Synopses & Reviews
Anka got in and is here for good.
Olufemi is being coached to break back in.
Bashir has been here forever but hes just been sent to limbo.
Lisa wants to send them all home.
Welcome to England.
A journey into to the heart of what it is to be a citizen, and finding a place where you belong.
A cutting new play about immigration and exile, and what happens when people fall through the cracks, Routes opens up the borders of friendship and family.
Review
This thrilling debut play by Rachel De-lahay plugs straight into the jittery heart of multicultural London today . . . De-lahay has an alert ear for comic dialogue and her portrait of mixed-race, upwardly mobile twentysomethings on the estate . . . crackles with wit as well as moments of deep emotion. The play raises the provocative question of whether it is possible to shrug off the fraught issue of racial identity . . . Its a play that combines sharp one-liners with a savvy sense of the way we live now . . . One leaves the theatre impatient to discover what Rachel De-lahay will come up with next.
Daily Telegraph on The WestbridgeIn her first play, De-lahay shows an impressively complex vision. Financial Times on The Westbridge
Synopsis
Routes by Rachel De-lahay is a cutting new play about immigration and exile, and what happens when people fall through the cracks.
About the Author
Rachel De-lahays debut play at the Royal Court was The Westbridge, which opened at the Bussey Building in Peckham in 2011 as part of Theatre Local, before playing to full houses in the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs. It was awarded the Alfred Fagon Award, while still unproduced. Rachel was part of the Royal Courts Unheard Voices Writers' Programme and won the 2012 Writers' Guild Award for Best Play. She is currently under commission with the National Theatre Studio, Film Four, and Birmingham Rep.