2010 SUS
By Barrie Keeffe
Set on the eve of the Thatcher victory in 1979, this revival of Barrie Keeffe’s classic coincides with the upcoming general election of 2010.
The sus laws made it legal for police to stop and search anyone – purely on suspicion.
Election night 1979. Two detectives on the graveyard shift in an East London police station place bets on which party will win. Delroy is brought in ‘on suspicion’. The interrogation takes all night. The country wakes up to a new Conservative government.
Sus is a powerful and politicised cry against the still-current threat of institutional racism. Keeffe pulls no punches with his depiction of a corrupt world which looks all too familiar today.
| Cast | ||||
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| Simon Armstrong | ||||
| Clint Dyer | ||||
| Laurence Spellman |
| Creative Team | ||||
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| Director | Gbolahan Obisean | |||
| Designer | Chloe Lamford | |||
| Lighting Design | Anna Watson | |||
| Sound Design | Donato Wharton |
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