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Ray and Roz are a white, liberal couple living in the safe, staid suburbs of Philadelphia. He is a financial consultant who makes "rich people richer". She is a?passionate teacher who commutes every day to educate the mainly black students of an inner-city school. On the face of it, life runs smoothly. But Ray seems to hanker after change. He leaves his Mercedes in the drive, and takes to riding the public bus through the African-American neighbourhoods of the city - the only white guy on the bus. Ray becomes a regular on the same route as Shatique - a young, black single mother who is studying to become a nurse, and determined to make a different life for her 9-year-old son. They strike up a relationship. But what does Ray really want from Shatique?T1469970European Premiere. Bruce Graham's excoriating and shocking play blows open the racial fault-lines of Trump's America. With an all too familiar resonance here in the UK, it questions us all - what deals are we willing to make, and with which devils?Company Precious Panda Theatre (in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre). Director Jelena Budimir. Design Sarah Jane Booth. Performer Marina Bye (Molly). Performer Samantha Coughlan (Roz). Performer Donald Sage Mackay (Ray). Performer Joanna McGibbon (Shatique). Performer Carl Stone (Christopher). | |
| 27 Mar 18 to 21 Apr 18 | Finborough, Inner London :: V199 listing details L1519930948 |
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