Leeds PlayhouseWith echoes of the murder of Stephen Lawrence, Mel Pennant's new play focuses on the mothers who are left behind Racism, as Mel Pennant's new play explores, does not come from nowhere. It is planted by society, its roots extending through soil nurtured by bigoted jokes and casual slurs. A xenophobic gag and a racist murder might not be comparable, but Pennant suggests that they lie on the same continuu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:42PM on March 1, 2020