Statement of Regret

A major new play by Kwame Kwei Armah opening at the Cottesloe auditorium of the National Theatre in November 2007 The author's previous two plays have been critical and popular successes Elmina's Kitchen, his first play, won him the 2003 Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright and transferred to the West End 'Elmina's Kitchen, [is] a scorching drama about the black experience in Britain's inner cities... there is no mistaking its raw power, humanity and urgent concern. Kwei-Armah is clearly a writer to watch.' Daily Telegraph

Kwame Kwei-Armah's third play for the National Theatre opens in November 2007 and takes a punchy, provocative look at the Black British experience and the need, or not, for solidarity.Kwaku Mackenzie, founder of a Black policy think tank, hits the bottle after his father's death. As media interest in the once dynamic Institute fades, his team grows fractious and then, disastrously, he favours a young Oxford scholar over his own devastated son. When, in a vain attempt to regain influence, he publicly champions division within the Black community, the consequences are shattering. Kwame Kwei-Armah's third play for the National Theatre opens in November 2007 and takes a punchy, provocative look at the Black British experience and the need, or not, for solidarity.