‘Shifters’ portrays first love at its most fragile and fractured (Off Broadway review)
When they first meet in Mr. Harris’s year-12 philosophy class, the two characters in Benedict Lombe’s sweet but derivative two-hander Shifters feel an immediate spark. Sure, they seem to be the only Black kids in this school in the northern English town of Crewe — but they also challenge each other’s perspectives from the jump. […]