| Written by Lorraine Hansberry – the first Black woman to have a play on Broadway in 1959 – and directed by Tinuke Craig (Trouble in Butetown, Jitney, Crave, The Color Purple), the groundbreaking play is currently enjoying its premiere run in the Courtyard Theatre at the Playhouse until 28 September before going on a national tour.
Raisin in the Sun is a Headlong, Leeds Playhouse, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre and Nottingham Playhouse co-production of this classic family drama full of humour and heart that remains relevant and powerful in a world still divided by inequality.
Doreene Blackstock (Sex Education, Unknown Rivers) plays Lena, Joséphine-Fransilja Brookman (High Times and Dirty Monsters, A Pigment of Your Imagination, Macbeth) plays Beneatha, Cash Holland (A Streetcar Named Desire, Odyssey, Julius Caesar) plays Ruth, Solomon Israel (Jitney, The Barber Shop Chronicles, Miss Littlewood) plays Walter Lee, Gilbert Kyem Jnr plays George (The Milkmans Purpose, Love Speech), Kenneth Omole (Top Boy, Macbeth, Barbershop Chronicles) plays Joseph/Bobo and Jonah Russell (Arms and the Man, I, Joan, The Brilliant Friend) plays Karl. The role of Travis will be performed by Jayden Dias, Josh Ndlovu and Adiel Magaji in Leeds and Oxford.
In a rented apartment on Chicago’s South Side, the Younger family is full of hope, dreams, grief, and big plans. Their beloved father has died, and the money from his life insurance policy could change their lives. Mama wants to put down roots in a home of her own. Her daughter Beneatha has her heart set on becoming a doctor. But her son Walter Lee thinks the money is his to spend — and he’s willing to sacrifice his values and his family to get what he wants. Each must face what it means to escape the confines of a segregated society. How do you create a meaningful life in a world designed to keep you down?
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