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God's Property

Soho Theatre, Inner London
From: Tuesday, 26th February 2013
To: Saturday, 23 March 2013

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Synopsis

It's 1982. London is restless, gripped by spiralling unemployment and inner city riots, Ska beats dominate the airwaves and in a flat in Deptford, South London two brothers are re-united unexpectedly. But notions of family and belonging are put to the test when a pack of hostile neighbours gather outside to deliver some rough justice.

Our Review:

Michael Coveney - 28 February 2013

In the middle of this new co-production from Talawa, Soho and the Albany, there's a sexual confrontation so raw, tender, funny and beautifully written and played that you can't believe you're watching something that's evolved from a mere workshop.

And yet that is exactly what's going on. Playwright Arinze Kene developed this riveting piece - set in the 1982 Deptford of unemployment, riots and racial tension - on a special commission and six-month residency, and he's struck gold.

Ash Hunter's skinhead Onochie, son of an Irish mother and Nigerian father ("I'm mixed - made in Britain") is wanting to go to "the next level" with Ria Zmitrowicz's magnificently sullen and pouting young Holly, a girl suspended between virginal defiance and carnal curiosity.