Is God Is

Royal Court

About

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Director: Ola Ince

Designer: Chloe Lamford

Costume Designer: Natalie Pryce

Associate Set Designer & Graphic Designer: Shankho Chaudhuri

Lighting Designer: Simisola Lucia Majekodunmi

Composer: Renell Shaw

Sound Designer: Max Perryment

Choreographer: Jordan ‘JFunk’ Franklin

Movement director: Imogen Knight

Fight director: Philip D’Orleans

Special Effects Designer: Susanna Peretz

Dialect Coach: Dawn-Elin Fraser

Photographer: Tristram Kenton

CAST

Vivienne Acheampong, Adelayo Adedayo, Ray Emmet Brown, Ernest Kingsley Jnr, Tamara Lawrance, Rudolphe Mdlongwa, Mark Monero & Cecilia Noble

PRESS

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ‘A theatre production that has the audience gasping aloud in genuine shock is a rare thing, but Is God Is achieves it (and then some).’ Isobel Lewis, The Independent

★ ★ ★ ★ ‘Tarantinoesque bloodshed meets Greek tragedy in Aleshea Harris’s daring drama about a voyage of vengeance.’ Arifa Akbar, The Guardian

★ ★ ★ ★ ‘This is a blast – a splashy American revenge comedy with a cartoonish vibe and a high body count.’ Nick Curtis, Evening Standard

★ ★ ★ ★ ‘It’s thrilling theatre, packed with inventive panache: incendiary.’ Sam Marlowe, The i Paper

★ ★ ★ ★ ‘A gripping exercise in authorial power, as swift and thrilling as anything an ancient deity could muster up. ‘ Alice Saville, Financial Times

★ ★ ★ ★ ‘It is an unforgettably original evening, the announcement of a playwright who reaches British stages garlanded with awards. On this showing, all are deserved.’ Sarah Crompton, WhatsOnStage

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ‘Harris is a force of her own. Beyond the pulp fiction influences, there is something undoubtedly prophetic and profound here.’ Jonathan Marshall, The Upcoming

★ ★ ★ ★ ‘Ola Ince directs a riveting, visually stunning production of Aleshea Harris’ revenge drama’ Tim Bano, The Stage