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Theatre

Right play, wrong place: The Fellowship, at Hampstead Theatre, reviewed

9 July 2022

9:00 AM

9 July 2022

9:00 AM

The Fellowship

Hampstead Theatre, until 23 July

The Lesson

Southwark Playhouse, until 23 July

Roy Williams’s new play is a wonky beast. It has two dense and cumbersome storylines that aren’t properly developed. Dawn is a mother grieving for her eldest son who was murdered by a gang of white boys. Her younger lad is dating a white girl who used to hang out with the killers.

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