Black Is The New White
Sydney Theatre Company presents
Black Is The New White

28 Mar 2018 to 31 Mar 2018

Sydney Theatre Company presents
BLACK IS THE NEW WHITE
By Nakkiah Lui

Return season

Love, politics and other things you shouldn’t talk about at dinner

The sold-out, smash hit, laugh-out-loud romantic comedy of 2017 returns bigger, better and blacker than ever!

All the characters you fell in love with are back. At the centre is Charlotte Gibson, a lawyer with a brilliant career ahead of her. As her father Ray says, she could be the next female Indigenous Waleed Aly. But she has other ideas. First of all, it’s Christmas. Second of all, she’s in love.

The thing is, her fiancé, Francis Smith, is not what her family expected – he’s unemployed, he’s an experimental composer… and he’s white! Inviting him and his conservative parents to Christmas is a bold move that has all sorts of unintended consequences.

Secrets are revealed, prejudices outed and old rivalries get sorted through. With a toe-tapping soundtrack and an array of brilliant, eccentric, loveable characters, this is a great night in the theatre and a thoroughly beguiling, very Australian story from award-winning playwright Nakkiah Lui.

Don’t miss this short return season before it heads out on tour!

“Generously funny... a bustling, astute and questioning social comedy on identity politics.”
The Sydney Morning Herald

 

 

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The Playhouse - Canberra Theatre Centre
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2hrs 30mins (including interval)
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