Theatre Royal Stratford East

The first feature film produced in Jamaica is coming to the stage. Suzan-Lori Parks adapts Perry Henzell's 1972 cult classic, in which aspiring musician Ivan arrives in Kingston seeking to become a superstar, only to be pulled into the criminal underworld as his fame grows and he begins to see the cracks in the system. Fall in love with this classic story all over again, set to a soundtrack of iconic reggae hits by Jimmy Cliff.

From award-winning writer Ava Pickett comes a brand-new original play that takes you back to the bloody end of the Trojan War. Helen of Troy returns home to Sparta after the end of the war fought in her name, and through the reality of her homecoming comes a fierce, heartbreaking story of friendship, motherhood, and rage. Lisa Spirling makes her directorial debut at Stratford East with clever, raw, and brutal play about the woman at the heart of one of the most famous wars in history.