About the Show
1980s Pittsburgh, a city in decay. Against the backdrop of Reagan’s America, King, an ex-con, is trying to rebuild his life and start a family. He’s got hopes and dreams of opening a video store and building a new life. If only he can get ten thousand dollars together, if only he can catch a break. In his dusty backyard he plots and plans with his friend Mister, but is this all a pipe dream? August Wilson’s touching and angry King Hedley II is a quest for redemption for one man and a whole community.
Cast
Lenny Henry
Elmore
Dexter Flanders
Mister
Martina Laird
Ruby
Aaron Pierre
King Hedley
Cherrelle Skeete
Tonya
Leo Wringer
Stool Pigeon
Creatives
August Wilson
Author
Theatre Royal Stratford East
Producer
Nadia Fall
Director
Peter McKintosh
Design
Peter McKintosh
Costume
Howard Harrison
Lighting
Christopher Shutt
Sound
Shelley Maxwell (movement director)
Director
Ruth Cooper-Brown (fight director)
Director
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