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Performance dates

12 August - 12 October 2024

Duke of Yorks Theatre

4.8

43 reviews

Run time 1 hour 40 minutes

Includes interval

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Shifters Tickets

Shifters, a captivating new play by award-winning playwright Benedict Lombe and stars Supacell's Tosin Cole and The Power's Heather Agyepong. Running at The Duke of York Theatre for a strictly limited time only, this bittersweet romance delves into past lives, the influence of memories, and the intricacies of human relationships. Experience this beautiful and unpredictable love story on stage, and book your tickets today!

About Shifters

Dre and Des.

Young. Gifted. Black.

He stayed. She left.

Shifters follows Des and Dre as they are reunited years after their separation. However, things have changed since they were last together, with new secrets and old scars. Their time together is limited, as Des is set to leave once more. Memories of their past collide with their present, leading them to question whether destiny has brought them back together for a reason. They are forced to consider whether timing is everything. The intoxicating play is mixed with hilarious comedy to create a fierce and exhilarating romance.

Facts and Critical Acclaim

  • Benedict Lombe, won the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for Lava, and became one of the first writers to win the award for a debut play.
  • Lynette Lindon won Best Director at the 2022 Evening Standard Theatre Awards.
  • Actor Tosin Cole stars in Netflix cult-hit, Supacell, which has 100% score on Rotton Tomatoes, and has already been comissioned for its second series. 
  • Photographer and actor Heather Agyepong is a South Bank Sky Arts Breakthrough Award Nominee.

Shifters Creatives

  • Writer - Benedict Lombe
  • Director - Lynette Lindon

Shifters Cast

  • Heather Agyepong
  • Tosin Cole

Special notes

The doors to the venue will open 90 minutes before the show. Please ensure you arrive at the venue 30 minutes before the time shown on your ticket. If you arrive after the performance has started we cannot guarantee admission into the show.

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Recent Reviews

4.8
43 reviews

Latest Shifters News

What's closing in London theatres this month (October 2024)

News / Features

What's closing in London theatres this month (October 2024)

We’ve officially entered spooky season, but forget the cobwebs and creatures, every theatre kid knows that there’s nothing scarier than missing out on a hot new show! FOMO can’t be battled with or bested by cloves of garlic, wooden stakes or silver bullets. The only way to defeat the fear of missing out is not missing out (simple really). So make sure you catch these productions in the West End before they leave us for the other side (read: UK tours and well earned rests).

Shifters (12 October)

This ‘gorgeous piece of storytelling’ (The Stage) has been wowing theatregoers throughout its West End run. Debuting at the Bush Theatre to critical acclaim, this terrific transfer’s fluid, dreamlike structure has been transporting audiences to a world slightly away from our own. A world richer, tender, more intimate, and deeply moving.

Weaving personal and political narratives seamlessly, and blending elements of science fiction and drama, Shifters follows a couple who crash back into eachothers lives after eight years apart. 

An unapologetic exploration of race, power, and belonging. Dre and Des are young, gifted and Black. They’ve only just been reunited but the clock is already counting down until Des must leave again. Memories of their teen years collide with their present and they’re forced to question if destiny has brought them back together for a reason, it’s “the perfect bittersweet rom-com” (Evening Standard) 

The Real Thing (26 October)

‘Tom Stoppard's gem still shines’ (The Guardian) at the Old Vic! The Tony Award-winning play takes a dark and honest look at human relationships and the nature of fidelity and love, balancing brilliance with a beating heart. 

Henry, a successful playwright, has a complicated relationship with two actresses: one is his wife, Charlotte, and the other is his lover, Annie. Diving through layers of play and performance, reality and deceit, the characters wrestle with the blurred lines between reality and fiction. 

Stoppard's kaleidoscopic comedy is made even more intriguing by the semi-autobiographical elements. There are a number of parallels between Stoppard and his main character: both are middle-aged playwrights known for their exact use of language; both express doubts about Marxism and the politics of the left, and both undertake work outside the theatre to keep up their comfortable lifestyles and pay alimony to their ex-wives. Stoppard even went out with Felicity Kendal, the actress who played Annie (Max, the main character's wife) in the West End premiere of the show over 40 years ago! 

25 Sep, 2024 | By Sian McBride

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