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Kunene and the King, Ambassadors Theatre review - a Shakespearean voyage through the legacy of apartheid by Tom Birchenough

A strange meeting across the boundary of race: John Kani co-stars in his two-hander with Antony Sher John Kani's Kunene and the King is history in microcosm. Its premiere at the RSC last year, in this co-production with Cape Town's Fugard Theatre, chimed with the 25th anniversary of the end of apartheid, offering a chance to assess the momentous changes in South African society over that time.

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:24AM on January 30, 2020

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