The Queen comes to a Command Performance at Theatre Royal Stratford East. But DJ Excalibah and his company of rappers, poets and comedians serve up an entertainment that is nothing like any Royal Variety Show ever seen before!

200 years after the abolition of the Slave Trade Act in the UK and 50 since Ghana gained independence from imperial rule – the event that inspired playwright Jean Genet to write this play – Theatre Royal Stratford East proudly presents one of the most controversial plays ever to hit the stage.

At its heart, The Blacks is about the ill-treatment of black people by white people and the perceptions, or more accurately misperceptions, that one race has about the other. Anarchic, provocative, outrageous – The Blacks is as exciting and entertaining as it is damning and challenging.

Directed by Ultz and Excalibah Translated by Robert David MacDonald

Assisted Performances:

Captioned show: Thursday 25 October

Sign interpreted show: Friday 2 November, followed by a post-show discussion

Audio described show: Thursday 8 November

DATES AND TIMES

• Friday 12 October, 7.30pm
• Saturday 13 October, 7.30pm
• Tuesday 16 October, 7.30pm
• Wednesday 17 October, 7.30pm
• Thursday 18 October, 7.30pm
• Friday 19 October, 7.30pm
• Saturday 20 October, 7.30pm
• Tuesday 23 October, 7.30pm
• Wednesday 24 October, 7.30pm
• Thursday 25 October, 7.30pm
• Friday 26 October, 7.30pm
• Saturday 27 October, 7.30pm
• Tuesday 30 October, 7.30pm
• Wednesday 31 October, 2pm
• Wednesday 31 October, 7.30pm
• Thursday 1 November, 7.30pm
• Friday 2 November, 7.30pm
• Saturday 3 November, 7.30pm
• Tuesday 6 November, 7.30pm
• Wednesday 7 November, 7.30pm
• Thursday 8 November, 7.30pm
• Friday 9 November, 7.30pm
• Saturday 10 November, 7.30pm