EXPOSING THE HEART BREAKING STORIES BEHIND THE DEPORTATIONS OF EX-PRISONERS FROM THE US

Full casting is announced on Synergy’s searing new play The Special Relationship at Soho Theatre from 26 February to 21 March 2020

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In America, foreign nationals can be deported after serving prison sentences. Some of them are British.

Full casting has been announced on Synergy’s searing new play The Special Relationship at Soho Theatre. Previously announced were Miranda Foster (The Man/Dance Nation) as Kathy and Theresa May, Ricky Fearon (Othello/Nine Night) as Curtis, and Duncan Wiseby (Dead Ringers/London Road) as John and Donald Trump.

Joining the previously announced cast are Amrita Acharia (Good Karma Hospital/Because the Night) as Anne, Moyo Akandé (Vera/Still Game) as Clodine, Yvette Boakye (Love The Sinner/Top Trumps) as Nikol and Fergal McElherron (The Ferryman/Guy Richie’s King Arthur) as Patrick and Boris Johnson.

Esther Baker will direct Hassan Abdulrazzak’s timely new play, a dark and biting satire which exposes the complex and heart-breaking stories behind the deportations of ex-prisoners from the US.

A grain of cocaine, a digit on a breathalyser, a forged cheque, a DEA sting or murder one? Caught in the transatlantic tango between Trump and May and proudly presented by a gun-toting Immigration officer, these are verbatim stories of double punishment and separation.

Gripping accounts of justice and separation brought to vivid dramatic life in a fast-paced and theatrically daring production using savage comedy, surreal metaphor and verbatim testimony from those who ended up on the wrong side of the criminal justice system.

Developed from interviews with ex-prisoners and experts in immigration and criminal law, the award-winning playwright Hassan Abdulrazzak carves a rich dramatic narrative and uncovers vital questions around identity and place as he gets behind the political rhetoric of those caught up in the quagmire of immigration detention and deportation.

LISTINGS

The Special Relationship

Venue

Soho Theatre
21 Dean Street
London W1D 3NE

Performance Dates

Wednesday 26 February to Saturday 21 March 2020

Performance Times

Monday – Saturday 7pm
Saturday matinees 2.30pm

Box Office

www.sohotheatre.com I 0207 478 0120