Kwame Kwei-Armah’s latest, set in a black political bookstore, gets differing reactions from David Benedict, Andrea Enisuoh and Matt Wolf. Heather Neill hosts.
As a black person, whatever play’s on at the National that addresses our ideas will obviously please me.
POLITICAL SHAKESPEARE Deborah Warner's Julius Caesar (Barbican) and Nicholas Hytner's Henry IV (National). David Benedict, Jane Edwardes and Heather Neill discuss them together. Dominic Cavendish hosts.
STUFF HAPPENS David Hare's factional account of the build-up to the Iraq War, at the National, gets the thumbs-up from David Benedict, Charles Spencer and Matt Wolf. Heather Neill hosts.
BURIED CHILD Sam Shepard's 1978 Pulitzer Prize-winner, as revived by Matthew Warchus at the National, gets a warm welcome from Mark Shenton, Aleks Sierz and Matt Wolf. Heather Neill hosts.
WEST END REVIEW Pillars of the Community (Henrik Ibsen) and Paul (Howard Brenton), running at the National. David Benedict, Heather Neill and Charles Spencer discuss both. Matt Wolf hosts.