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As the producers schedule performances of Slave Play with Kit Harington for black audiences, the Times chief theatre critic says there are better ways to broaden access

 

'Black Out' showings are described as being 'free from the white gaze' by the creator.

Slave Play at the Noel Coward Theatre will have two performances in June and September aimed at an all-black-identifying audience that is free from the white gaze.

Slave Play author Jeremy O. Harris was advised to cast Harington by another Game of Thrones veteran: Gwendoline Christie.

A spokesman for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called the move, by the Noel Coward Theatre, "wrong and divisive".

Slave Play which is being held at the Noel Coward Theatre has come under fire after announcing it will have two performances aimed at an all-black-identifying audience that is free from the white gaze.

A stage play in London set summer dates for "black identifying" theatergoers only, keeping the patrons of color "free from the white gaze." What are the details? "Slave Play," written by American playwright Jeremy O. Harris, will run at the Noël Coward Theatre in the West End from June 29 to Sept...

Downing Street has hit out at the idea of a black-exclusive audience for some nights of a West End theatrical production, calling the concept "wrong and divisive".

The government has criticised a West End production of Slave Play for its decision to host some shows for black audiences only.