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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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