The Convert
YOUNG VIC
ABOUT
Directed by Ola Ince. Written by Danai Gurira
Designer: Naomi Dawson
Lighting Designer: Bruno Poet
Sound designer & Composer: Max Perryment
Projection designer: Will Duke
Movement director: Coral Messam
Casting director: Charlotte Sutton CDG
Photographer: Marc Brenner
CAST
Jude Akuwudike, Paapa Essiedu, Ivanno Jermiah, Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo, Rudolphe Mdlongwa, Pamela Nomvete, Letitia Wright
selected music and sounds from the show
PRESS
★★★★★ ‘Superb performances. This is as good as theatre gets’ The Stage
★★★★ ‘Ola Ince’s atmospheric, inventive production is electrifying’ The Times
★★★★ ‘A devastating dilemma, finely dissected. Sizzles with disclosure.’ The Observer
★★★★ ‘A modern classic. A fiercely realised staging’ The Independent
★★★★ ‘Thrillingly performed, with moments of extraordinary force’ The Guardian
★★★★ ‘Rich, thoughtful and moving. An electrifying staging of a terrific play’ Financial Times
★★★★ ‘A meticulous, gripping and emotionally devastating drama’ Time Out
★★★★ ‘Revelatory and energising, utterly absorbing’ What’s On Stage
★★★★ ‘Letitia Wright’s performance is enough to make your spine tingle. To miss this would truly be mad’ Metro
★★★★ ‘Compelling performances from an excellent cast. It’s hard to fault Ola Ince’s fabulous production’ The Arts Desk