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Slave Play
Slave Play – Shocking, eye-opening, award-winning
This is the most Tony-nominated play of all time. Welcome to Jeremy O. Harris's Slave Play, a piece he wrote while still at college that ended up attracting 12 Tony nominations at the 74th Tony Awards. Now it’s headed for the UK for a strictly limited season starring most of the original Broadway cast and directed by Robert O’Hara. This is a seriously impactful play about race, identity, and sexuality in 21st century America. It features Fisayo Akinade (The Crucible, Heartstopper), Kit Harington (Game of Thrones, True West), Aaron Heffernan (Brassic, Atlanta), and Denzel Washington's daughter Olivia Washington (I Am Virgo, Breaking).
They’re joined by James Cusati-Moyer (Six Degrees of Separation, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), Chalia La Tour (The Good Fight, Elementary), Annie McNamara (Orange is the New Black, Iowa), and Irene Sofia Lucio (The Americans, Wit). The action follows three interracial couples where the black partners no longer feel sexually attracted to their white other halves. They apply for a new, unique kind of therapy called Antebellum Sexual Performance Therapy, involving time spent at an old slave plantation where everyone wears 1850s costume. Afterwards, when the real therapy begins, the cracks start to show. Brilliant, clever, shocking and unforgettable.
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Colourful. Would recommend Very interesting and colourful play. I would recommend it. However slightly hyper real and intense.
Sema, 22 Sep 2024
Thought provoking Not an easy watch. But very necessary!
Ruth, 04 Sep 2024
Outstanding This is an absolute must see. Should be studied at a level. A very important play.
Sandra, 31 Aug 2024
Incredible Every moment was honed and crafted - every actor firing on all cylinders - so much devastating sorrow and laughter and plenty of uncomfortable conversation to leave you a changed person after, if you’re lucky
Megan, 29 Aug 2024
Extraordinary 21st century play While "Slave Play" is undoubtedly challenging and divisive, it cannot be ignored. The play's unflinching honesty forces audiences to confront uncomfortable truths and question their own assumptions about race and relationships.
Valer, 19 Aug 2024
Well written and acted. A great concept. A really thought provoking examination of the linkages between race, trauma and love.
Patrick, 03 Aug 2024
Power, privilege, and race in romantic relationships The play holds up a mirror to all the ways we define ourselves, and others. especially in romantic relationships. The antebellum south slave therapy angle is outlandish and is a wink to the wokeness of it all. It did have a few moments of self-importance. the acting is good. felt a bit more like a think piece than a play.
Rebecca, 20 Jul 2024
Overhyped This very wordy play was trying to shock but so smug that it lost the audience attention during the overlong therapy session scene. It tried to regain audience interest with nudity and crudity.
Simon, 14 Jul 2024
