Pass Over

lead deez boys right off deez streets
uh violence
streets uh anger
lead deez boys on to dat promised land

Inspired by Waiting for Godot and the Exodus, Antoinette Nwandu fuses poetry, humour and humanity in a rare and politically charged play which exposes the experiences of young Black men in a world that refuses to see them.

Pass Over by Antoinette Nwandu received its UK premiere at Kiln Theatre, London, 2020.

‘Powerful scarcely begins to describe the impact of this play. It has a devastating force and a poeticism that dazzles.’ The Times

‘A shattering study of racism’s dream-stealing power . . . Nwandu deftly shows how language carries connotations of sinister legacies.’ Evening Standard

‘Theatre for the heart and head, reinventing and complicating old stories to make them newly and fiercely relevant. If, in these times, we are ever more in need of powerful and provocative political theatre, here it is.’ Guardian

‘A searing fusion of politics and poetry: playful, unsettling, blazingly angry and desperately sad.’ Financial Times