“Sweet Like Chocolate Boy is a majestic Black cultural Odyssey that melds genres, storytelling techniques and time lines into a high octane, often incredibly moving, very funny and sharply observed 120 minutes of theatre.”
Author: Shane Morgan
Shane is a writer, director, producer and facilitator.
Shane trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and completed his Masters at Chichester University.
He is Director of RoughHouse Theatre and Associate Director of the Rondo Theatre, Bath.
His work includes stage adaptations of the Nick Hornby short story NippleJesus and the Daniel Wallace novel Mr. Sebastian and the Negro Magician under the title Henry Walker and the Wheel of Death.
As director, his recent credits include The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Hands Up For Jonny Wilkinson’s Right Boot and When The Eye Has Gone.
He is a regular contributor to BBC Radio Bristol Bristol 24/7 and is a syndicated writer for My Theatre Mates.
Review: The Hunt (Almeida Theatre, London)
“Goold has a sucker punch of a production on his hands and one that should not be missed.”
Review: dressed. (Tobacco Factory Theatres)
“Comfortable?
Don’t be.”
Review: Black, Listed by Jeffrey Boakye
“Boakye has created a cornerstone of contemporary social and political commentary that blazes with significance. His prose are charming, eloquent, cheeky and bang on the money.”
Review: Barber Shop Chronicles (Bristol Old Vic)
“Inua Ellam takes his audience on a geographical and emotional odyssey, hopping continents and emotions, taking the occasional break to check in with a football match, all the while opening a door into the world of black masculinity.”
Review: The Cane (Royal Court Theatre, London)
“a finely tuned, rapid fire and utterly compelling 100 minutes of theatre. It challenges, it provokes, it entertains.”
In Praise of Theatre in 2018
Forget shoes…2018 has created an entire wardrobe that 2019 has to live up to.
