Joe Guy

Published as a programme text to coincide with the world premiere in October 2007. The play opens at the New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich and then transfers to the Soho Theatre, London, on 24 October 2007. Produced by Tiata Fahodzi , a national touring company that produces work exploring the heritage of the British African communities. The play forms the centrepiece of their tenth anniversary celebrations. Roy Williams has won numerous awards for his writing and enjoys a high profile as his plays 'more than anyone else's, have brought the experience of black urban youth onto the stage' (Observer). Williams is a prolific writer: in July 2007 his new play Baby Girl will be produced at the National Theatre; in October he also has another new play: There's Only One Wayne Matthews (Polka Theatre, Wimbledon).

Joe Guy is a powerful new drama about race and prejudice within the black community that opens at the New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich, in October 2007. This is a programme text edition.Joe Boateng, the 'David Beckham' of his generation, is Ghanaian. Naomi, his childhood sweetheart is British and of Jamaican parentage. With Joe's escalating celebrity status comes huge sacrifices, accusations of selling out, temptations and life changing choices. Joe Guy is a stark and powerful contemporary story exploring the historical tension and bitter prejudices existing between African and Caribbean British communities. It looks at how young descendants from Africa distance themselves from a unified urban Black Britain. This urgent examination of identity and celebrity is told in Tiata Fahodzi's renowned visceral style. This is a programme text edition published to coincide with the play's world premiere in a production by Tiata Fahodzi that opens at the New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich,on 18 October before coming to Soho Theatre, London.