Les Blancs

1 month ago | sierz.co.uk | Kerry Jackson |Les Blancs

Plays about the Windrush Generation are no longer a rarity, but it’s still unusual for revivals of black British classics to get the full resources of the National Theatre. Guyana-born playwright Michael Abbensetts, who died in 2016, is often mentioned in books about black British drama, but his plays are infrequently revived. So it’s great to have a chance to watch Alterations, his vibrant comedy of 1978, the year his BBC soap Empire Road was also broadcast.