This production will begin on 12 August and close on 12 October 2024.
★★★★
'The perfect bittersweet rom-com'
Evening Standard
Dre and Des.
Young. Gifted. Black.
He stayed. She left.
Years later, Des and Dre come crashing back into each other’s lives, carrying new secrets and old scars. With the clock counting down until Des has to leave again, memories of their teen years collide with their present and they’re forced to question if destiny has brought them back together for a reason.
★★★★
'Smouldering and soulful'
Time Out
Eleanor Lloyd Productions, Chuchu Nwagu Productions and Sonia Friedman Productions are delighted to offer you the opportunity to invest in the West End premiere of Benedict Lombe’s play Shifters, directed by Lynette Linton in a transfer from the Bush Theatre.
Do you believe in destiny?
Shifters, “the perfect bittersweet rom-com” (Evening Standard) is transferring to the West End, following a critically-acclaimed incredible, sold-out run at the Bush Theatre. This fierce new romance is “smouldering and soulful” (Time Out) and a must-see for anyone longing for a different kind of love story.
Written by Benedict Lombe (Lava, winner of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for Playwriting), directed by Evening Standard Theatre Award winner Lynette Linton (Blues for an Alabama Sky, August in England) and starring the “tremendous” (The Observer) Tosin Cole (BBC’s Doctor Who, Netflix’s Supacell) and the “irresistible” (London Theatre) Heather Agyepong (School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play, Lyric Hammersmith).
Shifters is a beautifully intoxicating and relatable reminder of the enduring power of memory and young love. A universal story, full of heart, it’s “laugh out loud funny and tears-to-the-eyes moving” (The Times).
★★★★
'Laugh out loud funny and tears to the eyes moving'
The Times
CAST
TOSIN COLE
HEATHER AGYEPONG
CREATIVES
BENEDICT LOMBE – Playwright
LYNETTE LINTON – Director
ALEX BERRY – Set and Costume Design
NEIL AUSTIN – Lighting Design
TONY GAYLE – Sound Design
XANA – Composition
SHELLEY MAXWELL – Movement and Intimacy Direction
DEIRDRE O'HALLORAN – Production Dramaturg
JOEL TRILL – Voice Coach
HEATHER BASTEN CDG – Casting