EWAN CAMERON picks out two fascinating music shows, fusing the Korean, and the Celtic, with the modern
Hero complex
KATE GRAHAM marvels at a daring and eloquent examination of black masculinity
HURTING: Eloka Ivo and Danny Lee Wynter in Black Superhero
[Johan Persson]
BENJAMIN POTHIER suggests that Palaeolithic cave paintings in Spain point to the ceremonial use of hallucinogenic flora
The bard confirms that the right has a humour bypass, and replays the English Revolution on period instruments
MARIA DUARTE and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Sunny Dancer, Tony, Songs of Forgotten Trees, and The End of Oak Street
JOHN GREEN relishes a powerful and moving drama that explores the lived realities of west London’s Punjabi community
MARTIN HALL welcomes a plea for greater compassion between believer and non-believer via the framework of philosophical enquiry
Black Superhero
Royal Court Theatre
Superheroes are ubiquitous nowadays – it’s hard to go to the cinema without tripping over one. But Danny Lee Wynter’s debut play, Black Superhero, uses them as a thoughtful frame to interrogate questions around black masculinity and our desire to be rescued.
David (Danny Lee Wynter) is an actor. His friends Raheem (Eloka Ivo) and King (Dyllon Burnside) are also actors, but they’ve achieved a different level of success to David, who’s living with his sister, Syd (Rochenda Sandall), following a mental health crisis.
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