‘I want to take the audience further than they’d like’: Kwame Kwei-Armah on Beneatha’s Place
Continuing the story of Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, the writer and director aims to create change with a reflection on today’s culture wars about race
March 2022
Clybourne Park review – property prices and home truths in provocative satire
The acting, by Imogen Stubbs and Eric Underwood among others, is formidable but Bruce Norris’s 2010 play lacks depth
July 2020
Danny Sapani: 'We must teach the truth about British history'
The actor, who stars in the National Theatre’s stream of Les Blancs, says schools must acknowledge the damage done by colonialism – to strengthen the bonds of a multicultural society
June 2020
Lockdown culture
National Theatre announces final free streams including Small Island
The NT’s popular online initiative continues with the ambitious 2019 adaptation of Andrea Levy’s Windrush novel and four more shows
May 2016
This week's new theatre
Five of the best… plays this week
Les Blancs | Hamlet | The James Plays | A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Funny Girl
April 2016
Les Blancs review – revolution so real you can smell it
A new version of Lorraine Hansberry’s play about unrest in colonial Africa is an arresting mix of atmosphere and argument
March 2016
Les Blancs review – a near-perfect production of an imperfect play
White liberalism and postcolonial freedom-fighting clash in Yaël Farber’s sensuous production, but Lorraine Hansberry’s play is a product of its time
February 2016
A Raisin in the Sun review – still challenging its characters and audience
Lorraine Hansberry’s landmark 1959 play is as relevant today as it ever was
February 2015
FBI monitored and critiqued African American writers for decades
A new book reveals the extent to which J Edgar Hoover’s bureau kept files on well-known black writers between 1919 and 1972
April 2014
A Raisin in the Sun review – Denzel Washington shines in a bracing revival
This compelling staging of Lorraine Hansberry's play boasts taut performances from Washington and Sophie Okonedo
February 2005
A Raisin in the Sun
Lyric Hammersmith, London
June 2001
A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun
Young Vic, London
Rating: ****
