Slave Play
Slave Play - West End History , Info & More
Noel Coward Theatre
85-88 St Martin's Ln, Covent Garden, London WC2N 4AP, United Kingdom London
__IS LONDON READY FOR SLAVE PLAY?__
At the MacGregor Plantation the Old South is alive and well. The heat in the air, the cotton fields and the power of the whip. Yet nothing is quite as it appears… or maybe it is.
The iconic, controversial, ground-breaking and most Tony Nominated play of all time comes to London. __Fisayo Akinade, James Cusati-Moyer, Kit Harington, Aaron Heffernan, Chalia La Tour, Annie McNamara, Irene Sofia Lucio__ and __Olivia Washington__ star in Jeremy O. Harris’s extraordinary play about race, identity and sexuality in twenty-first century America. Robert O’Hara directs at the intimate Noël Coward Theatre for a strictly limited and unmissable season.
__Assisted Performances__
Audio Described - Saturday 17th August 2.30pm
Captioned - Saturday 3rd August 2.30pm
Slave Play - - West End Cast
FEATURED REVIEWS FOR Slave Play
Slave Play review
8 / 10
The acting is both raw and precise, and O’Hara maintains a hair-trigger tension as Harris flings us between shock, hilarity and horror. For all that, the play feels overlong, and the sense of the characters as fully developed individuals is fitful, squeezed by the heightened tone of the writing. Yet it is a fearlessly probing work that goes much further than flirting with the politically unsayable; confrontational and insistently troubling.
Slave Play West End review – sexual desire and racial trauma collide in vital piece of theatre
8 / 10
Harris’s writing is at once subtle and bludgeoning; it doesn’t offer any moments of respite and it demands extraordinary acting from its entire ensemble. It gets it. Washington powerfully portrays a woman whose life has been distorted by wanting to resolve the unsayable; her stillness when listening and reacting is as remarkable as her final outburst. Harington, wearing his unquestioned privilege as easily as his linen shirt, is equally strong, creating a character whose willingness to undergo both physical and emotional exposure is driven by an adoration he barely understands.
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by Stephi Wild - August 2, 2024
An all new trailer has been released for the West End production of Slave Play. Check out the video here!
by Nicole Rosky - July 11, 2024
Slave Play by Jeremy O. Harris, and directed by Robert O’Hara, has arrived in London! Let's see what the London critics are saying about the play...
by Alexander Cohen - July 10, 2024
For a play that wears controversy as a badge of honour the last thing I expected to feel was slightly bored
by Stephi Wild - June 11, 2024
Save up to 42% on tickets to Slave Play at the Noel Coward Theatre. Tickets are now available from £17.25.
by Stephi Wild - June 4, 2024
The sign up for the ‘Pay What You Can’ lottery for Slave Play by Jeremy O. Harris, and directed by Robert O’Hara, launches today. Plus, check out all new rehearsal photos here!
by Stephi Wild - May 20, 2024
As rehearsals begin, the full creative team and understudies have been revealed for the UK premiere of Slave Play by Jeremy O. Harris. Learn more about the new members of the team here!
Slave Play History
Other Productions of Slave Play
| 2018 | Off-Broadway |
NYTW Off-Broadway World Premiere Off-Broadway |
| 2019 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
| 2021 | Broadway |
Broadway Return Broadway |
| West End |
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