Lower Ninth
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Synopsis
In New Orleans’s Lower Ninth district two African Americans, Malcolm and EZee, find themselves stranded on a rooftop waiting for rescue. Their city has been devastated, their worldly possessions swept away and the body of their young friend lies before them.
Our Review:
6 October 2010
The Lower Ninth ward of New Orleans was one of the areas worst affected by Hurricane Katrina. This neighbourhood was the setting for an open air Waiting for Godot after the waters went down, and there are echoes of Godot in Beau Willimon’s taut three-hander at Trafalgar Studios, the first production in a new residency by the Donmar Warehouse.
Two stranded African-Americans wait for a rescue that may never come on a rooftop island in the swollen Mississippi, while a third man lies dead next to them.
The fractious interplay between the older Malcolm and his de facto stepson E-Z is full of wise-cracking banter, with dialogue that could have come out of television’s The Wire. “Here we are like them dip- shits in that show, those white folks in the jungle fightin’ over coconuts and shit,” observes E-Z. He means Survivor, not I’m A Celebrity.
Meanwhile the drowned man, a bling-laden drug-dealer who made the...
Latest User Review
rds - 25 October 2010:
Couldn't agree more with David Baxter's review. The characters don't develop sufficiently for any interest to come out of this play and it being only 60 minutes in length didn't help either. To be honest I'm thankful it wasn't any longer as I was able to enjoy an early dinner! ...
Cast
Richie Campbell (E-Z)
Ray Fearon (Malcolm)
Anthony Welsh (Low Boy)
Creative
Beau Willimon (Author)
Donmar Warehouse (Producer)
Charlotte Westenra (Director)
Ben Stones (Design)
Hartley T A Kemp (Lighting)
Carolyn Downing (Sound)
Abram Wilson (Music)
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