A family in mourning. A man in crisis.
After the death of his dad, Michael is powerless and angry. In a state of
heartbreak, he confronts the difficult truths about his father’s legacy and
the country that shaped him. At the funeral, unannounced and
unprepared, Michael decides it is time to speak.
Thomas Coombes stars in this scorching and fearless play which asks
explosive and enduring questions about identity, race and class in Britain.
Roy Williams’s brilliance as a writer lies in the way he delicately coils intimacy into Michael’s soul. As much as boiling hated bubbles, he cannot overcome the love that hangs around his neck like a millstone. Coombes’ happy-go-lucky blokey demeanour delivers the knuckle fisted punches, but not all the blows land.
Staged in rep for the first time and sharing press performances on 30 July, Michael and Delroy have gone off without a hitch, with Closing Time beginning previews on 22 August. While the shows can still be seen individually, they’re dynamite in rep, the interconnected stories and different narrative perspectives offering a far richer understanding of what it means to be British when viewed together.
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