya Ingar) is studying hard and getting involved in political history; the younger Bettina (Anoushka Chadha) is being bullied on the bus home from school. The playwright of Two Billion Beats, Sonali Bhattacharyya is a graduate of the Royal Court Young Writers Programme and is under contract currently to the Almeida Theatre and The Kiln.