Fix Up

And then a beautiful visitor shows up in their midst and life goes from bad to worse

Set against the inexorable march of progress in contemporary London, Kwame Kwei-Armah's second play for the National Theatre explores race and roots with verve and wit "Being around too much white folk. I seen the bluest of blackest men get too much exposure bam, they lose their rhythm. Put on a James Brown tune and they start doing the Charleston to ras!"

This is a much anticipated new work by 2003 winner of the Evening Standard's Most Promising New Writer Award, Kwame Kwei-Armah won the Peggy Ramsay award for his first play, Bitter Herb (1998), which was subsequently put on by The Bristol Old Vic, where he also became writer-in-residence

He followed this up with the musical Blues Brother, Soul Sister which toured the UK in 2001. He also co-wrote the musical Big Nose (an adaptation of Cyrano) which was performed at The Belgrade Theatre, Coventry in 1999. Elmina's Kitchen was staged at the Cottesloe Theatre at the National Theatre in 2003