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James Corrigan as Bob 'Wingnut' Acres, Jordan Metcalfe as Roy Faulkland, Laurie Davidson as Jack Absolute and Akshay Sharan as Bikram ‘Tony’ Khattri. (Photo: Brinkhoff-Moegenburg)

REVIEW: Jack Absolute Flies Again, Olivier National Theatre (2022)

Richard Bean and Oliver Chris pay tribute to the few - Battle of Britain 1940 to 2020 Lydia: "What will happen in England after we have won this war?"Sir Anthony:…

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Read more about the article REVIEW: The Death of a Black Man, Hampstead Theatre (2021)
Toyin Omari-Kinch as Stumpie, Natalie Simpson as Jackie and Nickcolia King-N'da as Shakie (Photo: Marc Brenner)

REVIEW: The Death of a Black Man, Hampstead Theatre (2021)

Its very title would have conjured up then, as it does now, the unnecessary death of a man in custody or at the hands of the police.  Although in the play there is the death of Shakie (Nickcolia King-N'da)'s father, a jazz musician in Manchester, the title The Death of a Black Man may be a metaphor.  

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