Sir Lenny Henry wants the first play he's ever written to make us angry. 'August in England' - in which he stars - focuses on the injustices of the Windrush Scandal. He spoke to krishgm
Sir Lenny Henry is best known for his comedy, but he wants the first play he’s ever written to make us angry. ‘August in England’ – in which he stars – focuses on the injustices of the Windrush Scandal.
The one-man show, which opens on Friday at London’s Bush Theatre – is about how people who’d come from the Commonwealth and lived here for decades were denied legal rights, detained and deported from 2018 under the government’s hostile environment policies on illegal immigration.
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