Colors is a sharp, film-noir style satire from Romania's most talented young playwright Peca Stefan.
It's both business and pleasure that take Frank, Damon, Rocco, George and his dad to a dive bar in Bucharest: twenty kilos of crack to sell and that small matter of George's mum and her Romanian lover. Surely nothing in Romania can halt the progress of these all-American gangsters? In Romania, they don't even have electricity, right? This extremely funny play mocks those who would mock New Europe.
Directed by Dan Barnard & Rachel Briscoe, presented by Company of Angels in association with Drama Centre and the Romanian Cultural Institute in London.
Peca Stefan is considered one of the most powerful voices in Romanian contemporary playwriting. He studied dramatic writing at New York University and was resident at the Royal Court International Residency 2005 and Playwright in Residence at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven (2007, 2008). His work has been presented in Romania, the United States, the UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Estonia, Holland, Russia, Bulgaria, Poland, Belarus and Serbia. His plays have won several awards, including the Heidelberg Stuckemarkt Innovation Award (2007).
When: 1 May 3pm; 4 May 7.30pm; 5 May 7.30pm; 7 May 7.30pm; 8 May 7.30pm; Where: Tristan Bates Theatre, 1A Tower St, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9NP; Box office: 020 7240 6283 / boxoffice@tristanbatestheatre.co.uk.