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Right play, wrong place: The Fellowship, at Hampstead Theatre, reviewed

Plus: at Southwark Playhouse a dull and over-blown work that has been handsomely directed

Cherrelle Skeete (Dawn) and Suzette Llewellyn (Marcia) in Roy Williams's The Fellowship. Image: © Robert Day 
issue 09 July 2022
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  • The Fellowship

    Hampstead Theatre, until 23 July

  • The Lesson

    Southwark Playhouse, until 23 July

Roy Williams’s new play is a wonky beast. It has two dense and cumbersome storylines that aren’t properly developed. Dawn is a mother grieving for her eldest son who was murdered by a gang of white boys. Her younger lad is dating a white girl who used to hang out with the killers.

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