SUNSET BABY
BY DOMINIQUE MORISSEAU
GATE THEATRE
18 SEPTEMBER- 13 OCTOBER 2012
PRODUCTION
Directed by Charlotte Westenra
Designed by Francesca Reidy
Music by Simon Slater
Lighting designed by Hartley TA Kemp
Production Photographer Johan Peerson
CAST
Nina- Michelle Asante
Damon- Chu Omambala
Kenyetta- Ben Onwukwe
REVIEWS
“It is a play that – like its flawed, complex characters- has a fiercely beating, damaged heart... the dialogue is bought vividly to life by a fine cast in Charlotte Westenra’s nifty production, which, like Morisseau’s script, sings with intelligence.”
Lyn Gardner, Guardian
“The blistering performances in Charlotte Westenra’s production... makes the audience gasp as years of resentment come tumbling out.”
Sarah Hemming, Financial Times
“Sunset Baby is, first and foremost a play about the political and the personal colliding, the tension between familiar and social responsibilities. And at a time when America’s first black president is facing election for a second term in office [the play] challenges the notion that Obama’s preseidency has bought about significant change for many African Americans.”
Emily Wight, The New Statesman
“Penned by US playwright Dominique Morisseau and wonderfully directed by Charlotte Westenra, Sunset Baby is a play performed at full throttle, littered with pearls of wisdom and snapshots of everyday reality.”
Will Stone, Whatsonstage.com