Black Superhero London Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (14)
See it if You resonate with, or want to learn about, Black queerness, race and LGBTQ+ struggles. You appreciate amateur productions.
Don't see it if You want a polished show with nuanced storytelling, you don't like fantasy, you are uncomfortable with the themes of race and queerness. Read more
See it if You like great staging! You want to hear black queer stories! You like super heroes?? Who are not really super heroes!!!
Don't see it if You don't like people shouting on stage! You don't like repetitive dialogue!
See it if you enjoy Engaging storytelling with a focus on love community wellbeing & the complexities of life Winning performance #LewisBrown
Don't see it if you prefer a plot in the storyline. It’s busy with many issues & emotions & dream sequences.
See it if You like queer theatre and a good play.
Don't see it if You are homophobic or racist!!
See it if you want to see a modern play centring black gay men and their experiences. You are interested in the weaknesses we all feel.
Don't see it if you are not prepared to see gay love on stage, not much is left to guess work. (the person next to me left in the interval) Read more
See it if You want to know more or enjoy black queer psyche. Cool production too
Don't see it if You value substance over themes. Just coz it's black and queer doesn't make it edgy. This is a disservice to that community if you ask me.
See it if You want to see a play that tackles race and LGBT and sexual issues in an interesting way
Don't see it if The above doesn’t interest you or you find it follow at times confusing story. Triggering scenes throughout
See it if You like contemporary drama, lively productions, fantasy and rawness.
Don't see it if You don’t like swearing or sexual explicitness on stage. You want a clear plot with no distractions. Read more
Critic Reviews (14)
“Despite its flaws, Daniel Evans' crisp direction keeps the tone buoyant balancing the comedic elements with serious intrigue. Lee Wynter's central performance is endearingly charming, effortlessly whipping up poignant rapport with Rochenda Sandall's Syd”
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"‘Black Superhero’ is messy and over-ambitious, but it’s empathetic and perceptive. "
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“The play’s story meanders – deliberately it seems – and does not have enough of a trajectory, while the writing is also unruly, rendering the play quite disjointed as a whole...but there is enough intelligence and originality to make this a seductive debut.”
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"The first night audience may have cheered it on, but this debut play joins a long list of Court productions that seem more interested in striking a righteous pose...by the end, you leave feeling you have been eavesdropping on an overlong therapy session."
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"The entire cast are strong and convincing. Yet it remains a frustrating evening, full of potential, but lacking in superpower."
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"This is the kind of nervy, up-for-anything play that the [Royal] Court exists to do and has strangely shied away from in recent months in favour of one show or another that functioned as staged apologies of sorts."
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“If Wynter’s play lacks dramatic muscle, it wears a thoughtful expression beneath its mask – and it’s spikily entertaining.”
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BLACK SUPERHERO is a funny, sexy, and vital piece of theatre. A powerful debut from a very talented writer which revives traditional storytelling with an altogether more exciting and fresh approach.
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