Is God Is
Royal Court
About
https://royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/isgodis/
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