5 / 10
“Shifters” toggles so frequently between time periods that the author often resorts to having one of the characters baldly announce their age before each passage, a prosaic if necessary device given the single costumes the actors wear and the lack of sets other than black lacquered boxes serving as seats as needed.
9 / 10
Shifters is a meditation on first love – love found, love lost and love rediscovered. Playwright Benedict Lombe deserves high praise for crafting this profoundly universal work because what starts out as a fun little romcom turns into an existential riff on all the important stuff in our lives.
Following acclaimed runs at London's Bush Theatre and in the West End, Benedict Lombe's Shifters makes its North American premiere at Cherry Lane Theatre. Heather Agyepong reprises her Olivier Award-nominated performance opposite Daniel Ezra. Read the reviews.
Idris Elba, Little Simz, and Danai Gurira announced as producers for the North American premiere of SHIFTERS, Benedict Lombe's acclaimed romance, opening at New York's Cherry Lane Theatre following sold-out London runs.
The play Shifters, which is soon headed to A24's Cherry Lane Theatre, will be adapted into a TV series. Benedict Lombe’s play will be adapted by Channel 4 and See-Saw Films.
Cherry Lane Theatre will present the North American premier of Shifters, the new romance by Olivier Award-nominated writer Benedict Lombe. Learn more here!
