Fairview London Reviews and Tickets
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See it if you want to see the kind of play you most likely haven't seen before.
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Critic Reviews (9)
‘Fairview’ unfolds as a sometimes hysterically funny, sometimes deeply uncomfortable, sometimes desperately impassioned and earnest plea for white American culture to leave black American culture alone.'
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...the piece is highly playful and, for the most part, deceptively fun. It does though shift – baitingly – from something like satire into something akin to agit-prop...'
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As we wait for the play to reveal hidden depths, all it really gives us is a familiar narrative...The cast, led by Nicola Hughes and Donna Banya, are sure-footed; so is Nadia Latif’s direction.'
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Devastatingly intelligent and fiercely passionate, Fairview is a vital contribution to the debate around identity politics. It's also a very good play.'
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In an intricate puzzle and game that playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury plays with her audience, our response to the play will inevitably be individually calibrated from who we are...'
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A daring challenge to the white gaze...Directed by Nadia Latif, this Pulitzer prize-winning play by Jackie Sibblies Drury is definitely one to see – and argue over.'
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Fairview is a play of shattering ingenuity and ambition, served by a stunning production that doesn’t flinch for a second...The dialogue is dizzyingly good...'
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Beneath all of its formal mastery, Fairview delivers on two of theatre’s simplest purposes: it provokes empathy in the strongest way, and it made me want to talk about it with everyone I know.'
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