SUS - 2010
By Barrie Keeffe
Co-Production with the Young Vic
Set on the eve of the Thatcher victory in 1979, this revival of Barrie Keeffe’s classic coincides with the upcoming general election of 2010.
The sus laws made it legal for police to stop and search anyone – purely on suspicion.
Election night 1979. Two detectives on the graveyard shift in an East London police station place bets on which party will win. Delroy is brought in ‘on suspicion’. The interrogation takes all night. The country wakes up to a new Conservative government.
Sus is a powerful and politicised cry against the still-current threat of institutional racism. Keeffe pulls no punches with his depiction of a corrupt world which looks all too familiar today.
Reviews
Tour dates
28 & 29 April 2010
Lincoln Performing Arts Centre
4 May – 8 May 2010
Curve, Leicester
14 & 15 May 2010
The Broadway, Barking
20 & 21 May 2010
Wilde Theatre, South Hill Park
25 – 29 May 2010
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1 & 2 June 2010
Pulse Festival
New Wolsey Studio, Ipswich
4 June 2010
The Martin Harris Centre
Manchester
08 – 26 June 2010
Young Vic, London
Cast
Karn - Simon Armstrong
Delroy - Clint Dyer
Wilby - Laurence Spellman
Creative Team
Director - Gbolahan Obisesan
Designer - Chloe Lamford
Lighting Design - Anna Watson
Sound Design - Donato Wharton
Photos - Barrie Keeffe
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