“I think your son just made ten thousand pounds…”
Manny dreams of being a big dog - but right now he’s hocking fake designer goods, living with his mum and dealing with her new boyfriend. The glittery skyscrapers of Canary Wharf he sees out the window every day have never seemed so far away.
But when his best friend offers him a way to make money faster than he could ever imagine, he pulls his whole family into a world that’s almost too good to be true.
Wolves on Road is a thrilling deep-dive into the mysterious world of cryptocurrency, revealing how ambition and hope can be exploited, no matter the system at play.
This fast, funny and furious world premiere from Beru Tessema (House of Ife) is directed by Bush Theatre’s Associate Artistic Director, Daniel Bailey (Red Pitch, August in England), in a co-production with Tamasha.
__Assisted performances__
Relaxed: Saturday 23 November 2024 at 2:30pm & Thursday 12 December 2024 at 7:30pm
Captioned: Thursday 28 November 2024 at 7:30pm & Saturday 7 December 2024 at 2:30pm
Audio Described: Saturday 30 November 2024 at 2:30pm & Thursday 12 December 2024 at 7:30pm
Tessema’s first produced play, House of Ife, also at the Bush, was a close family drama also set among the Ethiopian diaspora in Britain. Its plot was wayward while its characters and their melting-pot London argot felt blisteringly authentic. Here, Tessema has clearly set out to understand the arcane world of cryptocurrency and you can feel his research sitting in the play like silt, weighing down his sparky dialogue.
It’s not clear, at least not to me, whether this is meant to be a play about crypto (every single character has a reason to express strong emotions and opinions on it at some point or other) more than it is meant to be about family dynamics and cross-cultural clashes. The active role of the Church in Manny’s community, and therefore in this story, is interesting to note in an era of declining religious adherence. Perhaps the good book has a point when it talks about nobody being able to serve two masters at once. A strong cast but a sprawling narrative make for a mixed bag of comedy and confrontation.
2024 | West End |
Bush Theatre Production West End |
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