Statement of Regret

Statement of Regret
Original language	English
Written by	Kwame Kwei-Armah
Characters	Kwaku Mackenzie Michael Akinbola Idrissa Adebayo Issimama Banjoko Lola Mackenzie Kwaku Mackenzie Junior Val Adrian Mackenzie Soby
Series	Elmina's Kitchen Fix Up
Setting	The offices of a Black policy think tank
Premiere
Date	14 November 2007
Place	United Kingdom
Official website

Statement of Regret is a play by black British actor and playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah. The play premiered in the National Theatre's Cottesloe Theatre, London, in 2007, directed by Jeremy Herrin.

Synopsis

Kwaku Mackenzie, founder of a Black policy think tank, hits the bottle after his father's death. As media interest in the once dynamic Institute fades, his team grows fractious and then, disastrously, he favours a young Oxford scholar over his own devastated son. When, in a vain attempt to regain influence, he publicly champions division within the Black community, the consequences are shattering.

Original cast

• Don Warrington - Kwaku Mackenzie
• Colin McFarlane - Michael Akinbola
• Chu Omambala - Idrissa Adebayo
• Angel Coulby - Issimama Banjoko
• Ellen Thomas - Lola Mackenzie
• Javone Prince - Kwaku Mackenzie Junior
• Trevor Laird - Val
• Clifford Samuel - Adrian Mackenzie
• Oscar James - Soby

References

External links

• Official website of production
• Kwame Kwei-Armah: "Why I'm willing to be unfashionable in the search for true definition", The Telegraph, 10 November 2007.

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